EGF over RLF 6-2

EGF Senior High 6,

Red Lake Falls 2

Tyler Hajicek and Nick Korynta provided offensive fireworks for the home team, scoring two goals each in East Grand Forks Senior High’s victory over Red Lake Falls on Tuesday night.

Forward Tucker Poolman was also a key performer for the Green Wave (8-8), finishing with four assists.

“Tucker created a lot of chances on offense, and he played great defense,” said Senior High coach Cory Chupka. “He took care of the ice all over.”

Hunter Aubol saved 15 shots in goal for Senior High.

No Gambucci Cup For Now...

Boys hockey: Simonson rallies Knights


Grand Forks Central senior Johnny Simonson wasn’t ready to hand the Gambucci Cup over to East Grand Forks Senior High just yet. Simonson scored two goals 1 minute, 12 seconds apart late in the third period to rally the Knights to a 2-1 victory over the Green Wave on Saturday night at Purpur Arena.

By: Tom Miller, Grand Forks Herald

Grand Forks Central senior Johnny Simonson wasn’t ready to hand the Gambucci Cup over to East Grand Forks Senior High just yet.

Simonson scored two goals 1 minute, 12 seconds apart late in the third period to rally the Knights to a 2-1 victory over the Green Wave on Saturday night at Purpur Arena.

The senior forward, who now has 17 goals this season, snapped the Knights out of a scoring funk with a tally with 3:14 left in the third period for the evener and again with 2:02 to go for the winner.

“Our mindset was to keep working hard,” Simonson said. “Eventually, hard work is going to pay off for you. Fortunately for us, it did tonight.”

Simonson made it 1-1 when sophomore Luke Johnson carried the puck into the zone and found Simonson at the right circle who sniped top shelf past Green Wave goalie Hunter Aubol.

Then to make it 2-1 Simonson collected a rebound to Aubol’s left off a shot from Johnson and hammered it home.

“Johnny did a nice job attacking the net on the rush,” Central coach Tony Bina said. “We got guys driving through the middle of the defense on the rush. That opened up some space and Johnny was able to bury it. It was a great finish.”

Central’s victory avenges a loss from earlier this season when the Green Wave beat the Knights 4-1 at the Civic Center. A Senior High win Saturday would’ve given the Green Wave the Gambucci Cup for the first time since the 2003-04 season.

“We talked about it before the game that we wanted to get some revenge and that there was a little unfinished business,” Simonson said. “We got the job done and it feels good after that loss earlier this year.”

Before Simonson’s late heroics, it was all Green Wave.

After a scoreless first period, Senior High got on the board at 10:17 of the middle period when Cory Mack redirected a shot from the point out front on a 5-on-3 opportunity for the Green Wave.

Mack’s goal stood through the second period and much of the third. Aubol finished with 22 saves.

Central goalie Eric Melland had 25 stops.

The Senior High offense is still dealing with the loss of top goal scorer Zack Lawdermilt, who could be out for an extended period of time after suffering an injury against Roseau.

Lawdermilt, a junior, has 10 goals and 16 assists this season.

The Green Wave were also without the services of defenseman Gage Ausmus, who was also out with an injury.

“With Lawdermilt out and Ausmus out, we need guys to step up,” Senior High co-head coach Tyler Palmiscno said. “For a high school team to have two top kids out … that’s tough to replace. I thought we played a solid game, but (the Knights) found a way to get a couple late ones.

“Central has three real good players, and I thought we did a great job on them for about 47 minutes.”

EGF loses to Bemidji 2-1

Bemidji 2,

EGF Senior High 1

BEMIDJI, Minn. — Tyler Follis scored two goals in the first period to lead Bemidji to a victory over East Grand Forks Senior High on Thursday.

Zack Lawdermilt scored midway through the second period for the Green Wave, who had lost to Bemidji 5-1 earlier this season.

Senior High pulled its goalie with 2 minutes, 42 seconds left in the third period, but the Green Wave were unable to beat Lumberjacks goalie Miah Graves, who finished with 18 stops.

Senior High goalie Hunter Aubol had 38 saves.

“We had some good attempts, but their goalie made a huge save,” Senior High coach Cory Chupka said. “(Aubol) played really well. He came out and challenged and worked hard.”


Bemidji Pioneer article...


Bemidji HS boys hockey team tops East Grand Forks for sixth straight win


Tyler Follis scored a pair of goals in the first period and Jeremiah Graves made 17 saves to lead the Bemidji boys hockey team to a 2-1 victory over East Grand Forks Thursday at The Sanford Center.

By: Pat Miller, Bemidji Pioneer

Bemidji’s Steve Heller takes a shot during the second period on Thursday evening at The Sanford Center. Pioneer Photo/Monte Draper Tyler Follis scored a pair of goals in the first period and Jeremiah Graves made 17 saves to lead the Bemidji boys hockey team to a 2-1 victory over East Grand Forks Thursday at The Sanford Center.

The win extended Bemidji’s winning streak to six games and upped the Lumberjacks’ overall record to 13-1-1. The lone blemish is a 4-3 loss to Cloquet in the opening game of the holiday tournament in Duluth.

East Grand Forks’ record dipped to 7-7.

BHS held a territorial edge in the opening stanza and the pressure finally paid off when Follis completed a nifty three-way passing play with his first goal 6:19 into the contest.

Graves started the play when he saw EGF on a line change and zipped a pass to John Forseth along the left boards at center ice. Forseth carried into the Green Wave zone and hit Matt Serratore with a perfect feed and Serratore promptly backhanded the puck into the slot where Follis was camped.

His quick wrister beat EGF goalie Hunter Aubol over the glove and the Jacks were ahead to stay.

Bemidji continued to dominate territorially and at 14:51 Follis struck again, this time converting a feed from Jordan Heller.

The two Jacks attacked the Green Wave net and Follis began the action with a shot from the low right circle. Aubol made the save on that chance and was fortunate that Heller shot the rebound off the side of the net.

Heller, however, followed his shot and promptly sent a pass to the crease where Follis was in perfect position to notch his second goal of the night.

Bemidji outshot the Green Wave 14-6 in the first period and owned a 13-6 edge in the middle stanza. East Grand Forks, however, scored the lone goal of the session midway through the period when Zack Laudermilt found room behind the BHS defense and beat Graves on a solo breakaway.

Neither team was able to find the net in the final 17 minutes although, once again, the Lumberjacks controlled the shot chart. Aubol had 12 saves in the final stanza and finished with 37. Graves stopped 17 total shots.

The Lumberjacks host Roseau 7:30 p.m. at the Community Arena.

In Thursday’s junior varsity game Bemidji and EGF skated to a 6-6 overtime tie.

EGF 0 1 0 - 1
Bemidji 2 0 0 - 2

First period: 1. B, Follis (Serratore, Forseth) 6:19; 2. B, Follis (J.Heller) 14:51

Second period: 3. EGF, Laudermilt (unassisted) 8:13

Third period: No scoring

Saves: Aubol (EGF) 12-13-12-37; Graves (B) 6-5-6-17

Penalties: Bemidji 2 for 4 minutes; East Grand Forks 4 for 8 minutes

Greenwave win in OT

Boys hockey: Wave win in overtime

East Grand Forks Senior High positioned itself as the No. 1 team in Greater Grand Forks on Thursday night at the Civic Center. And it took possibly the softest shot of the day to cement that statement.

By: Tom Miller, Grand Forks Herald

Grand Forks Senior High positioned itself as the No. 1 team in Greater Grand Forks on Thursday night at the Civic Center.

And it took possibly the softest shot of the day to cement that statement.

Green Wave senior defender Blake Christiansen scored in overtime when his light shot from the blue line deflected off the unsuspecting skates of Grand Forks Red River defenseman Matt Verke and into the net to give Senior High a 3-2 victory.

“(Christiansen) was just trying to get the puck on net,” Senior High coach Cory Chupka said. “It’s one of those things where you put the puck on net and anything can happen. It’s cliché, but that’s what happened in overtime.”

Senior High, which improved to 7-5, sits atop the Gambucci Cup standings, which track the head-to-head matchups between the Green Wave, Red River and Grand Forks Central.

The Green Wave defeated Central 4-1 in late December.

Red River coach Bill Chase said there was no one to blame on the late goal.

“It’s hard,” Chase said. “(Red River goalie Andrew Butkowski and Verke) didn’t see it coming. It’s unfortunate to lose in that way, but hey, that’s sports.”

Chase was pleased with how the Riders bounced back from Tuesday’s 8-2 surprising loss to Central at Purpur Arena.

“It was a good character game,” Chase said. “What I really liked is when (Senior High) scored their second goal, we didn’t quit. East Side played hard. That’s just a good high school hockey game.”

The Riders played without its top point-getter, Casey Fugleberg, who is day-to-day with an injury suffered Tuesday against Central.

Red River went with another lineup change, starting backup goalie Butkowski in place of starter Bryan Nies.

Butkowski finished with 29 saves, including a key stuff of Senior High forward Cory Mack at the door step with a minute left in regulation.

But the Riders couldn’t overcome the play of Green Wave junior forward Zack Lawdermilt, who scored two goals to bump his season total to nine.

Lawdermilt scored just 2:27 into the first period on a rebound with assists going to Gage Ausmus and Mack.

Red River would tie it midway through the opening period on a goal from Brock Dahl, whose shot from the slot trickled past Wave goalie Hunter Aubol, who ended with 19 stops.

Lawdermilt struck again at 6:41 of the third period when he scored from the right circle on a 2-on-1 situation.

“Zack has been very good,” Chupka said. “He keeps flying up and down that wing. He’s a goal scorer. That goal in the third period … to shelf that … that’s a goal-scorer’s goal.”

The Riders, who dropped to 7-3, forced overtime when Alan Zahui scored a power-play goal on the rebound of Jon Lizotte’s hard-working shot in the slot at 12:57 of the third.

That set up Christiansen’s game-winner.

“We needed this win to get our confidence back,” said Chupka, whose team lost to Moorhead 5-2 on Tuesday. “We came out really prepared and got a win.”


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Spuds over Greenwave 5-2

Boys hockey: Moorhead upends Green Wave


Senior High earns respect from Spuds
By: Ryan S. Clark, The Forum

The East Grand Forks Senior High boys hockey team doesn’t have an upset win over a top-ranked team like Moorhead.

So what? Big deal. The Green Wave have other things in common with the Spuds and they showed in a 5-2 loss on Tuesday night at the Moorhead Sports Center.

“We’re in the same boat as them,” said Senior High co-head coach Tyler Palmiscno. “We’re still trying to figure some things out.”

Palmiscno’s right. The Green Wave (6-5) have split the last two games and it was easy to see why that was against Moorhead (5-3-1).

They overcame being dominated in puck possession in the first period to head into the intermission down only 2-1.

Senior High rallied from a 3-1 hole when Tyler Hajicek cut it to 3-2 with 2:35 left in the second.

And that’s when the breakdown came. Moorhead took a 4-2 lead off a goal scored from a faceoff.

A minute later, Moorhead’s Tony Uglem scored his second goal of the night.

“That period, we had a bit of a letdown,” said Senior High defenseman Gage Ausmus. “It’s frustrating because we made mistakes on the faceoff and if we don’t make those, we have a chance to win it.”

But there are positives to take from this. Remember Senior High has only played two section games so there’s still time to improve.

Plus, this is a young team with a roster comprised of sophomores and juniors like Ausmus, who is a sophomore.

Moorhead coach Dave Morinville had plenty of praise for the Green Wave.

He knows what it’s like to watch a team figure things out.

Two weeks ago, Moorhead suffered 6-0 loss to Duluth East, the worst home loss in Morinville’s 14 seasons.

Last week, it upset previously undefeated No. 1 Wayzata.

Morinville said it’s a process but said Senior High is on the right track.

“I like playing them,” Morinville said. “It’s always close and the thing about that team is they don’t give up easy goals. You have to work hard to score against a team like that.”

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