SAUK RAPIDS-Remington Retka netted the eventual game-winning goal for the Little Falls Flyers who won their ninth straight, 5-3 over the Sauk Rapids-Rice Storm in non-conference play Friday.
Remington's second-period goal gave the Flyers a 4-1 lead. The Storm scored twice in the third before Adam Josephson hit an empty net in the final minute to seal the win.
Josh Jennings, Mario Filippi and Trenton Axel also scored for the Flyers who are 10-3.
Little Falls outshot the Storm 43-18 with Flyer goalie Justin Pekula recording 15 saves.
Sauk Rapids 1 0 2-3
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Little Falls 0 4 1-5
First period: SRR-Daymin Dodge (Morgan Barber) 0:50
Second period: LF-Josh Jennings (Landon Johnson) ppg 0:49; LF-Mario Filippi (Remington Retka) 2:13; LF-Trenton Axel (Jake Kapphan, Andrew Marod) 11:19; LF-Retka (Jennings) 12:03
Third period: SRR-Bryce Kirt (Drake Raduns, Daniel Sertich) 5:45; SRR-Tucker Koenig (Gavin Laine, Connor Cariveau) 7:09; LF-Adam Josephson (Bryce DeDomines, Marod) eng 16:42
Shots on goal: LF 43, SRR 18
Goalies: LF-Justin Pekula (15 saves); SRR-Lukas Marlin (38 saves)
Overall: LF 10-3. Next: Sartell at Little Falls 7:15 p.m. Tuesday.
W-DC 0, Bagley 0
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WADENA-Wadena-Deer Creek goalie Noah Stevens was perfect in the net rejecting all 34 shots he faced as the Wolverines battled to a scoreless overtime tie with the Bagley-Fosston Flyers in Friday's non-conference match.
Bagley-F 0 0 0 0-0
Wadena-DC 0 0 0 0-0
Shots on goal: WDC 27, FB 34
Goalies: WDC-Noah Stevens (34 saves); BF-Ben Thoma (27 saves)
Overall: WDC 5-6-1. Next: Wadena-Deer Creek at Detroit Lakes 7 p.m. Tuesday.
