Area Boys Hockey: Stangel, Lightning blank PC - Maucieri scores 4 goals

LONG PRAIRIE-Matt Stangel was perfect in net and Josh Maucieri collected four goals for the Northern Lakes Lightning in an 8-0 Mid-State Conference win over the Prairie Centre Stars Tuesday.

Stangel rejected all 17 shots he faced. Max Tangen added a pair of goals and Drew Elfering and Garrett Westlund each scored once.

Northern Lakes recorded its 12th straight win and leads the Mid-State with a 6-0 record and is 14-1-1 overall.

Prairie Centre 0 0 0-0

Northern Lakes 3 3 2-8

First period: NL-Drew Elfering (Garrett Westlund, Shane Donovan) 15:57; NL-Westlund (Brendan Knox) 15:04; NL-Josh Maucieri (Max Tangen) shg 11:22

Second period: NL-Maucieri (Tangen, Reed) ppg 14:49, NL-Tangen (Maverick Engstrom, Maucieri) 12:00; NL-Maucieri (Kasey Couture, Reed) 5:15

Third period: NL-Maucieri (Reed, Engstrom) 15:16; NL-Tangen, Shane Donovan, Engstrom) 5:42

Shots on goal: NL 35, PC 17

Goalies: NL-Matt Stangel (17 saves); PC-Jason Gould (20 saves), Isaiah DeFoe (7 saves)

Conference: NL 6-0. Overall: NL 14-1-1. Next: Red Lake Falls vs. Northern Lakes at Breezy Point 7 p.m. Thursday.

Little Falls 4,

Princeton 1

LITTLE FALLS-Adam Josephson notched a hat trick for the Little Falls Flyers in a 4-1 non-conference win over the Princeton Tigers Tuesday.

The Flyers' Ben Sowada tied the score midway through the second after Princeton grabbed a 1-0 lead in the first period.

Josephson tallied the next three goals, the final into an empty net with six seconds left.

Little Falls goalie Justin Pekula rejected 11 of the 12 shots he faced.

Princeton 1 0 0-1

Little Falls 0 3 1-4

First period: P-George Rhode (Josh Scanson, Jake Carlson) ppg 9:59

Second period: LF-Ben Sowada (Bryce DeDomines) 7:08; LF-Adam Josephson (Andrew Marod, Trenton Axel) ppg 10:04; LF-Josephson (Jake Kapphahn, Mario Filippi) 11:55

Third period: LF-Josephson eng 16:54

Shots on goal: LF 27, P 12

Goalies: LF-Justin Pekula (11 saves); P-Owen Othoudt (16 saves)

Overall: LF 12-5. Next: Cambridge-Isanti at Little Falls 3 p.m. Saturday.

DL 7, Wadena-DC 2

DETROIT LAKES-Wadena-Deer Creek's Preston Warren and Max Phillips scored second period goals in a 7-2 Mid-State Conference loss to Detroit Lakes Tuesday.

Detroit Lakes 3 2 2-7

Wadena-DC 0 2 0-2

First period: DL-Jacob Carroll (Adam Gotchie, Jack Deconcini) 15:12; DL-Bailey Tuilus (Deconcini, Ryan Paskey); 2:19; DL-Trey Seebold (Pakey,Jace Kovash) 1:46

Second period: WDC-Preston Warren (Max Phillips, Jake Dykhoff) 10:39; DL-Seebold (Paskey, Kovash) 7:52; DL-Will Green (Gotchie); WDC-Phillips penalty shot 3:59

Third period: DL-Jeric Giwoyna (Collin Ginnaty, Ben Unruh) 6:33; DL-Paskey(Tuilus, Deconcini) 6:02

Shots on goal: WDC 38, DL 11

Goalies: WDC-Noah Stevens (7 saves); DL Ben Boomgaarden (31 saves)

Conference: WDC 3-4. Overall: WDC 9-9-1. Next: Wadena-Deer Creek at Bagley/Fosston 7 p.m. Thursday.