Marinette Youth Hockey Association

 

HIGH SCHOOL

The Thunder offense continued to roll, showing off its speed and agility while piling up 71 shots against Manitowoc.

The game started with fireworks as Blue Haley and Damien Winterbottom both found the net in the first minute of play to stake the Thunder to a 2-0 lead.

“That set the tone,” coach Alex McDonald said of the early strike. “We were able to teach a lot of ice-time lessons from there.”

From that point, Manitowoc goalie Daniel Karlin turned in a masterful performance against heavy pressure from the home team.

Karlin saved the next 24 shots in the first period while a goal from Benson Dickrell cut the margin in half and another from Myles Dekok tied the game with 17 seconds to play in the frame.

“We did a lot of things well, but (Karlin) was absolutely amazing and he got hot as the game went on,” McDonald said, “but our message was to just get the puck deep and get to the locker room.”

The Thunder continued to fire away, but for the remainder of the game Karlin only cracked in power play situations on his way to an impressive 65 saves.

In the second period, Manitowoc committed four penalties, and the Thunder converted all four into goals.

Avery Waloway put the Thunder back on top, and Joey Danielak, Caiden Radtke, and Broden Krouse all scored in the last five minutes of the period to stretch the margin to 6-2.

With a four-goal cushion the Thunder could cruise to the win although Manitowoc applied some pressure in the third period with power-play goals from Dekok and Sam Hinz, the later coming with only 3:36 to play.

Even with the lead cut in half, McDonald wasn’t concerned because of the way his team was able to possess the puck.

“There was no reason they should score two more goals on us if we just did our thing and try to get the puck deep,” he said. “Their goalie was too hot to take chances, but we had time on our side.”

Manitowoc sent six players to the penalty box with the Thunder capitalizing on four of their six power-play opportunities. Meanwhile, the Thunder were whistled only twice, and Manitowoc converted both of those third-period penalties into goals.

Glenn Woodworth saved 13 of the 17 shots he faced.

The Thunder were credited with 10 assists on their six goals all from different players. Radtke, Krause, Haley, Winterbottom and Waloway all had helpers while Simon Bowers, Theron Thayer, Brayden Rounds, Corbin Spencer and Mason Denny made their mark on the scoresheet as well.

This was the first of four meetings between the two teams. They will meet in Manitowoc February 10th and 11th, and again at the REC Center on February 26.

The Thunder are back in action with a pair of games in Madison on January 30th and 31st.

PEEWEE A

The Peewee A team dropped four games at De Pere and Appleton over the weekend.

Parker Perket (2), Easton Baty, Simon King and Wyatt Kneath all found the net for the Thunder while Perket and Samantha Ruiz had assists.

Gracelyn Loomis and Jack Aftanas split the goaltending duties. Loomis recorded 47 saves while stopping while stopping 82% of the shots she faced while Aftanas posted an 81% save percentage while racking up 54 saves.

PEEWEE B

The Peewee B team dropped four games at Iron Mountain and De Pere.

Lucien Thayer contributed a pair of goals while Callie Trensch had an assist. Sam McKenney stopped 71% of the shots he faced but was called upon to make nearly 150 saves in four games.

SQUIRT A

The Squirt A team dropped four games at Green Bay and Iron Mountain.

Sullivan Reek led the Thunder offense with three goals. Jaxen Teteak (2) Liam Koch, Holdin Ruiz and Erin Vincent scored as well. Teteak and Ruiz also had assists.

MITES

The REC Center played host to the third annual Mite Madness Holiday Tournament featuring 19 Mite teams hailing from six different associations over the weekend.

The teams competed at three levels with Red and White tournament style play as well as a Blue Jamboree.

The Red tournament was won by Fon du Lac with Green Bay placing second. In the White division, De Pere took the win over Fon du Lac in the title game.