Friday, January 13, 2012

East-West goalie wars

Pat Christman/The Free Press
Holy moly, what a bunch of goalies!

The Mankato East/Loyola and Mankato West girls and boys hockey teams clashed on Thursday night at All Seasons Arena, and both of the winning goaltenders recorded shutouts.

But it was the losing goalies who nearly stole the shows.

In the girls game, a 3-0 victory for East/Loyola, Melany Anderson (pictured) got the 16-save shutout victory. But West eighth-grader Maggie Cusey kept the game close by stopping 57 of 60 shots.

The shots were even more lopsided in the nightcap, an 8-0 victory for the West boys. Zach Fox got the win with just 10 saves. However, East/Loyola's Lucas Weihe shut out the Scarlets for two periods and finished the game with 53 saves. Earlier this season, Weihe stopped 65 shots against the Scarlets.

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