Spartans, Paine blank Chippewa Falls

The Superior High School boys hockey team blanked the Chippewa Falls Cardinals 8-0 Saturday afternoon at Wessman Arena.

Junior Paxton Paine picked up the shutout in goal for the Spartans, finishing with 16 saves. Sean Dubiel had 17 saves for the Cardinals.

Daniel Mikel, Tyler Nystrom and Aaron Miller each scored twice and Aaron Wakefield-Zubiate and Trent Olson scored once for Superior, now 14-6-1 on the season.

Superior plays at Virginia at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, hosts Hermantown at 7:30 p.m. Thursday and plays Duluth Denfeld at 8 p.m. Friday at the Heritage Center.

Chippewa Falls........ 0-0-0—0

Superior.................. 3-2-3—8

First period — 1. Daniel Mikel (Dane Sislo), 0:33; 2. Tyler Nystrom (Aaron Miller, Trent Olson), 7:10 (pp); 3. Olson (Miller, Nystrom), 16:22.

Second period — 4. Mikel, 6:13; 5. Aaron Wakefield-Zubiate (Jesse Polson, Olson), 13:54 (pp).

Third period — 6. Miller (Wakefield-Zibiate), 2:33 (pp); 7. Miller (Nystrom, Wakefield-Zubiate), 6:38; 8. Nystrom (Muller, Wakefield-Zubiate), 13:38.

Saves — Sean Dubiel, CF, 17; Chase Nelson, CF, 12; Paxton Paine, S, 16.

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