WILLMAR — The Willmar WarHawks lost 4-2 to the St. Louis Junior Blues in an NA3HL game Friday night before 275 fans at the Willmar Civic Center Arena.
Teagan Lee scored a pair of goals for the Junior Blues and Joseph Lopiccolo and Caden Lindley each tallied one.
Mason Wanka and Gabe Adams scored Willmar’s goals. Wanka, a left wing from Rogers, has six goals and three assists in five games with the WarHawks. Adams, a center from Bellevue, Nebraska, has four goals and an assist in 10 games.
The teams play again at 7:10 p.m. Saturday at Willmar.
St. Louis (13-1-1-0) 2 1 1 — 4
Willmar (3-9-0-0) 1 0 1 — 2
FIRST PERIOD – (1) SL: Teagan Lee (Jack Plager 2, Lonnie Land 6) 16:40, ppg … (2) SL: Lee (Chase Kozma 5, Cooper Palazzolo 3) 2:43 … (3) W: Mason Wanka 6 (Toby Holtz 3, Logan Woods 5) 1:49. PENALTIES: (1) W: Maddux Domagala (tripping, 2 min) 18:12 … (2) SL: Brady Cook (slashing, 2 min) 7:34 … (3) W: Wanka (roughing, 2 min) 7:34.
SECOND PERIOD – (4) SL: Joseph Lopiccolo 4 (Cook 3) 3:52. PENALTIES: (4) SL: Caden Lindley (hooking, 2 min) 15:54 … (5) SL: Land (roughing, 2 min) 9:21 … (6) W: Parker Lycke (cross-checking, 2 min) 6:31 … (7) SL: Jaxon Karandjeff (slashing, 2 min) 3:06
THIRD PERIOD – (5) W: Gabe Adams 4 (Aidan Callaghan 8, Holtz 4) 1:25 … (6) SL: Lindley 11 (Land 7) :30. PENALTIES: (8) W: Hayden Stensrud (tripping, 2 min) 9:19 … (9) SL: Mitchell Nappier (unsportsmanlike conduct, 10:00) :30 … (10) W: Dylan Mees (unsportsmanlike conduct, 10:00) :30.
GOALIE SAVES/SHOTS – St. Louis: Oscar Pupillo 37/39 … Willmar: Sam Moen 35/39
Tom Elliott has been the sports editor at the West Central Tribune since September 2019.
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