Third period costs boys hockey in loss
Josh Kuehmichel, senior, was selected on the Star Tribune All Metro third team.
Hunter Staack, junior, tries to slap away the puck as Josh Kuehmichel, senior, defends the goal.
Noah Bragg, senior, passes the puck to Jonah Shoemaker-Gagnon, senior.
Matt Hines, senior, skates after the puck.
Josh Laven, senior, fights for the puck at the start of the game.
Jan 16, 2015
The boys hockey team was defeated by the Minnetonka Skippers 6-3 on Thurs. Jan. 15 at the Hopkins Pavilion in a Lake Conference matchup.
The Skippers came out strong with a goal, but Riley Martin, junior and the Royals quickly answered. The game went back and forth multiple times. After one period, the Royals were locked at two after a goal from Josh Laven, senior.
Through out the rest of the game penalties killed the Royals. The Skippers spent 14 minutes in the penalty on 7 infractions compared to the Royals who spent 28 minutes in the penalty on 10 infractions.
A minute and a half into the second period, the Skippers scored but didn’t hold the lead for long as Laven notched his second goal of the game. A very late second period goal would make it 4-3 Tonka, good enough for the winning goal as the Royals were shutout in the third, eventually falling 6-3.
The Royals loss puts them at 0-1 in the conference and 10-5-1 overall. The Royals play next on Saturday, Jan. 17 against Buffalo at the Buffalo Civic Center in Buffalo.
