Like the title of a classic country song by Gene Autry, the St. Louis Park Orioles were "Back in the Saddle Again"-the winner's saddle as Luke Mobley scored two goals, including the game winner with 5:58 left in regulation time to beat the Bloomington Jefferson Jaguars 2-1 Saturday night at the Rec Center.
Mobley scored the lone goal of the first period for the Orioles when he got a pass from Bauer Neudecker and scored from the left slot.
Neither team would score in the second period. The Jaguars kept Oriole goalie Atticus Raasch busy in the second period and they lost Carter Eha when he was checked into the left boards by St. Louis Park's Blake Neudecker. He would receive a five minute major penalty for boarding.
Jefferson would even the score at one in the third period when Nathan Johannes rebounded Bob Lescarbeau's shot from the center slot and put it past Raasch. Would there be overtime to climax St. Louis Park's version of Hockey Day Minnesota? Not on this unseasonably warm Saturday night as Mobley went along the left boards, cut into the center slot and scored an unassisted goal. Jaguar head coach Jeff Lindquist called time out with :34.8 left in regulation time and pulled goalie Evan Redepenning for a sixth attacker. They would not allow another goal and send the Orioles fans home happy.
St. Louis Park improved their record to 13-4 and will host the Armstrong/Cooper Wings on Tuesday, January 24 at 7 PM at The Rec Center. Jefferson fell to 3-13-1 and will also be in action on the 24th as they host the Benilde-St. Margaret's Red Knights at 7 PM at the Bloomingon Ice Garden
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