Teams Gold and Red participated in recreational activities, including bowling, ping pong and pool, at the Atwood Student Center Monday night in St. Cloud.
Day 2 for the 14s began with practice and dryland training at Husky Stadium in the morning. In the afternoon, the players went to a presentation from CCM and took to the ice for the second set of games.
After dinner, the teams enjoyed some recreational time with bowling, pool and ping pong at the Atwood Student Center at SCSU. HP14 Program Director Jacob Mars stressed the importance the program places on team building, and the players certainly enjoyed themselves on Wednesday night. The players were still quite competitive off the ice, with some competing to see who could roll their bowling ball the fastest!
Gold (2) vs. Red (2)
Team Red got off to a fast start with a goal by Drew Stewart (Minnetonka) 44 seconds into the game. Team Gold responded quickly 2:08 into the game with a goal by Samuel Kartch Duluth Denfeld. Cooper Conway (Andover) gave Gold the lead with 12:22 remaining in the first half. Red held a narrow 17-16 edge in shots through 24 minutes.
Connor Davis (Wadena) scored the only goal of the second half with 7:42 remaining. Jackson Clough (Andover) had 20 saves in the second half to held his team preserve the tie. Final shots on goal favored Gold 36-30. Gold went 0-2 on the power play, and did not commit any infractions.
Teams Red and Gold played to a hard-fought 2-2 tie on Monday afternoon.
Royal Blue (6) vs. Green (1)
Royal Blue is establishing itself as a team to beat with another commanding win today. Luke Garry (Minnetonka) opened the scoring 9:01 into the contest, and Jason Shaugabay (Warroad) backed him up with two goals in the first half.
The score remained 3-0 until late in the second half, but Ryan Koering (Eden Prairie) and Beckett Hendrickson (Minnetonka) added goals to make it 5-0. Alex Lunski (Chaska Chanhassen) got Green on the board with 2:49 remaining, but Royal Blue restored its five-goal advantage via Jake Fisher (Woodbury) with 1:40 to play.
Royal Blue held a 35-21 advantage in shots on goal. Mikey Shroat (Minneapolis) had a game-high 16 saves for Green in the second half. Neither team was able to convert on its lone power play chance.
Royal Blue attacks in the first half of its game against Green.
White (3) vs. Sky Blue (5)
Sky Blue bounced back from a loss yesterday to claim a win today. Andrew Pitts (Minneapolis) scored first for Team White, but Sky Blue scored the next four goals to take a big lead.
Wyatt Farrell (La Crescent) got Sky Blue on the board 8:59 into the period. Whittaker Heart (Faribault) scored two goals in a span of nine seconds for a quick 3-1 lead. Isaac Johnson (Fergus Falls) scored the fourth goal with 8:15 remaining in the first half. White drew within two at the intermission thanks to a goal from Tyler Geyer (Gentry Academy) with 6:58 left.
After a high-scoring first half, we waited until 2:07 remaining in the second half before the first goal was scored by John Schmidt (New Prague) to pad Sky Blue's lead. Jace Stewart (Cloquet) scored in the final minute for the 5-3 final score.
White outshot Sky Blue 34-32 in the contest, but Sky Blue withstood a 22-shot barrage in the first half to win.
Teams Sky Blue and White hit the big ice at the National Hockey Center on Monday evening.