Otter Girls Return to State with 5-1 Win over Northern Lakes in Section 6A
The Otter girls’ hockey team is going back to state! Fergus Falls was a 5-1 winner over Northern Lakes on Tuesday night in the Section 6A championship match. The Otters put 28 shots on the Northern Lakes net, scoring a pair of goals in each of the first two periods and adding a third period goal.
Fergus Falls scored at 9:03 of the first period when Brook Zierden converted a pass from Hannah Bye. The Otters made it 2-0 on an unassisted, short-handed goal by Hannah Johnson at 15:54.
In the second period, Maggie Greenagel scored an unassisted goal at 3:48 to give the Otters a 3-0 advantage. Ava Merta scored the lone Northern Lakes Goal, with assists from Jenna Stoerzinger and Jayden Wodarz. Hannah Johnson’s second goal of the game came at 15:45 with assists from Averie Tonneson and Maddie Brimhall.
Johnson completed her hat trick at 5:36 of the third period with an assist from McKenzie Sjolie.
Ana Jyrkas faced only six shots, stopping 5 of them.
Section 6A Champs! (PHOTO by MELISSA BABOLAIN)
