Recent Updates

 

I haven’t gotten around to doing a blog update since.. February 4th after the Cloquet boys hockey team beat Hermantown.. yikes.. time to get back to updating as stuff happens..

February was a hugely busy month, shooting hockey and basketball all month.  

Events shot since February 4th include:

February 19 Duluth East boys basketball played Hopkins

Esko Girls basketball game vs Eveleth GIlbert, on Esko’s senior night February 21

Duluth Central/Denfeld hockey quarterfinal win over Eveleth Gilbert at Heritage Center February 24

Section 7AA Hockey Semi-Finals at Amsoil Arena February 26, Duluth East and Grand Rapids each won

Northern Minnesota Girls all-star hockey, sponsored by K1 Sports in Cloquet, March 1st

Section 7AA Final between Duluth East and Grand Rapids, East wins in overtime

Girls 7AA Basketball semi-finals Braham & Esko Win at UMD

Duluth Marshall Boys Subsection 2 win over Greenway, March 9

Hopefully I can get back to updating as stuff happens, rather than skipping blog entries.  Updates are always available below on the Facebook page updates also.

Lumberjack Boys Hockey Beats Hermantown 7-5

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Other than the final outcome of Cloquet winning, this year's Cloquet/Hermantown hockey battle was the complete opposite of the 2009-10 overtime game that the Lumberjacks came out on top of 3-2 defensive battle at home.

The Lumberjacks built a big lead, then held on to beat Hermantown 7-5 in Hermantown, February 3, 2011. Karson Kuhlman scored twice in the first period, sandwiching a Hawks Jared Thomas goal, and Nolan Meyer finished the 'Jacks first period scoring to take a 3-1 lead to the first intermission.

Beau Michaud and Adam Hanson scored 1:12 apart (7:38-8:50) to give the 'Jacks a 5-1 lead that stood until Brian LeBlanc scored at 14:01 of the 2nd. Nolan Meyer added a second goal, just 44 seconds after the LeBlanc goal to rebuild the 4 goal Lumberjack lead.

Hermantown opened the third period scoring early at 1:35, when Grant Sega made the game 6-3. Kuhlman completed his hat trick at 7:35 of the period making the score 7-3. The 'Hawks Garrett Skrbich scored two goals, 56 seconds apart, getting behind the Cloquet defense at 13:38 and 14:34 of the period. Hermantown pulled goaltender Connor Lucas with 2 minutes left but couldn't get any closer, as the 'Jacks held on to win 7-5. Lucas stopped 25 of 32 Lumberjack shots, while John Scheuer stopped 19 of 24 Hermantown shots for the win.

Beau Michaud gets the puck past Connor Lucas

Karson Kuhlman

Cloquet Boys / Girls Hockey Lose Games

Behind 2 Trevor Olson short handed goals, the Greyhounds defeated the 'Jacks 4-0 at the CARC, December 16, 2010. The Lumberjacks skated well with the Greyhounds, after falling behind 3-0 in the first period, only giving up Olson's second short handed goal in the third period. JoJo Jeanetta kept the 'Jacks off the sccorebaord for the shutout.

Adam Hanson goes after a loose puck

 

The Lumberjacks, shorthanded by illness, had a 2 goal lead vs Elk River, December 17, 2010, but couldn't hold it, giving up 3 unanswered goals to drop the Section 7AA game 3-2 at the CARC. The 'Jacks had a 5 on 3 powerplay in the last minute, and an extra attacker from pulling goaltender Alyssa Acheson, but couldn't light the lamp 6 on 3 to tie the game before the final buzzer.

Acheson makes a leg save in the third period

Cloquet Boys Hockey Drops Opener

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The Lumberjack boys hockey team started the season with a tough Grand Rapids team, dropping the home opener 4-1 at the CARC, November 30, 2010. Jack McFarlane scored the lone CEC goal, diving across the goal crease to put a wrist shot past the Thunderhawks goaltender.
Jack McFarlane gets to the Rapids net

Updates Since Last Post

I haven't gotten around to updating this blog since February 10th.. but I've shot a bunch of games since the last update :D  OOPS!  Below you'll find photo galleries/games I've added since the February 10th update.


The Cloquet Lumberjacks Boys Hockey team lost to Forest Lake February 15,  then beat Princeton February 20 in a play-in game for the Section 7AA playoffs.

 The CEC Lumberjacks Girls hockey team's season  was ended by the Duluth Northern Stars on February 11 in the 7AA quarterfinals.

 The Cloquet girls basketball team beat the Duluth Central Trojans and lost to the Superior Spartans, despite a 12 point lead at one point in the Superior game.

The Cloquet Boys basketball team demolished Duluth Central before a packed gym on Homecoming night, February 19th.

 

The FDLTCC Thunder women and men played Central Lakes CC in Cloquet to finish their home schedule.  The women lost despite having their first ever halftime lead, while the men lost to a very good conference leading team.

 

Also shot a Cloquet Squirt B (White) hockey game vs Moose Lake 

Duluth East Beats Lumberjacks 4-3

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The Lumberjacks lost to the Duluth East Greyhounds 4-3 at the CARC February 9, 2010. Duluth East got off to a 2-0 first period lead on goals by Kenny Mellin and Nate Repensky. The Lumberjacks answered in the second period on goals by Jack McFarlane and Adam Hanson. Dom Toninato scored twice in the third period, to give Duluth East a 4-2 lead. With 1:08 left in the third period, and goaltender John Scheuer pulled, the Lumberjacks put immense pressure on Duluth East goaltender Josh Jeanetta, and Cloquet's Mark Savage buried the puck to make the score 4-3. Duluth East tried to let Cloquet tie the game, icing the puck and allowing Scheuer to be pulled again, but the Jacks couldn't get the tying goal as time ran out. Scheuer finished with 29 saves on 33 shots while Jeanetta stopped 23 of 26 shots for the win.

Corbin Morse

 

Adam Hanson

Jack McFarlane

 

Cloquet Lumberjack Boys Hockey Downs Hermantown in Overtime!

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The Lumberjacks got a 51 save performance from goaltender John Scheuer, and an overtime goal from Mark Savage to defeat the Hermantown Hawks 3-2 at the Cloquet Area Recreation Center. Connor Hady opened the scoring for Hermantown, and was answered by a Jack McFarlane powerplay goal. Tony Wilcox gave the Jacks a 2-1 lead, which was then answered by the Hawks Cody Christopherson.  Tyler Ampe stopped 23 of 26 Cloquet shots in the loss.

Lumberjack Boys Lose to Andover 2-1

They played a great overall game but the Lumberjacks lost 2-1 to a tough Andover team at the CARC, January 30, 2010. Cal Decowski scored in the first period for Andover, and Nick Michaud scored in the second period for Cloquet. Taylor Portner scored the game winning goal for Andover with 19 seconds left in the third period.

CEC Boys Hockey Beats Proctor

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The Jacks dominated the Proctor Rails, picking up their second win in a row.

Lumberjacks lived around the Proctor net, including Jack McFarlane (#7) who had a hat-trick.

CEC Boys Drop Home Opener to Virginia

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The Lumberjack boys held their own against a tough Virignia Blue Devils team through 2 and 1/2 periods being down only 1-0 and putting a lot of shots on the Virginia net.  Two defensive lapses allowed Virginia to put the game away, scoring two goals in the final 7 minutes of the third period.