Photo by Rena Laverty
PLYMOUTH, Mich. – Games wrapped on the final day of the 2024 Hocktoberfest Jamboree from USA Hockey Arena with Lake Superior State University taking down Simon Fraser University, 4-1, in the first contest of the day.
Lake Superior State’s Luke Levandowski opened up the scoring 4:58 into the first period beating Simon Fraser goaltender Jesse Makaj with a glove-side score.
Levandowski doubled the lead 4:02 into the middle frame, finding the back of the net again on the power play after a Simon Fraser holding penalty to make it 2-0 early in the second period.
John Herrington made things 3-0, with another power-play goal at the period's 16:51 mark, connecting with Levandowski and Evan Bushy.
Simon Fraser got on the board with a power-play tally of their own to make it 3-1 off the stick of Holden Cardinal.
With one minute remaining in the game, Simon Fraser pulled Makaj from the net, but were unable to capitalize as Levandowski accepted a pass from Dawson Tritt to complete the hat-trick as Lake Superior State skated to a 4-1 win.
Grant Riley finished with 21 saves in the Lakers' net for the win, while Makaj had 28 for the Red Leafs.
The Colonials netted first as Mitch Deelstra forced a puck over the goal line after Harrison Boettiger (Wheat Ridge, Colo.) made the initial stop. Cody Monds and Michael Felsing assisted the 1-0 goal at 8:30 of the first.
Twelve different U.S. skaters registered a shot in the opening 20 minutes as Team USA doubled up the Colonials in shots, 14-7, but could not find the back of the net as the period ended at 1-0.
The U18s finally got one to go on their 20th shot of the evening as Mason Moe (Eden Prairie, Minn.) finished amongst traffic in front of the net at 12:40 of the second. After some hard puck battles along the boards, Lincoln Kuehne (West Fargo, N.D.) came out with it and found Moe in the slot, who fired in for his first point in the red, white and blue.
Boettiger pitched a perfect middle frame, turning aside all 12 shots he saw to give him a two-period total of 18 saves.
Moe put the U18s on top with his second goal of the game at 12:40 of the third. Andrew O'Neill (Fargo, N.D.) won the offensive-zone draw back to Asher Barnett (Wilmette, Ill.) at the right point. His attempt got clogged up, but the puck went right to Moe, who fired off the post and in for a 2-1 lead.
Fifty-five seconds later, Will Moore (Ithaca, N.Y.) was awarded a penalty shot, but his attempt went wide as the score remained.
With 3:25 to play in regulation, Robert Morris brought the game back to even courtesy of Tanner Klimpke's second-chance shot. Walter Zacher drove the net for the initial shot, which Boettiger got a piece of, but Klimpke followed up to make it two goals apiece.
Moe completed his hat-trick on a perfect 2-on-1 rush with Richard Gallant (Concord, Mass.). Kuehne drove the puck out of the defensive zone to spur the rush. Gallant went down the right wing, hesitated and slid a perfect pass that Moe potted for his third score of the night and 3-2 U.S. win.
Boettiger finished with 25 saves to pick up his second win of the season in net.
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