Strong Third Period Key to BSM Red Knights Win Over SLP Orioles

 It was "The Battle of St. Louis Park" Saturday afternoon at The Rec Center as Adam Marshall scored two goals to lead the Benilde-St. Margaret's Red Knights to a 6-4 win over the St. Louis Park Orioles.  

If you missed the early part of the game due to car trouble in this frigid weather, there was plenty of scoring in the first period.  The Orioles took the early lead :36 into the game when Drew Boyum rebounded Lucas Hand's shot.  The Red Knights, ranked second in Class AA according to Let's Play Hockey, would score three consecutive goals.  Marshall would score his first goal on the power play and he would pick up an assist on Ben Thompson's goal a minute later.  Drew Stewart would tally for BSM off a pass from Jonah Mortenson to put them ahead 3-1.  St. Louis Park would cut the lead to one on Jack Wandmacher's left slot goal and the Red Knights would wrap up the first period scoring on Stewart's second goal.  

The Orioles would score the lone second period goal.  McCabe Dvorak got a pass from Ben Olson and he fired it past the goal line to decrease the BSM margin to 4-3.  

Now to the third period.  Both teams skated four on four for :48 but the red digits on The Rec Center scoreboard did not budge.  They would tie the game while Brady Yakesh was serving a holding penalty.  Sam Berry passed to Hand in the left slot and he lined the puck into the net.  Could the Orioles pull off the upset?  The answer would be no when Jackson Bisson scored a power play with 6:25 left in regulation time.  St. Louis Park head coach Andy Sackirson pulled goalie Josh Middleto twice.  The first was with 1:32 left and the second with :44 to play.  But the second stint with a sixth attacker fell short on Marshall's shot that crossed both blue lines and landed in the net.  

BSM outshot St. Louis Park 25-16.  

The Red Knights remained unbeaten at 10-0 and return to action on Tuesday, February 16 against the Eden Prairie Eagles at 7 PM at the Eden Prairie Community Center.  The Orioles fell to 7-2-1, ending a four game winning streak and head up Highway 7 on Thursday, February 18 to face the Minnetonka Skippers at 7 PM at the Pagel Activity Center.