The holidays will be happier for Kylie Hanley who scored two goals, including the game winner with 2:18 left in regulation time to lead the Hopkins/Park Royals to a 3-2 come from behind win Thursday night at The Rec Center in St. Louis Park.
The Wildcats would take the early lead when Hannah Kojetin received a pass from Megan Plaschko and she went along the left boards, cut into the slot and went top shelf for the first Eagan goal. They would go up by two when Abby Barger passed to Kayla Vrieze in the center slot and she lined the puck into the net.
Neither team would score in the second period but Eagan goalie Ashley Larson made several glove saves to keep the margin at two.
In the third period, the Royals would begin their comeback when Hanley rebounded Kate Glover's shot to cut the lead to one. They would tie the game at two as Jenna Kimbrel made a right side pass to Makayla Jones-Klausing in the right slot and she would put it past Larson. Would there be overtime in the first of two Rec Center home games (the next is January 21) for Hopkins/Park? Hanley would answer the question with a shot from the center slot that would cross the goal line with 2:18 to go. Eagan head coach Dan Wilson would pull Larson with under a minute to go for a sixth attacker and the Wildcat defense would prevent any other pucks from entering the net.
Hopkins/Park improved their record to 11-3 and will open up the Mid-Winter Border Battle on Wednesday, December 28 at 10 AM against the Hayward, WI Hurricanes at Fogerty Arena in Blaine. Eagan returns to action on Tuesday, December 27 at 5:45 PM as they wrap up the opening day of the Mid-Winter Meltdown against the Eden Prairie Eagles at the Eden Prairie Community Center.
Emily Cronkhite of Eagan is the daughter of Steve Cronkhite, who played on the 1987 state boys hockey champion Bloomington Kennedy Eagles.
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