THIEF RIVER FALLS-Josh Maucieri netted the only goal for the No. 7 Northern Lakes Lightning who were eliminated by the No. 2 Thief River Falls Prowlers 4-1 in the quarterfinals of the Section 8-1A tournament Thursday.
The Prowlers netted three unanswered goals in the first before Maucieri's goal came 20 seconds into the second period which saw the Lightning get outshot 15-4.
A short-handed goal by Brandon Gehrls late in the second put TRF back up by three and wrapped up the scoring.
Goalie Jaeger Reed recorded 27 saves for the Lightning who were outshot 31-17.
Thief River Falls 3 1 0-4
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Northern Lakes 0 1 0-1
First period: TRF-Zachary Lee (Christian Larson, Evan Bushy) 2:27; TRF-Ethan Janisch (Dylan Defreece) 7:09; TRF-Aaron Myers (Brady Anderson, Lee) ppg 8:39
Second period: NL-Josh Maucieri 0:20; TRF-Brandon Gehrls (Aaron Meyers) shg 14:57
Shots on goal: NL 17, TRF 31
Goalies: NL-Jaeger Reed (27 saves); TRF-Nick Corneliusen (16 saves)
Overall: NL finishes 21-4-1.
