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Cardinal Boys Open 2022 with 8-2 Win Over Monticello

By Cardinal Connection, 01/05/22, 2:45PM CST

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The Alexandria Cardinals High School boys’ hockey team kick started the second half of the season with an 8-2 thumping over Monticello Tuesday night at the Runestone Community Center. This was just the Cardinals 3rd home game to date and made a statement in front of their home crowd.

Junior forward Joe Lamski got the Cardinals going just 2 minutes into the game with assists going to linemates Nick Peterson and Leo Kompelien. Five minutes later it was Nick Peterson adding to his assist with a deflection goal off of defenseman Zaven Noetzelman’s stick. Leo Kompelien received the 2nd assists after passing the puck up to Zaven. Joe Lamski would score his 2nd goal of the night off an assist from Junior Tyler Kludt midway through the first period. Tyler Kludt would then score late in the period of a Pieter Mulder shot after receiving a pass from Josiah Gronholz.

The Cardinals took their 4 goal 1st period lead into the 2nd where they would add two more goals, both by Joe Lamski giving him 4 goals on the night while only allowing Monticello to score once.

Leading 6-1 going into the 3rd period the Cardinals didn’t let up adding two more goals by Josiah Gronholz and Brycen Berg, both assisted by Senior Defenseman Pieter Mulder. Tyler Kludt picked up the secondary assist on the Gronholz goal and Gronholz picked up the secondary assist on the Berg goal. Monticello would score late in the game making the final score 8-2.

Teagan Pfeffer started in nets for the Cardinals making 21 saves on 23 shots. Alexandria went 1 for 2 on the power play and not only killed off all 4 Monticello power plays but added a shorthanded goal to win the special teams play in the contest.

The Cardinals are home again Thursday night as they take on the Fergus Falls Otters at the Runestone Community Center. The Otters ended the Cardinals season last year in the section semifinals.