Lumberjack Girls Hockey Beats PHM Mirage 4-2

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The Lumberjacks continued their week long run of area 7AA opponents, with a 4-2 victory over the Proctor/Hermantown/Marshall Mirage at the CARC, January 24, 2011. The 'Jacks got down 1-0 just 20 seconds into the game, when the Mirage's Reilly Fawcett beat Lumberjack goaltender Katie Beckman. The 'Jacks tied the game just 3 minutes later when Kara Cresap tipped a Kaitlyn Miller shot past Mirage goaltender Anja Morris.

Cloquet took a 2-1 lead in the period, on a Caityn Lilly breakaway goal over Morris' glove side shoulder. The second period was scoreless, mostly thanks to the 'Jacks Beckman holding strong during a flurry of action in her zone.

The third period went scoreless the first 9:46, until Carley Esse carried the puck deep into the zone and buried a wrist shot under the cross bar for a 3-1 Cloquet lead. PHM's Justina Lindberg cut the lead to 1 goal at 12:49, but Lilly scored again, burying a rebound of an Emily Gustafson into an open net before Morris could recover.

Kara Cresap celebrates her goal vs the Mirage

Carley Esse loads up her shot for a goal

Cloquet Girls Shut Out Lightning

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Alyssa Acheson needed just one goal, an unassisted first period goal by Jessie Ryan, to defeat Section 7AA rival Grand Rapids/Greenway Lightning 1-0 at the CARC, January 20, 2011. Acheson stopped all 22 shots she faced in the shutout, while Lightning goaltender Sydney Helmbrecht was nearly as good, stopping 23 of 24.

Ryan's goal at 10:18 was a great individual effort, first putting a hard wrist shot on Helmbrecht, then burying the rebound into an open net with the GRG goaltender sprawled on the ice. Both teams penalty kill was superb, keeping each other scoreless on 3 powerplays.

Ryan fires the wrist shot that resulted in her rebound goal

Carley Esse works on a Lightning player in front of the Alyssa Acheson near the end of the game

Lumberjack Girls Fall to PHM Mirage

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The Lumberjacks lost to Section (and Lake Superior Conference) rival Proctor/Hermantown/Marshall Mirage 4-2 in Hermantown, December 9, 2010. The 'Jacks got off to a great start, getting 2 goals from Kelly Carlson, the first with under 3 minutes left in the first period, then her second just 22 seconds into the second period. At 9:02 of the second period, PHM's Sam Nelson scored, cutting the lead to 2-1, then 2:40 later she scored again to tie the game at 2.

The deadlock continued until 13:02 of the third period, when Mirage's Niki Mathews scored the game winning goal. The 'Jacks had chances to score with goaltender Alyssa Acheson pulled for an extra skater, but couldn't get the puck in the net. An empty net goal for PHM, scored by Emy Albert, with 3 seconds left finished the scoring for PHM. Acheson stopped 29 of 33 shots she faced, while Anja Morris stopped 26 of 28 for the win.

Carley Esse blasts a shot from the blue line, Kelly Carlson tipped the shot for her second goal of the night

Rachel Macaulay battles PHM goaltender Anja Morris for the puck in front of the net

Lumberjack Girls Hockey Ties Eden Prairie

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The Lumberjacks and Eden Prairie Eagles battled to a 3-3 tie in Eden Prairie, November 19, 2010. The teams combined for 4 goals in the first 4:12 of the game. Eden Prairie's Karissa Olsen started the scoring 27 seconds in, and Callie Halverson answered that goal at 2:43. The Eagles again took the lead, at 3:59 on a goal by Bizzy Schmelzle, that was answered just 13 seconds later by a Kalie Shevich goal as she rushed the net and stuffed the puck past goaltender McKenzie Johnson to knot the game at 2. At 6:55 of the second, Halverson ripped a slapshot past Johnson, 10 seconds into a powerplay, to give the 'Jacks the lead 3-2. That lead held until 4:29 of the third period, as Schmelzle scored again, tying the game at 3. Both teams had shots to win in overtime, with the best 'Jacks chance going off the goaltender, or crossbar just before the overtime buzzer sounded. Alyssa Acheson played strong in net for the 'Jacks, taking the tie.

Freshman Kaitlyn Miller looks for someone to pass the puck to

Halverson slapshot gives the ‘Jacks a lead

Emily Gustafson tries to stuff the puck past the Eden Prarie goaltender late in the game

CEC Girls Hockey Wins Opener Vs Forest Lake

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The Lumberjacks started the Mike Bushey era as head coach with a complete game, beating Forest Lake 2-1 at the CARC. After no scoring in the first two periods, the teams combined for three third period goals. A Callie Halverson wrist shot that deflected off the defense with 4:28 remaining gave the 'Jacks the 2-1 lead, and 25 Katie Beckman saves helped secure the win in the season opener. Caitlin Lilly scored on a rebound at 5:20 to tie the game at 1 after Forest Lakes Audrey Hanmer had given the Rangers the lead 2:23 into the third period. The Rangers Abbie White took the loss, despite stopping 40 of 42 Cloquet shots.

Kalie Shevich takes a swipe at a loose puck in front of the Forest Lake net

Halverson and Jessie Ryan celebrated Halverson’s goal that gave the ‘Jacks the 2-1 lead

CEC Girls Hockey Downs Hibbing/Chisholm 1-0

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On Senior night, the Lumberjacks defeated the Hibbing/Chisholm Bluejackets 1-0 at the CARC February 1, 2010. Courtney Esse scored the Cloquet goal on a backhand in the first period, for the only goal of the game. Sarah Gustafson got the shutout win for the Lumberjacks, and Dory Johnson for the Bluejackets took the loss, despite stopping 37 of 38 shots she faced.

Lumberjack Girls Hockey Beats Northern Stars 2-0

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The Lumberjack girls hockey team, behind 24 Nicole Lund saves, shut out the Duluth Northern Stars at the Heritage Center, January 28, 2010. Melissa Clark got the Jacks on the board in the second period, and Emily Gustafson scored with just over two minutes left in the third to give the 2-0 final score.

Clark celebrates her goal

Lumberjack goaltenders Nicole Lund and Sarah Gustafson

Lumberjack Girls Hockey Beats Mirage 4-1

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December 10, 2009. Sarah Gustafson stopped an amazing 46 of 47 shots, diving all over the ice at times, while Courtney Esse scored a hat-trick to lead the Lumberjacks to a 4-1 win over the Mirage in the rematch of the 08-09 7AA Finals and first of two regular season matchups between CEC and PHM this season. The Lumberjacks only needed 11 total shots to score their 4 goals.

 

Lumberjacks, Lightning, Skate to 3-3 Tie

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Cloquet (CEC) and GRG (Rapids/Greenway) skated to a tie 3-3 tonight (December 1, 2009).. 1-1 after 1 period, 3-1 CEC after 2 periods and 3-3 after GRG ties the game with 6:59 left in the third. The Lumberjacks killed off a 5 on 3 powerplay in OT, on two tripping penalties 30 seconds apart, then of course the Lightning went shorthanded but the Lumberjack spent some of their powerplay in their own zone.

Sarah Gustafson came up HUGE in net for the Jacks the end of the third period and overtime, stopping 2 breakaways and then doing the splits across the crease to stop a great scoring chance on the 5 on 3. A Molly Illikainen goal was sandwiched by two Dana Gallop goals for the Lightning, while CEC got goals by Jessie Ryan, Savannah Hanson, and Melissa Clark.

UMD Bulldog recruit Dana Gallop (#7 black) faces off against Lumberjack Jessie Ryan

Lumberjack captain Courtney Esse

Sarah Gustafson stopping one of her 28 saves

08-09 Class AA Stillwater Girls Hockey Storms Through Duluth, Cloquet

The #1 ranked Stillwater Ponies, class AA State Champions for 08-09 rolled through the Duluth Heritage Sports Center and Cloquet Area Recreational Center (CARC) this past weekend, beating the Duluth Northern Stars 5-0, and CEC Lumberjacks 5-1.  While the Northern Stars game was pretty lopsided, the CEC game wasn't decided until Stillwater turned their game way up in the third period, extending a 2-1 two period lead to the 5-1 victory over the 'Jacks.

Stillwater's Amanda Cartony scored 3 goals between the two games

Janessa Philipczyk scored a goal each night

Goaltender Marah Sobczak (making this save) allowed just one goal in two games

More pictures from the CEC game, with the CEC bias of course.

More from the Duluth game, a little of both from that game.

CEC Lumberjack Girls Hockey Shuts Out Forest Lake 5-0

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The CEC Girls opened their 09-10 season at Forest Lake, November 17, 2009 with a 5-0 victory over the Rangers. Jessie Ryan and Melissa Clark each scored twice, with Savannah Hanson scoring as well. Courtney Esse picked up 3 assists, while Carley Esse and Kara Cresap had an assist each. Sarah Gustafson earned the shutout for the Lumberjacks.