BREEZY POINT — Parker Fulton scored a hat trick and dished an assist as the Class 1A’s 16th-ranked Northern Lakes Lightning beat the Thief River Falls Prowlers 7-2 Thursday, Dec. 11.
The Prowlers scored two first-period goals to have a 2-0 advantage. Fulton scored his first goal in the first period.
Kyler Rikala dished three assists while Hucky Balmer and Bodie Nybakken recorded two assists apiece.
Waylon Katterhagen, Lucas Martin, Josiah Reier and Garrey Furry added goals for the Lightning.
Northern Lakes’ Sam Suja finished with 14 saves.
Thief River Falls 2 0 0 — 2
Northern Lakes 1 3 3 — 7
First period: TRF-Hudson Brouse (Spencer Anderson) 2:12, TRF-Spencer Anderson (Hudson Brouse) 5:45, NL-Parker Fulton (Huck Balmer, Kyler Rikala) PPG 7:57
Second period: NL-Waylon Katterhagen (Kyler Rikala, Bodie Nybakken) 4:55, NL-Josiah Reier (Parker Fulton) 7:40, NL-Parker Fulton (Josiah Reier, Derek Berg) SHG 12:13
Third period: NL-Garret Furry (Lucas Martin, Bodie Nybakken) 2:41, NL-Lucas Martin (Sutton Sullivan) 9:57, NL-Parker Fulton (Huck Balmer, Kyler Rikala) 11:32
Shots on goal: NL 31, TRF 16
Goalies: NL-Sam Suja (14 saves); TRF-Cooper Roff (24 saves)
Overall: NL 4-2-1. Next: Northern Lakes at Little Falls 7:15 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 16.
Park Rapids 2, Wadena-Deer Creek 1 (OT)
WADENA — Cole Sundby scored a goal for the Wadena-Deer Creek Wolverines as they lost 2-1 in overtime to the Park Rapids Panthers in a West Central Conference game Thursday, Dec. 12.
WDC’s Hudson Hathaway posted an assist and Grayson Meyer stopped 26-of-the-28 shots he faced.
Park Rapids 1 0 0 1 – 2
Wadena-Deer Creek 1 0 0 0 – 1
First period: PR-Bryce Zubke (Konnor Ball, Easton Brovold) 8:09, WDC-Cole Sundby (Hudson Hathaway) 14:01
Overtime: PR-Finn Henry (Konnor Ball, Levi Meschke) 0:21
Shots on goal: WDC 21, PR 28
Goalies: WDC-Grayson Meyer (26 saves); PR-Rylie Wesa (20 saves)
Conference: WDC 0-1. Overall: WDC 1-5. Next: WDC at International Falls 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 12.
Sauk Rapids 3, Little Falls 2
SAUK RAPIDS — Collin Wilmes scored a goal 11 seconds into the first period but the Little Falls Flyers fell 3-2 to the Sauk Rapids Storm in a non-conference Thursday, Dec. 11.
Remi Chisholm assisted on Wilmes’ first-period goal. Liam Thoma added an unassisted goal in the second period.
Izaak Kalis finished with 31 saves for the Flyers.
First period: LF-Collin Wilmes (Remi Chisholm) 0:11, SR-Bryden Prelvitz 4:54
Second period: SR-Austin Kubasek (Reed Krogstad) 9:29, LF-Liam Thoma 15:46
Third period: SR-Prelvitz (Eli Fitch) 15:24
Shots on goal: LF 19, SR 34
Goalies: LF-Izaak Kalis (31 saves); SR-Chase Wheeler (17 saves)
Overall: LF 1-3. Next: Little Falls hosts Northern Lake 7:15 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 16.
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