ST. PETERS, Missouri — The Granite City Lumberjacks scored six goals in the second period and cruised to a 10-2 win over the Long Beach Sharks on Thursday, March 26, at St. Peters Rec Plex.
It was the second game of Pool B play in the Fraser Cup Championship tournament. The Lumberjacks are 1-1 and await the result of the game between the Sharks and Texas Brahmas to determine who will advance. The Sharks and Brahmas play at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 27.
The top two teams in pool play advance to the semifinals at 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 28. Texas is 1-0 and Long Beach is 0-1.
Forward Garrett Plaude had a hat trick in the second period, forward Coltin Gassengeso had two goals and an assist and forward Micah Saxon had three assists to lead the Granite City offense. Nathan Mach made nine saves to pick up the win in goal.
Forwards Brendan Dalton and Caden Shafer had goals for the Sharks. Will Zinnen stopped 24 of 29 shots to start the game in goal for Long Beach. Nicklas Walker came on in relief and stopped 13 of 18 shots for Long Beach.
Mick Hatten is a reporter and editor for stcloudlive.com. He began working for Forum Communications in November 2018 for The Rink Live and has covered St. Cloud State University hockey since 2010. Besides covering Huskies hockey, he is also covering other sports at SCSU and high school sports. A graduate of St. Cloud State, he has more than 30 years of experience as a journalist and has been a youth hockey coach since 2014. mick@stcloudlive.com
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