It's Seven Straight Wins for SLP Orioles

Just like the title of a Buster Poindexter hit song from 1987, the St. Louis Park Orioles are "Hot Hot Hot" as Johnny Sorenson scored a hat trick to lead them to a 4-2 win over the Chaska Hawks Tuesday night at the Rec Center.  

It was the Orioles seventh straight win.  

The Hawks outplayed the Orioles in the first period, out shooting them 18-6.  St. Louis Park goalie Atticus Raasch was kept busy in the net, giving up only one goal.  The goal came off of Blaine Warmert's pass to freshman Rhett Pitlick and he scored from the left slot to give Chaska the early lead.  

In the second period, it was Sorenson, who played wide receiver on the Oriole football team last fall that shined in the Rec enter spotlight with a pair of goals. His first came on a rebound of Bauer Neudecker's shot and the second came from the left slot following a pass from Grant Plender that would put St. Louis Park in the lead.  

The Orioles would extend their lead to two when Shea Pekarek fed Bauer Neudecker and his shot bounced off of Hawk goalie Ben Urbanciz and entered the net.  But Chaska was not ready for a long bus ride down Highway 212.  Michael Koster would score a power play goal from the left side of Raasch to cut the lead to one.  Would there be overtime on this chilly Tuesday night?  The answer would be no as Hawks had coach Dave Snuggerud pulled Urbanciz with 1:49 to go for a sixth attacker.  It was Sorenson who would get the hat trick as he scored from the right boards with :14 left and it turned out to be the clincher.  

St. Louis Park improved their record to 10-3 and hosts the North Shore Storm on Friday, January 13 at 7 PM at The Rec Center.  The game was rescheduled from December 17 due to the snowstorm that hit northern Minnesota.  Chaska fell to 10-5 and hosts the Spring Lake Park Panthers on Thursday, January 12 at 7 PM at the Chaska Community Center.