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SLP/STA Girls' Hockey - Stats 2009-2010 Team Stats
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2009-2010 Game Summaries
1/16 Varsity Game vs St. Francis
~~submitted by George Zurbey
The Panthers started the second round of conference play Saturday afternoon at The Ice House against St Francis / North Branch. Kelly Evertz opened up the scoring two minutes into the game knocking ina pass from Corey Simmer to give the Panthers a 1 - 0 lead. That is how the first period would end. Twenty seconds into the second period, Gina Zurbey cycled the puck to Katie Turner who cycled it to Kayla Jochum. Jochum put the puck on Zurbey's stick in front and she scored the only goal of the second period to make it 2 - 0. Courtney Nelson provided the only goal of the third period, as she circled the net with the puck and skated into the slot and fired a low hard shot making the final score 3 - 0. Katie Bassett earned the shutout, her second in a row as the Panthers improved their record to 8 - 9 and upped their conference record to 5 - 3.
Saturday was also senior day as the Panthers honored seniors Justine Herlofsky, Kelsey Young, Kelly Evertz, Allison Jones, Katie Turner, Gina Zurbey and Kayla Jochum. 1/14 Varsity Game vs St Louis Park
~~submitted by George Zurbey
The Panthers took on conference foe St Louis Park on Thursday coming away with a 7 - 0. They took a 3-0 first period lead, scored three more in the second period and a final goal in the third period. Gina Zurbey had three goals and two assists while Kayla Jochum had a goal and four assists. Kelsey Young, Courtney Nelson and Katie Turner also had goals and Justine Herlofsky had two assists. Katie Bassett had the shutout in the nets. 1/7 Varsity Game vs Benilde St. Margaret
~~submitted by George Zurbey
For the fourth game in a row, the Panthers faced a top 20 team in the State. This opportunity was against Benilde St Margarets. Benilde opened up the scoring on a nice give and go play early in the first period. Both teams played a strong first period with both teams getting quality scoring chances, but the period ended 1-0 Benilde. As has been the case in recent games, the second period was a difficult one for the Panthers. Benilde had the edge in the action scoring two goals 22 seconds apart midway through the second period to take a 3 - 0 lead. The Panthers got onto the board midway through the third period. Gina Zurbey skated the puck out of the zone and had a two on one break with Katie Turner with Kayla Jochum trailing. With the defender in between Turner and Zurbey, Zurbey rifled a shot just inside the far post and just under the cross bar to get the Panther back into the game with eight minutes left. The Panthers pulled their goalie for an extra attacker with 1:50 left in the game. After an icing call on Benilde, Kayla Jochum, as she had done all night, won the face off to Gina Zurbey. Zurbey skated toward the slot and fired a low hard shot that was saved. The rebound went to Allison Jones on the door step and she knew what to do, putting the the puck in the net to bring the Panthers within one with 1:30 left in the game. After another face off win by Jochum the Panthers got back into the offensive zone. Benilde was assessed a penalty. With the goalie pulled, the Panthers had a 6 on 4 advantage. Jochum won another face off and the puck went back to the point to Kelsey Young. Her low hard shot to the far post was deflected in by Allsion Jones and the Panthers had tied the game with about a minute left. After the faceoff, the Panthers applied more pressure. Benilde broke the play up and skated out of their zone. There initial shot was saved as was the first rebound, but the second rebound was swatted in with 14 second left in the game, as Benilde escaped with a 4 - 3 victory. Katie Bassett had 26 saves in goal for the Panthers. The Panthers were not rewarded with a win or a tie, but their effort and competitiveness over the last four games has been applauded and greatly appreciated by those watching the games.
1/7 JV Game vs Benilde St. Margaret
~~submitted by Tom Patterson
The JV girls Panther hockey team met up with the Benilde-St Margaret's Red Knights on Thursday Jan.7. The Knights scored the only goal in the first period with the puck spending equal time at both ends of the rink.The second period startedwith Kim Patterson scoring on a slapshot. The Knights answered back with a goal. Kim Patterson then scored on an assist from Kelly Morris on a pass to the blue line which she took in and scoredon a backhand buzzer beater at 14:59 in the period with the score 2-2. In the third period Kim Patterson then scored a breakaway short handed goal with an assist from Deanna Edwards getting her a hat trick. Again the Knights answered back with a powerplay goal. Kim Patterson scored again unassisted with the score 4-3. The Knights scored 2 more times once on a power play with the final score Panthers 4, Red Knights 5. Kim Patterson scored 4 goals in both JV Panther games this week. Erica Reed did a great job goaltending. The next game is next week on Thursday Jan. 14 against St Louis Park.
1/5 Varsity Game vs Irondale
~~submitted by George Zurbey
The Panthers took on the top ranked Irondale Knights at the Super Rink Tuesday evening. Irondale jumped to a 3 - 0 first period lead, scoring on a breakaway, a two on one passing play and a goal in the last minute of the period. Irondale added a goal in the second period before defender Kelsey Young got the Panthers on the board with an unassisted goal to make it 4 - 1. The Knights added a fifth goal before the end of the second period to take a 5 - 1 lead into the third period. Kelly Evertz notched a goal on an assist from Allison Jones and Katie Turner had a goal on an assist from Gina Zurbey while Irondale notched a goal making the final score 6 - 3. Goalie Katie Bassett had 37 saves, many of them difficult shots as she faced an Irondale team that is the most accurate shooting team the Panthers have faced. 1/5 JV Game vs Irondale
~~submitted by Tom Patterson
The SLP/STA JVPanthers took on the Irondale Knights on Tuesday night. Sam Balzer started the scoring on a pass from Deanna Edwards on a power play. Kim Patterson got the 2nd goal unassisted. Deanna Edwards also got an unassisted goal in the first period. Irondale made a comeback late in the first period scoring twice. The Panthers played well in the second period. Kim Patterson scored off a pass from Corey Simmer. Kim Patterson also scored unassisted for a hat trick. Corey Simmer got a pass from Brittany Allen and found the net. Taylor Frischman scored the last goal of the period unassisted making the score Panthers 7, Irondale 2. Irondale scored first in the third period. Kim Patterson scored unassisted and Taylor Patterson scored on a pass from Kelly Morris to end the game with a win. Panthers 9, Irondale 3. The Panthers play Benilde at Fogerty Arena on Thursday Jan. 7.
12/31 Varsity Game vs Eagan
~~submitted by George Zurbey
The Panthers played in the third place game against another Lake Conference powerhouse in Eagan. The first period was a scoreless period in which the Panthers outshot Eagan 6-5. The second period was a different story as Eagan converted on their opportunities and the Panthers did not. Eagan scored three goals in the second period to take a 3 - 0 lead. The Panthers did not quit. Allison Jones took a pass from Kelsey Young midway through the third period and broke in alone on the Eagan goalie and beat her for a short handed goal. The momentum turned for the Panthers on the goal but they could not convert on their chances. The final score being 3 - 1.
The Panthers came away from this tournament knowing that if they work hard, eliminate a couple of physical mistakes, a couple of mental mistakes and can take better advantage of their power play, they can be competitive with the better teams in the State. 12/30 Varsity Game vs Eden Prairie
~~submitted by George Zurbey
After beating a high quality opponent in Cloquet, the Panthers earned the right to play the 15th ranked Eagles from Eden Prairie. The teams skated hard in the first period with no scoring as EP outshot the Panthers 8 - 4. The second period opened much the same as the first as both teams competed well. However EP was able to score two goals within a two minute span to take a 2-0 lead into the third period after being outshot 12-5. The Panthers were keeping up with the 15th ranked team but could not find the back of the net. The third period remained scoreless until less than a minute remained as EP notched its third and final goal to win the game 3-0.
Goalie Katie Bassett was the player of the game for the Panthers, making 27 saves. The Panthers played a strong game against a top opponent, but they just could not capitalize on their chances. 12/29 Varsity Game vs Cloquet
~~submitted by George Zurbey
The Panthers played in the Eden Prairie Winter Meltdown Tournament this Holiday break. There first opponent was the Lumberjacks of Cloquet. After struggling to get the skating going in the first five minutes of the game, the Panthers got on the board first when Gina Zurbey intercepted a pass at center ice and skated into the Cloquet zone. From behind the net, she fed Kayla Jochum who one timed the puck in for the first goal of the game. Twenty seconds later the Panthers made it 2 - 0 when Taylor Patterson took a pass from Allison Jones and scored. Katie Turner earned an assist of the goal as well.
The second period opened with the Panthers struggling to clear the zone, but once they did, Zurbey and Jochum broke out 2 on 1. Jochum held the puck until she perfectly timed a pass to the front of the net where Zurbey deflected the pass in for the third goal of the game. Justine Herlofsky started the play with a pass out of the defensive zone to free up Jochum and Zurbey. The Panthers proceeded to take some penalties and Cloquet capitalized, scoring a power play goal to make it a 3 - 1 game. Some strong forechecking at the end of the second period led to a fourth goal as Turner and Zurbey converged on a defender behind the net. Turner nudged the puck out from behind and Zurbey tapped it in to give the Panthers a 4-1 lead.
The third period would be scoreless as Katie Bassett earned the victory stopping 34 of 35 shots on goal. 12/26 Varsity Game vs Cooper
~~submitted by George Zurbey
The Panthers took on the Cooper Hawks on Saturday. The Panthers started out fast as Allison Jones scored an unassisted goal 51 seconds into the game. Kaylee DeBoer followed that goal up eight minutes later as her shot from the point hit traffic in front of the netand deflected in giving the Panthers a 2 - 0 lead. Eight grader Kelly Pennek of Coopertied the game up as she scored two goals in a two minute span toward the end of the first period. Katie Turner opened up the second period with a goal 22 seconds in off of assists from Kelsey Young and Gina Zurbey. Kayla Jochum stretched the lead to two goals scoring off of a pass from Zurbey to make it 4 - 2 at the end of two periods. Goalie Katie Bassett came up with some very goods saves in the period to keep the Hawks off the scoreboard. Karissa Thomson notched a goal at the 10 minute mark of the third period to put the game out of reach and Taylor Patterson scored with 38 seconds left to end the scoring. Kelly Morris assisted on the final goal. Bassett ended up with 19 saves in earning the victory. 12/17 Varsity Game vs Chisago Lakes
~~submitted by George Zurbey
The Panthers took on the Wildcats from Chisago Lakes Thursday evening at the Ice House. The Panthers opened up the scoring six minutes into the game when Gina Zurbey fed a pass to Kayla Jochum in front of the net. Jochum put it home to give the Panthers an early lead. Jochum then scored her second of the game four minutes later on the penalty kill. Karrissa Thomson flipped a high clearing pass out of the zone to Jochum who went in alone and scored a short handed goal to give the Panthers a 2-0 lead after the end of the first period.
The second period was scoreless until 14 seconds remained. Again on the penalty kill, Allison Jones controlled the puck along the boards and spotted Gina Zurbey in the slot. Jones' perfectly placed pass was to the stick of Zurbey. Zurbey hit the back of the net for the Panthers second short handed goal of the game and a 3-0 lead going into the third period.
Ten minutes into the third period, Jochum completed the hat trick. Kaylee DeBoer hit Jochum with a breakaway pass and Jochum beat the Wildcat goalie one on one to make it 4-0. The Wildcats got on the board two minutes later to make the final score 4-1. Katie Bassett had 21 saves in a strong effort in goal. She was supported by strong defensive play from Justine Herlofsky, Kelsey Young, Courtney Nelson, Kaylee DeBoer and Karrissa Thomson. Thomson also doubled up as a forward, providing a strong effort upfront.
12/17 JV Game vs Chisago Lakes
~~submitted by Tom Patterson
The Panthers played at home on Thursday at Fogerty Arena against the Chisago Lakes Wildcats. In the first period the Panthers took the lead on a breakaway by Kim Patterson with the score being 1-0. In the second period the Wildcats scored first and then Anna Benson answered back with an unassisted goal. The Wildcats scored twice with their final goal on a powerplay in the third period. The Panthers tried but couldn't get another one in the net with the final score Panthers 2, Wildcats 3. The Panthers had 23 shots and the Wildcats had 28 shots on goal for the game.
12/11 Varsity Game vs Totino Grace
~~submitted by George Zurbey
The Panthers took on a much improved Totino Grace hockey team Friday evening at the Parade Ice Gardens. The Panthers gave up a goal 21 seconds into the game on a scramble in front of the net. The Eagles kept the pressure on early as the Panthers had trouble clearing their defensive zone. The Panthers tied the score at the 6:27 mark when Corey Simmer passed to Gina Zurbey. Zurbey skated the puck in with Simmer. Zurbey's shot was saved but she put the rebound in to tie the score at 1. Totino outshot the Panthers 16 to 10 in the first period. The second and third periods were penalty filled as the Panthers took about nine penalties during the game and Totino came close to matching that number on their own.
The second period was scoreless as the Panthers gained some momentum outshooting the Eagles 11 to 8, but neither team could score. The momentum was carried into the third period but the Panthers could not score, as shots were saved or went wide, and rebounds got caught up in skates. The Panthers could not get a bounce to go their way. With three and a half minutes remaining, the Panthers failed to keep the puck in the offensive zone. Totino broke out and scored on a wrist shot from the top of the circle to make the score 2 - 1. The Panthers had one more opportunity on the power play, but they failed to convert as their legs were tired from the many penalty kills they had to make during the earlier part of the game, losing a hard fought, exciting game 2 - 1. For the game, Katie Bassett had 35 saves and the Eagles had 34 saves.
The Panthers fell to 1-1 in the conference and 3-5 overall. Margaret Dorer, an STA alum, was an assistant coach for the Eagles.
12/11 JV Game vs Totino Grace
~~submitted by Tom Patterson
The girls took on theTotino-Grace Eagles on Friday. The Panthers started out slow in the first period getting outscored 1 to 0. The girls woke up in the second period moving the puck better and scoring 3 times. Anna Benson tied the game getting the first goal with Kim Patterson getting the assist. Emily Wirtz scored next unassisted. Sam Balzer scored the 3rd goal of the period from the blue line off a pass from Kim Patterson. The second period ended with the Panthers 3 and the Eagles 1. Kim Patterson started the 3rd period with an unassisted goal. Totino came back and scored once in the 3rd. The Panthers earned a win. Panthers 4, Eagles 2.
12/8 Varsity Game vs. St. Francis
~~submitted by George Zurbey
The girls ventured off to the north in the snow, cold, and wind to take on the St. Francis Saints in their first conference game of the year. The Panthers came away with a 7 - 1 victory, scoring five goals in the first period and two in the second period. Panther highlights included Taylor Patterson scoring her first career varsity goal in the first period, Kayla Jochum scored two goals and assisted on four others for a 6 point night, while Gina Zurbey added two goals and an assist. Courtney Nelson and Allison Jones also had goals for the Panthers. Haley Nelson got the win in goal, stopping twelve shots.
The team welcomed back Katie Turner back from injury last Saturday. Katie had suffered a torn ACL during the softball season and her hard work and commitment to getting back onto the ice for her senior season have paid off for both her and the team.
The Panthers take on Totino Grace this Friday at the Parade Ice Gardens in Minneapolis. 12/8 JV Game vs St. Francis
~~submitted by Tom Patterson
After a long drive in the snowstorm the SLP/STA girls JV hockey team made it to east Bethel Arena last night to play St. Francis/North Branch. The Panthers came out strong with 3 goals in the first period scored by Kim Patterson, on an assist by Kelly Morris, Sam Balzer assisted by Kim Patterson, and Anna Benson assited by Kelly Morris. In the second period the Panthers scored 4 times by Brittany Allen assisted by Kim Patterson, Paige Kurak unassisted, Kim Patterson assisted by Brittany Allen, and again by Paige Kurak unassisted. St. Francis was able to score 1 during the period. In the 3rd period Kelly Morris scored a goal unassisted with the final score SLP/STA Panthers 8, St. Francis/North Branch 1. 1st year goalie for the Panthers, Loghan Mortenson did a great job keeping the puck out of the net.
The JV Panthers play Totino Grace at Parace Ice Garden on Friday, December 11 at 5PM 12/5 Varsity Game vs Mahtomedi
~~submitted by George Zurbey
The Panthers played Mahtomedi on Saturday evening out at the St Croix Rec Center in Stillwater. The Panthers opened up the scoring at the 7:14 mark when Kayla Jochum fed a perfect pass to Gina Zurbey in the slot. Zurbey 's shot beat the Zephyr goalie to put the Panthers up 1-0. Shortly thereafter the Zephyrs tied the score at 1. The Panthers took the lead at the 15:00 minute mark on the power play. Zurbey slid a pass to Kelsey Young at the left point. Her low hard shot on goal was saved but the rebound went to Kayla Jochum who was stopped as well, but Allison Jones put the rebound in to give the Panthers a 2-1 lead at the end of the first period. The second period was scoreless.
At the six minute mark, the Zephyr's converted a three on two break to tie the score. The goal seemed to wake the Panthers up as they pressured the Zephyrs, but they were unable to capitalize on the many good scoring opportunities they had. With four minutes remaining the Panthers took a penalty. The Zephyrs converted on their power play as a shot from the point was wide right, but the Zephyrs were in perfect position to tip the shot in as it was going wide. The Panthers continued to pressure but could not score as Mahtomedi ended the game with an open net goal with 12 seconds remaining to make the final score 4-2.
The Panthers open up conference play Tuesday evening at St Francis. 12/5 JV Game vs Mahtomedi
~~submitted by Tom Patterson
The girls JV Panthers played Mahtomedi at Stillwater Arena on Saturday Dec 5. The JV Panthers lost a tough one on Saturday. Mahtomedi scored 4 times in the first period and outshot the Panthers 11 to 3. In the second period Mahtomedi scored twice and the Panters scored the only goal by Kim Patterson assisted by Kaitlyn Crawford. Mahtomedi scored again one more time ending the game 7-1. Mahtomedi had 27 shots on goal and the Panthers had 17 shots on goal.
11/28 Varsity Game vs Champlin Park
~~submitted by George Zurbey
The Panthers took on section foe Champlin Park Saturday afternoon at the Ice House. Champlin jumped off to a 1-0 lead in the first period scoring a power play goal midway through the period. The Rebels added four more goals in the first eight minutes of the second period to move out to a 5-0 lead. Two of the second period goals were power play goals. The Panthers started a comeback with five minutes remaining in the second period when on the power play, Gina Zurbey controlled the puck along the side boards. She passed the puck to the Kelsey Young at the point. Young got the Panthers on the scoreboard as she fired a low hard shot on goal through traffic that eluded the Rebel goaltender. The second period ended 5-1.
With less than three minutes elapsed in the third period Miranda Mulvihill notched her first varsity goal on the power play. Gina Zurbey skated in from the side boards and got off a strong shot that was saved by the Rebel goalie, however Kelly Evertz and Mulvihill were right there for the rebound. Evertz attempt was saved but Mulvihill put the second rebound in bringing the Panthers to within 5-2. About three minutes later, the Panthers struck again. Kayla Jochum fed a pass to Allsion Jones behind the net. Jones passed the puck to Zurbey in the slot. Zurbey one timed it home to bring the score to 5-3 with twelve minutes remaining. Unfortunately, the Rebels came back 23 seconds later as they took advantage of a bad bounce and scored to end the Panther rally. The Rebels added the clinching goal two minutes later as the Panthers suffered their third loss in a row.
Haley Nelson had 28 saves for the Panthers and the Rebels had 24 saves. The loss ended a week in which the Panthers lost two one goal games against some very stiff competition and didn't play their best game against Champlin Park. 11/28 JV Game vs Champlin Park
~~submitted by Tom Patterson
The Panthers had another home game on Saturday against Champlin Park. The first period was scoreless. Goalie Erica Reed did a great job keeping out all of the shots. In the second period the Panthers were outshot and scored with Champlin Park scoring 3 goals. Champlin Park scored again in the 3rd period with the final score being Panthers 0, Champlin Park 4. The girls worked hard but had difficulty getting enough shots to the net.
11/27/09 Varsity game vs Park Cottage Grove
~~submitted by George Zurbey
The Panthers took on the Wolfpack from Park of Cottage Grove Friday afternoon at Fogerty Arena. The first period was scoreless as neither team generated good scoring chances. Park opened up the scoring in the second period with a goal six minutes into the period. Allison Jones tied the score for the Panthers three minutes later as she took a pass from Karrissa Thomson skated through center ice beating a defender. As the second defender forced her to the right, she slid a low shot to the far post beating the Wolfpack goalie on a perfectly placed shot. With a minute ten left in the second period, the Wolfpack struck again as a shot from above the face off circle was deflected high, hitting goalie Haley Nelson in the mask and deflecting in to give Park a 2 - 1 lead. Thirty seconds later, Allison Jones struck again to tie the game at two. Kayla Jochum sent a pass back to Courtney Nelson at the point whose shot was saved by the Park goalie but Jones put the rebound in to send the game to the third period tied at two.
Park came out strong in the third period as the Panthers struggled to break out of their own zone. At 5:32 of the third period that pressure paid off as Park scored to put them up 3 - 2. Park continued to pressure the Panthers who were unable to generate the offense they needed to get back into the game. As time wound down, Park took two back to back penalties giving the Panthers a 5 - 3 advantage for the last 50 seconds of the game. With their goalie pulled, the Panthers applied strong pressure resulting in multiple shots on goalie, but the Park goalie held strong and the Panthers lost their second one goal game in a row. Park outshot the Panthers 30 to 24 and 13 - 7 in the third period. The Panther record drops to 2-2 with the loss. 11/27 JV Game vs Park Cottage Grove
~~submitted by Tom Patterson
The Panthers had a home game the Friday after Thanksgiving against the Park Cottage Grove Wolfpack. The first period was rough with the Panthers being outshot and scored it ended with the Panthers 0 and Wolfpack 3. The second period started better. Kim Patterson poked one into the net off a pass from Anna Benson. The Wolfpack answered with a goal of their own ending the second period Panthers 1, Wolfpack 4. The Wolfpack went up to 5 in the 3rd period until late in the 3rd period when Miranda Mulvihill passed to Kim Patterson on a breakaway beating the goalie. The game ended Panthers 2, Wolfpack 5. 11/24/09 Varsity game vs St. Michael Albertville
~~submitted by George Zurbey
The girls headed to St Michael Albertville on Tuesday evening for a clash against the undefeated North Wright County Hawks (NWC). NWC is a cooperative of St Michael Albertville, Monticello and Annandale. NWC opened the scoring in the first period barely two minutes into the game as the Panthers failed to cover a Hawk in the front of the net to give NWC a 1 - 0 lead at the end of one intermission. NWC scored with six minutes left in the second period as the puck came out of a crowd along the boards right to a Hawk in the slot who put the shot home. At the end of the second period NWC had a breakaway that was saved by Katie Bassett but the Hawk player and a Panther slid into Bassett taking her down. The resulting penalty left the Panthers short handed to start the third period and also brought Haley Nelson into the game for the third period as Bassett's injury did not allow her to continue playing.
After killing off the penalty to start the third period, Gina Zurbey put the Panthers on the board six minutes into the third period. Kayla Jochum and Kelly Evertz cycled the puck behind the net with Evertz feeding a pass out front that Zurbey knocked home. Unfortunately for the Panthers, they took four penalties during the remainder of the game, and were not able to capitalize on the momentum that their goal generated until the end of the game. The Panthers were on a power play for the last minute of the game and pulled their goalie. They generated some good scoring chances but were unable to produce the equalizing goal. The Panthers played a good game but could not generate enough offensive zone puck control and thus good scoring opportunities against a strong NWC team. Each team had 22 shots on goal for the game.
With the 2 - 1 loss the Panthers dropped to 2 - 1 on the season. 11/24 JV Game vs St. Michael Albertville
~~submitted by Tom Patterson
On Tuesday the Panthers traveled to St Micheal/Albertville to play the Riverhawks. The game was scoreless for the first period. In the second period the Riverhawks scored first. The Panthers tied it up when Taylor Frischmon scored off a pass from Deanna Edwards. The Riverhawks scored next. Once again the Panters answered when Kelly Morris scored with Emily Wirtz getting the assist. The River hawks scored 2 more goals in the second period to end the period Riverhawks 4, Panthers 2. The 3rd period went scoreless ending the game with the final score Riverhawks 4 and the Panthers 2. 11/21/09 Varsity game vs Moundsview
~~submitted by George Zurbey
The Panthers took on the Mustangs from Mounds View Saturday evening out at the Super Rink in Blaine, needing to tighten up their play in the defensive zone. In a quick paced first period with very few whistles the teams skated to a 0-0 tie after one period. Katie Bassett stopped a point blank attempt on a Mounds View power play while Gina Zurbey's backhand was stopped by the toe of the MV goalie to preserve the scoreless game after one period. The second period was much the same as the first with the MV goalie stopping Allison Jones from out front on the power play in the best scoring chance of the period. The score remained 0-0 after two periods.
With about eight minutes left in the game the Panthers finally broke through on the scoreboard. Gina Zurbey fed a breakout pass out of the zone to Kayla Jochum who fed a pass to Kelly Evertz. Evertz deflected the puck back to Jochum who went in and scored high into the upper corner of the net giving the Panthers the lead. About two minutes later, MV was penalized. Six seconds into the power play, the Panthers had their second goal of the game. Jochum won the face off to Zurbey who sent the puck back to the point where Kelsey Young put a shot on goal. The rebound went to Allison Jones who touched the puck over to Jochum. Jochum buried the opportunity giving the Panthers a 2 - 0 lead and the game.
Katie Bassett earned the shut out in the nets stopping 20 shots and defensive corp of Courtney Nelson, Kelsey Young, Justine Herlofsky and Kaylee De Boer did a nice job in front of the net as the Panthers defeated their section foe for the first time since the 2005 - 2006 season.
Paige Kurak and Corey Simmer saw their first varsity action of the season and played well as the Panthers upped their record to 2 - 0 on the season. The Panthers continue the action Tuesday evening in St Michael Albertville. 11/17/09 Varsity game vs Prior Lake
~~submitted by George Zurbey
The Panthers opened up the 2009 - 2010 season at home against the Prior Lake Lakers. The action started right from the opening face off. Karissa Thomson opened the scoring at 41 seconds when she took a pass from Allison Jones and scored on a breakaway. Prior Lake tied the game 30 seconds later. At the six minute mark Gina Zurbey muscled a Laker off the puck and Kayla Jochum skated to the net and scored. Twenty seconds after the Jochum goal Prior Lake tied the score. Sixteen seconds later Thomsom scored her second goal to restore the Panther lead. Gina Zurbey notched her first goal of the year off of a Jochum two on one pass to put the Panthers up 4 - 2 at the end of the first period.
The second period started out the same as the first as Jochum notched her second goal of the game one minute and ten seconds into the period. Prior Lake struck back two minutes later and added a second goal three minutes later to make the score 5 - 4. Allison Jones answered with a power play goal a minute later to restore the two goal lead. As it did all game Prior Lake responded five minutes later to end the second period at 6 - 5 in favor of the Panthers.
Jochum notched her third goal of the game eleven minutes into the third period to give the Panthers some breathing room. Thomson iced it with under a minute to play with an open net goal for her third goal of the game. Katie Bassett earned the victory in the nets making 14 saves.
Kelly Morris, Taylor Patterson, Kim Patterson, and Miranda Mulvihill all played in their first varsity game.
11/17/09 JV game vs. Prior Lake
~~submitted by Tom Patterson
The Spring Lake Park/St. Anthony Panther girls hockey JV season started Nov. 17 with a home game against Prior Lake. Emily Wirtz got the first goal for the Panthers with Corey Simmer getting the assist. The Panthers went up 2-0 when Corey Simmer made a nice shot off apass from Kim Patterson. Prior Lake got a power play goal late in the first period to end the 1st period. The second period went scoreless as well as much of the 3rd.
Prior Lake tied up the game late in the 3rd period with the score tied at 2-2. The game was won by the Panthers in overtime on a breakaway by Taylor Patterson earning the Panthers a 3-2 victory.
2008-2009 Game Summaries
2/7/09 Varsity Game vs Minneapolis Novas
-- submitted by George Zurbey
The Panthers finished off their regular season with a 5 -2 victory over the Novas of Minneapolis. Laura Randall continued her hot goal scoring when she opened the scoring with a power play goal early on in the first period on assists from Allison Jones and Katie Turner. Karissa Thompsen made it 2 0 at the end of one period on a goal with assists from Gina Zurbey and Kayla Jochum. The Novas came back early in the second period to bring the score to 2 1, but Gina Zurbey scored to restore the two goal lead with her own goal off of a nice centering pass from Kayla Jochum. The Novas scored late in the second period to bring them to within one at the end of two periods. Courtney Nelson and Alex DeBoer scored on shots from the point in the third period to make the final 5 2. The Panthers ended the regular season with a 14 -10 1 record. They start the section playoffs on Wednesday at Brooklyn Park Ice Arena against Coon Rapids.
2/6/08 Varsity Game vs Cooper
--submitted by George Zurbey The Panthers hosted the Cooper Hawks in their final conference game of the year. After a sluggish first period in which there was no scoring, Karissa Thomsen got the Panthers on the board knocking in a rebound for a power play tally to put the Panthers up 1 0. Laura Randall followed with a pair of goals and Alex DeBoer added a tally from the point as the Panthers built a 4 0 lead at the end of two periods. Kayla Jochum and Kelsey Young closed out the Panther scoring with third period goals as the Panthers beat Cooper 6 1 to end the conference season at 10 4 and in third place. Haley Nelson and Amanda Bjorge shared the victory in the nets. The Panthers close out their season against the Minneapolis Novas Saturday night and then head into Section Play next week.
2/4/09 Varsity Game vs St. Francis --submitted by George Zurbey The Panthers defeated St Francis 4 0 on Tuesday evening at Fogerty Arena. Katie Bassett was solid in goal, stopping 27 shots. The defense of Alex DeBoer, Justine Herlofsky, Courtney Nelson, Caitlin Spaniol, and Kelsey Young helped shut down Haylea Schmid, one of the top forwards in the state and a St Cloud State recruit. The offense got off to a slow start as they were scoreless in the first period. The Panthers got on the scoreboard in the second period as Gina Zurbey fed a pass to Katie Turner behind the net. Turner sent a pass to Kayla Jochum who one timed it over the goalies shoulder to put the Panthers up 1 0. The score remained 1 0 until less than two minutes remained in the second period. Allison Jones picked up a loose puck and scored on a nice wrist shot as Kelly Evertz and Ally Chapman earned assists on the play. Less than a minute late Jochum notched her second goal of the game on passes from Randall and DeBoer and the Panthers had a 3 0 lead heading into the third period. Randall added an empty net goal to make the final 4 0. The Panthers now play Cooper Thursday evening in their final conference game of the season.
2/3/09 JV Game vs St. Francis --submitted by Tom Patterson The JV Panthers played the St. Francis/North Branch Fighting Saints last night 2/3. The Saints scored first by kicking the puck in. The first period ended with the Panthers down 1-0. The second period went better with Maggie Ronning scoring and Alicia Koenig getting the assist. Taylor Patterson got the next one unassisted. Corey Simmer got the final goal of the second period with Alicia Koenig and Sam Balzer getting the assists. The Panthers did not stop in the third period with Taylor Patterson scoring a 4 on 4 goal on a nice pass from Maggie Ronning. Corey Simmer scored next on a power play with Page Kurak getting the assist. The scoring ended with Alicia Koenig assisted by Corey Simmer and Page Kurak beating the saints 6-1.
2/1/09 Varsity Game vs St. Louis Park --submitted by George Zurbey Saturday afternoon was senior day for the four Panther seniors. Ally Chapman, Alex DeBoer, Laura Randall, and Caitlin Spaniol were honored for their contributions to the Panther program over the past five years. Chapman and Randall are big, strong forwards for the Panthers while DeBoer and Spaniol are solid defenders. All four have contributed to the success of the program and we thank them for those contributions. The Panthers played St Louis Park Saturday afternoon and took home a 9 1 victory. Congratulations to Kaylee DeBoer who scored her first career varsity goal during the third period of play. Karissa Thomsen had two goals and an assist, while Gina Zurbey had two goals and Kayla Jochum had a goal and two assists to pace the Panthers. Kelly Evertz, Katie Turner and Ally Chapman also added goals for the Panthers. The Panthers head into the final week of the regular season with an 11 - 10 1 record with conference games against St Francis and Cooper and a non conference game against the Minneapolis Novas still to be played. Yesterdays victory assured the Panthers of no lower than a third place conference finish.
1/30/09 Varsity Game vs Chisago Lakes --submitted by George Zurbey The Panthers defeated the Wildcats from Chisago last night 4 1 to even their record at 10 10 1 on the season. The first period was scoreless as neither team generated much offense. Laura Randall opened the scoring with a shot through the five hole off of a centering pass from Allison Jones. Later in the second period, Kayla Jochum scored off of a pass from Gina Zurbey to make it 2 0, but Chisago came back 30 seconds later to score on a deflected shot. This goal gave Chisago momentum, but the Panthers were able to whether the storm, killing off a penalty at the end of the second and start of the third period. Kayla Jochum gave the Panthers some breathing room, as she intercepted a pass and scored on a shorthanded breakaway. Allison Jones closed out the scoring with a rebound goal as Alex DeBoer and Gina Zurbey added assists on the final tally. Katie Bassett earned the win in the nets, stopping 17 of 18 shots on goal.
1/30/09 JV Game vs Chisago Lakes --submitted by Tom Patterson The JV Panthers played last Thursday in Chisago Lakes. The game remained scoreless until the end of the third period when the Panthers' Miranda Mulvihill scored, assistedby Maggie Ronning. Amanda Bjorge got the shutout in this 1-0 win.
1/25/09 JV Game vs Holy Family Catholic --submitted by Tom Patterson The JV Panthers hosted Holy Family Saturday at 1 PM winning 5-2. The Panthers' first goal was scored by Ashley Moore assisted by Emily Wirtz with 30 seconds left in the first period. The second period was dominated by the Panthers. Corey Simmers scored unassisted at 1 and 6 minutes. Corey scored again at 11 minutes on a power play goal for a hat trick. The fifth goal was scored by Ashley Moore assisted by Taylor Frischman at 14 minutes. The team has shown their hard work has paid off as they lost to this team early in the season.
1/20/09 Varsity Game vs Totino Grace
--submitted by George Zurbey
The girls took on the Eagles from Totino Grace Tuesday evening. They played a strong first period outshooting the Eagles 19 1. Allison Jones notched two goals in the first period to give the Panthers a 2 0 lead after one period. Jones completed a pure hat trick with her third goal of the game early in the second period as the Panthers built a 6 1 lead through two periods on their way to a 7 3 win. Courtney Nelson, Karissa Thompsen, Kayla Jochum and Caitlin Spaniol also scored for the Panthers while Laura Randall and Gina Zurbey notched three assists each on the night. Haley Nelson had the victory in the nets.
1/17/09 Varisty Game vs Benilde St. Margaret
--submitted by George Zurbey
The girls played Benilde on Saturday afternoon. Benilde came into the game leading the conference with a perfect conference record. In fact, since they joined the North Suburban Conference they have a perfect record with the exception of one tie so the task at hand was formidable.
The Panthers came out strong and controlled play early on. As the first period progressed, the action was energetic and exciting but nobody could put the puck in the net. The first period ended in a 0 0 tie. The second period was much the same as the action went back and forth but again neither team could put the puck in the net. The Panthers killed off a penalty to start the third period and had some very good scoring chances after that, but they failed to connect. With eleven minutes remaining in the game, Benilde finally broke the scoring drought and went ahead 1 0. Two minutes later they scored again. Unfortunately, Benilde would go on to score six goals in the last eleven minutes of the game to win 6 0. The final score was not indicative of the play on the ice as this game was much, much closer than the final score. The Panthers gave it all they had and came up short Saturday afternoon, but they left it all on the ice as their effort was all that it could be.
The loss ended a five game winning streak and leaves the Panthers in third place in the conference behind Benilde and Irondale. 1/13/09 Varsity Game vs Cooper
--submitted by George Zurbey
The Panthers traveled to Cooper for a game against the Hawks. The Panthers came away with a 7 0 victory to increase their winning streak to five games. Gina Zurbey led the scoring with two goals and two assists. Laura Randall had three assists on the night and Kelsey Young had a goal and two assists. Courtney Nelson continued her scoring streak with a goal and Katie Turner, Allison Jones and Karissa Thomsen also added goals. Haley Nelson had the shutout stopping a first period breakaway and another point blank one timer amongst her saves.
The win leaves the Panthers overall record at 8-8-1 and their conference record at 5 -2 good for third place as they start the second round of conference play this Saturday against Benilde. 1/9/09 Varsity Game vs St. Francis
1/10/09 Varsity Game vs Chisago Lakes
--submitted by George Zurbey
Coming off the big come from behind win against St Louis Park on Tuesday, the Panthers had positioned themselves for third place in the conference with a shot at the conference title. In order to maintain that positioning they needed to win their games this past weekend.
They traveled to St Francis on Friday evening and won big. Kayla Jochum and Allison Jones each tallied two goals while Courtney Nelson, Kelly Evertz and Ally Chapman added a goal each. Haley Nelson got the victory in the nets as the Panthers won 7 1. On Saturday evening, the Panthers took on Chisago at Fogerty Arena. Kayla Jochum put the Panthers up 2 0 in the first period as she continued her hot scoring with two first period goals. Chisago brought the game to 2 1 but Ally Chapman restored the two goal lead as she tapped in a rebound of a Kelsey Young shot. Chisago again fought back and scored to make it 3 2. Kelly Evertz converted at the goal mouth giving the Panthers a 4 2 victory over Chisago. Katie Bassett got the win in goal. 1/6/09 Varsity Game vs St. Louis Park
--submitted by George Zurbey
The Panthers traveled to the St Louis Park Rec Center to take on St Louis Park in a North Suburban Conference game. St Louis Park scored on its first shot on goal to take the early lead. Captain Laura Randall evened the score when her shot hit the far post and went in. The first period ended in a 1 1 tie. St Louis Park opened up the scoring in the second period with three consecutive goals prompting a goaltending change on the part of the Panthers. The move seemed to wake up the Panthers. After having a goal waved off, Alex DeBoer scored on the power play to bring the Panthers to 4 2. Kelsey Young added a tally to make the score 4 3 before St Louis Park added a goal to make it 5 3. Gina Zurbey then took over scoring a goal to make the score 5 4 heading into the third period. Zurbey proceeded to tie the score in the third period and then gave the Panthers the lead as she completed a pure hat trick. With just over a minute to play, Allison Jones scored off a nice feed from Laura Randall to give the Panthers some breathing room at 7 5. Seven seconds later St Louis Park scored to make it 7 6. After a tense last minute of play, the Panthers came away with the victory to even their conference record at 2 2.
12/19/08 Varsity Game vs Irondale
--submitted by George Zurbey The Panthers took on their highflying rivals from Irondale in a game at Fogerty Arena last night. The Panthers welcomed back Kayla Jochum and Allison Jones to the lineup and an impressive group of alums from prior years teams. Irondale started the scoring in the first period with a power play goal as the Panthers continued their season long issue of taking unnecessary penalties. The Panthers killed off a two player advantage but could not kill off the second penalty as Irondale took a 1 0 lead into the second period. Irondale made it 2 0 five minutes into the second period. On the power play, Alex Deboer took a pass from Karrissa Thompson and shot from the point. The shot deflected off of traffic in front of the net and in, to bring the Panthers to within one. Twenty seconds later the score was tied, when Kayla Jochum put in the rebound of a shot by Gina Zurbey. Undaunted, Irondale scored two minutes later, as the tired Panthers could not clear the puck from their zone giving the Knights a 3 2 lead going into the third period. Early in third period, Irondale scored the last goal of the game, when their forward whacked the stick of a Panther defender with the puck popping the puck into the net. Haley Nelson played a good game in goal, the Panther defenders deflected numerous shot attempts by the Knights, and the forwards got some good pressure on the Knight defense in a well played, fun game to watch.
12/15/08 Varsity Game vs Totino Grace --submitted by George Zurbey On Saturday evening, the Panthers went to the Parade Ice Gardens to take on Totino Grace in their second conference game of the year. The Panthers were without their top two centers, both of whom were out with injuries. One minute into the game Allie Chapman knocked in a rebound to put the Panthers up 1 0. The assists on the goal went to Kelly Evertz and Karissa Thompson. The Panthers continued their strong play in the first period, but could not add to the score. In the second period the momentum swung on penalties and Totino Grace put pressure on the Panthers. Goalie Katie Bassett came up big a couple of times in the period, making a nice save and then diving across the crease to thwart a rebound attempt during one flurry in front of the net. The period ended scoreless as the Panthers took a 1 0 lead into the third period. The intensity level increased as both teams tried to gain the advantage. The Panther defense, anchored by Courtney Nelson and Caitlin Spaniol held strong as both Grace and SLP shuttled players in and out of the penalty box. As the game wound down, the Panthers took one last penalty with about 20 seconds left in the game. Grace pulled their goalie to give them a six on four player advantage. The Panthers were able to tie up the puck along the boards for most of the 20 seconds and came away with a 1 0 win. The win evens the Panther conference record at 1 1.
12/12/08 Varsity Game vs Champlin Park --submitted by George Zurbey The Panthers headed out to Champlin Park for a non-conference game against the Rebels. The Panthers came out skating hard on the Olympic sized rink and may have played their best period of hockey in the first period, taking a 1 0 lead when Katie Turner deflected a shot from the point past the goalie on the power play. The second period was well played by both teams. Champlin Park capitalized on a power play late in the second period to tie the game at 1 heading into the third period. The Rebel goalie stopped a number of good scoring chances in the third period. The Panthers then took two penalties and the Rebels took advantage, scoring the winning goal while the Panthers were two players short. Champlin added an empty net goal with 25 seconds remaining to make the final score 3 1.
12/10/08 Varsity Game vs St. Louis Park --submitted by George Zurbey The Panthers opened conference play at the Rec Center in St Louis Park against the defending conference champions from Benilde. The Panthers came out of the gate slow giving up a power play goal on a long shot and a tap in goal from right in front of the net. At the first intermission, the score was 2 0. After a strong penalty kill early in the second period, the Panthers gained some momentum and the flow of the game evened out. Both teams were scoreless in a well-played second period. That momentum continued into the third period. After killing off a penalty, Kayla Jochum was stopped on a partial breakaway. Undaunted, she retrieved the puck skated out front and scored to make it a 2 1 game. The Panthers continued to push Benilde, barely missing wide on several shots in an attempt to tie the game. On the power play, the Panthers turned the puck over and Benilde scored on a short handed breakaway to make it 3 1. They added an empty net goal to make the final 4 1. The Panthers played two solid periods of hockey, but could not overcome the first period deficit.
12/5/08 Varsity Game vs Andover --submitted by George Zurbey The Panthers took on section foes Andover last night. The first period was a well-played, fast paced, and good hockey. The Huskies of Andover came away with a 1 0 lead when they tapped in a loose puck from the crease. The second period remained scoreless. In the third period, the Panthers came out strong and controlled play. At about the seven-minute mark, Ashley Moore poked home a rebound of an Alissa Chapman shot to knot the score at 1-1. The score produced more energy from the Panthers, but they were unable to score. Andover converted a goal mouth pass with 30 seconds remaining in the game to win it 2 1. The second consecutive one goal loss dropped the Panthers to 1 3 on the season.
12/5/08 JV Game vs Andover --submitted by George Zurbey In another tight game, the junior varsity came away with a 3 -2 overtime win against Andover when Taylor Patterson scored a shorthanded goal in OT. Paige Kurak and Maggie Ronning accounted for the other two Panther goals.
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