The Superior High School boys hockey team lost to the Eau Claire Memorial Old Abes 5-3 in the third-place game of the 3rd annual Red Flint Tournament Saturday afternoon at the Hobbs Ice Arena in Eau Claire.
After the Old Abes scored four first-period goals, the Spartans answered with a pair of power-play goals in period two.
Aaron Miller got Superior on the board with a 5-on-3 power-play goal, and Daniel Mikel scored while the Spartans were skating with a 5-on-4 advantage.
Anthony Bronson's goal got Superior within 4-3 in the third period.
The Old Abes sealed the victory with an empty-net goal.
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The Spartans opened its season with a 6-1 loss to the Green Bay Notre Dame Tritons Saturday evening in semifinals.
Superior hosts Rice Lake at 7 p.m. Tuesday and Duluth East at 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
GBND 6, SHS 1
Trailing 3-0, Beau Reder scored the Spartans' only goal on a power play with 20 seconds remaining in the opening period. Bryan Bergstrom and Grant Hanson picked up the assists.
The Tritons added a power-play goal in the second period and two more goals in the third to advance to Saturday's championship game at 2 p.m. against the winner of the ECM-Wausau West game.
The Spartans will play the loser in the third-place game at 11:30 a.m. Saturday.
Paxton Paine had 20 saves for Superior and Eli Hicks had 18 for Notre Dame.
Only five minor penalties were called, including three on Superior.
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Superior 1-0-0--1
Green Bay Notre Dame 3-1-2--6
First Periord: 1. GBNC, Collin Appleton (Sam McCormick, Mason Appleton), 4:00. 2. GBND, M. Appleton (Tony Stillwell), 4:58. 3. GBND, C. Appleton (M. Appleton), 7:48. 4. SHS, Beau Reder (Bryan Bergstrom, Grant Hanson), 16:40 (pp).
Second Period: 5. GBND, Anton Brix (M. Appleton, C. Appleton), 5:07 (pp).
Third Period: 6. GBND, McCormick (M. Appleton), 1:39. 7. GBND, Brett Gruber (Jarod Zirbel), 8:04.
Saves: Paxton Paine, SHS, 7-6-7--20; Eli Hicks, GBND, 7-6-5--18.
