Boys Hockey

    Three different players scored goals and Sam Suja stopped 22 of 23 shots as the Northern Lakes Lightning beat Fergus Falls 3-1 on the road Saturday to improve their record to 7-5-1 on the season. After a scoreless first period Derek Berg gave the Lightning a 1-0 lead with his 1st goal of the season with Josiah Reier getting the assist. Lucas Martin made it 2-0 at 1:55 with his 3rd with Reier and Griffen Hannah getting the assists. The Otters made it 2-1 in the third, but Reier scored his 7th goal of thew season at 3:57 from Parker Fulton and Hannah to make it 3-1 and that's where it ended up. Suja had 22 stops while the Lightning had 31 shots on goal.

Lightning   0 2 1 3

Otters         0 0 1 1

   The Lightning JV scored a 5-2 win over Fergus Falls. The Lightning opened the scoring at 15:51 of the first on a goal by Alex Dunbar. The Otters tied the score at 1-1 but Parker Fulton answered that goal to put the Lightning back in front. Josiah Reier assisted on the goal. Northern Lakes took command in the second. Lucas Martin scored at 12:49 from Waylon Katterhagen, and Grady Tjaden scored at 2:06 from Matthew Stueven to make it 4-1 into the final period. The Otters made it 4-2 at 5:20 of the third but Wyatt Verville hit the empty net with :35 left from Dunbar to complete the scoring. The Lightning had 35 shots on goal in the game to 27 for the Otters. Jeremy Betley and Weston Sewall split time between the pipes in this one.

Lightning 2 2 1 5

Otters       1  0 1 2   

      The Northern Lakes Lightning gave up three goals in the third period and lost a 4-1 matchup with the visiting Hibbing Bluejackets Thursday night. The game was 1-1 into the third period but the 'Jackets tallied three times to get the win. It was 1-0 in the second when Leyton Cable tied the game for the Lightning with Landen Cartie and Waylon Katterhagen getting the assists. That was it for the Lightning as they dropped the close matchup.

Hibbing     1 0 3 4

Lightning  0 1 0  1

      The Lightning JV scored a 3-1 win over Hibbing. Hibbing led into the second when Lucas Martin scored from Jacob Peterson to tie the game. Vinny Przybylski gave the Lightning the lead with Alex Dunbar getting the assist and Garrett Furry scored unassisted in the third to close out the scoring. Damon John had 26 saves to pick up the win in goal.

Hibbing     1 0 0 1

Lightning  0 2 1 3

      Parker Fulton recorded a hat trick Friday leading the Northern Lakes Lightning to a huge 6-5 win on the road at Chisago Lakes. The Lightning erased a 5-3 deficit with less than five minutes left in the game and picked up a nice win. The Lightning scored first, getting a goal from Garrett Furry, his 4th of the season, assisted by Landon Cartie and Griffen Hannah at 9:20 of the first. The Wildcats evened things at 1-1 with a goal just two minutes later. Both teams scored twice in the second with Fulton scoring at 16:21, his 7th of the year followed by Hannah scoring his 1st of the season with Cartie and Bodie Nybakken getting the helpers. Nybakken also assisted on Fultons goal. That made it 3-1 Lightning with 10:53 to go in the period. The Wildcats would score the next four goals, two of them during an extended power play and led 5-3 with 5:51 to go in the game but the Lightning were far from finished. Fulton scored at 4:22 from Josiah Reier and Derek Berg and then Hannah tied the game at 4:01 from Furry and Sutton Sullivan. Fulton completed the "hattie" with the game-winner at 2:51 from Reier and the Lightning had the win. Sam Suja was in goal and stopped 28 of 33 shots while his teammates put 25 shots on goal in the game. Coach T.K. after the win, "After killing a five-minute major and being down 5-3 the guys showed great resolve to score three straight to get the win. I am so proud of them." 
Lightning   1 2 3 6
Wildcats    1 2 2 5

     The Lightning JV scored a 5-2 win over the Wildcats. Five different players scored for Northern Lakes in the victory. Drew Gateski opened the scoring for the Wildcats and they led 1-0 into the second. Lucas Martin scored at 11:18 of period two to tie the game at 1-1. Waylon Katterhagen picked up the assist. The Lightning took the lead at 8:19 on a goal by Jacob Peterson with Katterhagen again getting the assist. That goal came with a man advantage. That was the score heading into the final period. Landon Cartie scored at 14:17 from Griffen Hannah to make it 3-1 and Garrett Furry scored at 11:29 to make it 4-1. Gateski scored again for the Wildcats to close it to 4-2 and Grady Tjaden finished off the scoring  at :38. Weston Sewell and Jeremy Betley shared time in the net for the Lightning. Sewell stopped 11 of 12 shots and Betley saved 16 of 17. The Lightning posted 25 shots on goal.
Lightning    0 2 3 5
Wildcats     1  0 1  2  

       Parker Fulton scored his team leading 7th goal of the season, but it was all the Northern Lakes Lightning could muster in a 4-1 loss in Hudson Tuesday night. The goal tied the game at 1-1 but Hudson scored the final three goals of the game to get the win. The Lightning had 40 shots on goal while Sam Suja stopped 18 of 22 shots. Each team had 4 penalties for 8 minutes in the game and Hudson had a pair of power play goals. Coach T.K. after the loss, "I thought we played really well despite losing the game."

Lightning   1 0 0 1

Hudson     2 1  1 4

      The Lightning JV scored a 4-1 victory Tuesday on the road at Hudson. The Lightning took a 2-1 lead after two periods and scored twice in the final period to compete the scoring. Damon Johnson topped 17 shots for the Lightning while his teammates put 17 shots on goal for the game. Northern Lakes opened the scoring in the first on a goal by Wyatt Verville unassisted. They made it 2-0 at 5:16 of the second on a goal from Parker Fulton with Josiah Reiner getting the assist. Lucas Martin scored unassisted at 12:26 of the third before Hudson got on the scoreboard on a goal by Landen Eggen. Alex Dunbar scored from Nolan Hall at 14:39 to finish off the scoring for the game.

 Lightning   1 1 2 4 

Hudson      0 0 1 1     

       The Northfield Raiders scored two goals in the third period Saturday to pick up a 3-2 win over the Northern Lakes Lightning at the Hallett Center. The Lightning took a 2-1 lead into the final period, but the Raiders tied it at 13:30 and then got the game winner with 1:35 left in the game. Jacob Peterson gave the Lightning a 1-0 lead at 16:29 of the first with his 5th goal of the season with Landon Cartie getting the assist. Garrett Furry made it 2-0 with his 3rd at 1:32 from Griffen Hannah and Sutton Sullivan. The Raiders closed it to 2-1 at 8:50 of the second with a goal by Oliver Benjamin, his 10th, a power play goal with Peterson in the box for hooking. They tied it at 13:30 of the third on a goal by Michael Steward, his 10th and then Jacob Peters won it in the final two minutes with his 9th goal of the season. The Lightning had 27 shots on goal and Sam Suja stopped 42 Raider shots in the game. Coach T.K. after the loss, "The turning point was when we led 2-0 and were called for three straight penalties. They scored and changed the game." The Lightning had 5 penalties for 10 minutes while the Raiders were whistled for just two penalties for 4 minutes.

Raiders     0  1 2 3

Lightning  2 0 0 2

      Damon John stopped all 18 shots on goal, and the Lightning JV scored a 4-0 win Saturday over Northfield. Two goals in the first period was all the Lightning would need as they put 29 shots on goal in the win. Jacob Peterson opened the scoring t 13:48 of the first from Waylon Katterhagen and Landon Cartie. Katterhagen scored from Cartie and Peterson at 4:25 and it was 2-0 after one period. Vinny Przybylski scored at 1:02 of the second for a 3-0 lead with Alex Dunbar getting the assist and Garrett Furry closed out the scoring at 4:06 of the third to complete the scoring.
Raiders     0 0 0 0
Lightning  2 1  1  4

      The Northern Lakes Lightning scored five times in the second period and Sam Suja stopped all 11 shots on goal as the Lightning moved to 5-2-1 after a 9-0 shutout at Little Falls Tuesday night. Waylon Katterhagen scored in the first period, his 5th goal of the season with Jacob Peterson and Landen Cartie getting the assists to give the Lightning a 1-0 lead. Five goals in the second put the game away. First, Cartie scored his 2nd of the year from Katterhagen and Peterson at 11:29. Josiah Reier netted his 5th of the season at 11:52 from Derek Berg and Kyler Rikala to make it 3-0. Bodie Nybakken scored at 6:07, his 2nd, unassisted, Parker Fulton scored his 6th at 5:13 from Reier and Berg, and Peterson scored at 4:04 from Garrett Furry and it was 6-0. Three more goals in the third made it a rout. Peterson scored from Cartie and Leyton Cable at 10:20, Furry scored his 2nd of the season at 6:55 from Reier and Reier scored from Huck Balmer to complete the scoring. The Lightning had 54 shots on goal.

Lightning   1  5 3 9

Flyers         0 0 0 0

      Parker Fulton scored a hat trick as the Northern Lakes Lightning posted a 7-2 home win Thursday over the Thief River Falls Prowlers. The visitors scored twice in the first period to take the lead, but it was all Lightning after that. Parker Fulton got his team started with a goal at 9:03, his 3rd of the season from Huck Balmer and Kyler Rikala and Northern Lakes trailed 2-1 after one. Waylon Katterhagen got the game tied at 2-2 with his 4th goal of the year at 4:55 of the second from Jacob Peterson and Bodie Nybakken, then Josiah Reier put the Lightning in front with his 4th of the year from Fulton at 7:40. The Lightning made it 4-2 with Fulton's second of the night, this time from Reier and Derek Berg. Three goals in the final period put the contest away. Garrett Furry scored his first of the season at 14:19 from Lucas Martin and Nybakken, Martin followed with a goal from Sutton Sullivan and Fulton finished off the "hattie" at 5:28 with Balmer and Rikala getting the helpers. Sam Suja had 14 saves in net while the Lightning registered 24 shots on goal.
Prowlers   2 0 0 2
Lightning  1 3 3 7

        The Lightning JV scored a 4-1 victory over the Prowlers. They took a 3-0 lead after the first period and never looked back. Colton Vry opened the scoring at 9:22 from Vinny Przybylski for a 1-0 lead. Eli McNevin scored at 5:40 from Wyatt Verville and Adien Woratschka. Przybyski made it 3-0 at 1:43 with the assist going to Vry for the 3-0 edge. The Prowlers scored at 1:10 of the second to cut it to 3-1 but Lucas Martin scored at 3:55 of the third to close out the scoring. The Lightning outshot Thief River Falls 24-17.
Prowlers    0 1 0 1
Lightning   3 0 1 4