BLAINE-Caitlyn Gutzman recorded a hat trick and Savannah Abear scored the other two goals for the Northern Lakes Lightning who defeated the St. Paul/Henry Sibley Riveters 5-2 for seventh place in the Open American Division of the Schwan Cup Friday, Dec. 28.
Abear scored the first two goals for the Lightning who took a 2-1 lead into the third period where Gutzman tallied all three of her scores, the last into an empty net that beat the final buzzer.
Northern Lights outshot the Riveters 32-22 with goalie Kate Stephens stopping 20 shots.
St. Paul 0 1 1-2
Northern Lakes 1 1 3-5
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First period: NL-Savannah Abear 4:02
Second period: NL-Abear (Michala Stangel) 4:51; SP-Alivia Weldon (Grace Dodge) 16:24
Third period: NL-Caitlyn Gutzman 1:31; NL-Solvei Berg-Messerole (Emma Nagel) 2:00; NL-Gutzman (Rose Aldridge) 11:56; NL-Gutzman (Stangel, Ari LeMieur) eng 16:59
Shots on goal: NL 32, SP 22
Goalies: NL-Kate Stephens (20 saves); SP-Ellynor Haack (27 saves)
Overall: NL 6-6-1. Next: Detroit Lakes vs. Northern Lakes at Breezy Point 7 p.m. Thursday Jan. 3.
