Cougars shut out Eagles in Section 3A title game
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- Staff photo by Travis Rosenau Mankato East/Loyola’s Christian Theuninck handles the puck in front of New Ulm’s Blake Soukup (8) during Wednesday night’s Section 3A boys’ hockey title game.
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- Staff photo by Travis Rosenau New Ulm’s Kaden Larson watches what was initially believed to be his first-period goal go by the Mankato East/Loyola goalie during the Section 3A boys’ hockey finals Wednesday night at the Mankato Clinic Health System Event Center. After review, the goal was waved off.
Staff photo by Travis Rosenau Mankato East/Loyola’s Christian Theuninck handles the puck in front of New Ulm’s Blake Soukup (8) during Wednesday night’s Section 3A boys’ hockey title game.
MANKATO — Mankato East/Loyola outshot New Ulm 23-5 in the second period and scored four goals as the Cougars downed New Ulm 6-0 Wednesday night for the Section 3A boys’ hockey championship at the Mankato Clinic Health System Event Center.
Parker Anthony scored two goals for the Cougars (17-10-1), who qualified for the state tournament with the win.
New Ulm ends their season at 21-7.
After a scoreless first period that saw a potential goal from New Ulm’s Kaden Larson waved off, East/Loyola dominated the second period with four goals.
Christian Theuninck made it 1-0 when he beat New Ulm goalie Dawson Sellner at the 3:19 mark of the second period.
Staff photo by Travis Rosenau New Ulm’s Kaden Larson watches what was initially believed to be his first-period goal go by the Mankato East/Loyola goalie during the Section 3A boys’ hockey finals Wednesday night at the Mankato Clinic Health System Event Center. After review, the goal was waved off.
The Cougars made it 2-0 at the 11:43 mark off a Rafe Bowman goal before goals two minutes apart from Anthony and Andrew Bastian upped the Cougars lead to 4-0.
Shea Gavin increased the lead to 5-0 at the 4:31 mark of the third period before Anthony scored his second goal of the game with less than a minute left in the game.
