SHS hockey team loses at ECM

The Superior High School boys hockey team lost to the Eau Claire Memorial Old Abes 7-2 Saturday afternoon at the Hobbs Ice Center in Eau Claire.

The Spartans (7-2) defeated the Old Abes 5-1 earlier this season in the ECM tournament.

Aaron Wakefield-Zubiate and Trent Olson scored Superior’s goals and Paxton Paine and Zach Reiswig combined to make 18 saves in goal.

Brady Bollinger had a hat trick, including a short-handed goal, for the Old Abes, who scored six of their goals in the second period.

Jacob Bresser added a goal and two assists, and Chuck Bennis had four assists for the Old Abes (4-3-1)

The Spartans next play Delano (Minn.) at 1 p.m. Thursday in the Duluth Marshall Hilltopper Classic. The tournament runs through Saturday at the Mars Lakeview Arena in Duluth.

Superior 0 1 1 — 2

E.C. Memorial 1 6 0 — 7

First period: 1, ECM, Jacob Bresser (Tye McLaughlin, Charley Graaskamp), 11:57.

Second period: 2, ECM, Graaskamp (Bresser, Chuck Bennis), 5:43; 3, ECM, Brady Bollinger (Bresser, Bennis), 9:01; 4, ECM, Bollinger, 13:10 (sh); 5, SHS, Aaron Wakfield-Zubiate 7 (Aaron Miller 16), 13:22 (pp); 6, ECM, Bollinger (Bennis, Bret Schwengler), 14:50 (pp); 7, ECM, Rafael Ponty (Bresser, Graaskamp), 15:02; 8, ECM, Kadin Machusak (Dylan Ross, Bennis), 16:27.

Third period: 9, SHS, Trent Olson 2 (Wakefield-Zubiate 14, Jesse Polson 6), 14:47 (pp).

Saves: Paxton Paine, SHS 10. Zach Reiswig, SHS, 8. Alex Geving, ECM 13. Shots on goal: SHS 1-6-8—15; ECM 8-11-6—25. Penalties: SHS 4-for-8 minutes; ECM 5-for-10 minutes.

Duluth Marshall Hilltopper Holiday Classic

Boys Hockey Tournament

Thursday, Dec. 27

Superior vs. Delano (Minn.), 1 p.m.

Green Bay Notre Dame vs. Mankato West, 3:15 p.m.

Madison Edgewood vs. Duluth Marshall, 5:45 p.m.

Appleton vs. Proctor, 8 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 28

TBA

Saturday, Dec. 28

TBA

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