Blue Jays Girl’s Hockey wins at the last minute

JAMESTOWN, ND (NewsDakota.com) – There was Matinee hockey on Saturday when the Blue Jays hosted the Grand Forks Knight Riders at John L. Wilson Arena in Jamestown. A game that saw back and forth action, a couple of power-ups and a goal in the last minute of the game, gave the Blue Jays a 3-2 win.

In the first period, both teams tried to stabilize their game as they continued to send the puck up and down the ice. For the first set at 8:21 a little bad ice helped Grand Forks as the puck was sent behind the net, and as Blue Jay goalkeeper Olivia Sorlie moved to his right, the puck hit a bad piece of ice and pounded back. to the left, where Taylor Kilgore stood, and the Knight Riders freshman tapped the puck into an open net led by GF 1-0.

In the second set, Jamestown leveled the game. just 1:30 to the middle frame, and in the power game Alexis Kirkeby took the puck to the ice and split the two Grand Forks defenders and then made a handy move to the goalkeeper and slid the puck home and leveled the game 1-1. . The lead didn’t last long, with 5:35 left in the 2nd, Annika Presteng made her own highlight as she came down to the right and lifted a beautiful backhand top shelf to give the Knight Riders the lead. right setback 2-1.

The third episode started with a 4 on 4 puck, and then the Blue Jays got their power-ups back. When they didn’t score in the first power game, they joined in the second. Freshman striker Ellie Krueger took the puck off the half of the wall on the left, cutting towards the net and lifting the backhand just off the goalkeeper’s glove and off the pole and leveled the game 2-2. The game went back and forth and seemed to be on its way to overtime. However, with less than a minute left in the game, the puck was tied in the middle at the end of the big Forks when Alexis Kirkeby went to dig the puck free and sent the ball to the other side for open defender Peyton Walker. Who then took the shot from the right side, getting it straight out of Kirkeby’s racket steel and Kaylee Baker through the 5 holes in the net with 39.9 seconds left in the rule. The Blue Jays finished the remaining seconds and won 3-2.

With the win, Jamestown will improve in season 3-3 and will be back in action on Tuesday as they travel to host Devils Lake.

Summary of scoring

1. per – Taylor Kilgore (GF) Asst. Serenity Castoreno + Emma Gray

2. Per – Alexis Kirkeby PP (J-Town) Asst. Hannah Soulis

2. Per – Annika Presteng (GF) Asst. Emily Becker + Anne Kleven

3. per – Ellie Krueger PP (J-Town) Asst. Bernadette Belzer

3. Per – Alexis Kirkeby (J-Town) Asst. Peyton Walker + Ellie Krueger

Goalkeepers

Kaylee Baker (GF) saves 26-29

Olivia Sorlie (J-Town) saves 18-20