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RIVER FALLS – The St. Croix Valley Fushion scored two goals in each of the first two periods to skate past Point-Rapids-Marshfield 5-2 in a nonconference girls hockey game Saturday at Wildcat Centre Arena.
The Fushion scored twice in the first 1:22 of the game, and after PRM rallied to tie it with goals from Carolyn Storch and Kiley Kopf, St. Croix Valley (River Falls co-op) scored twice in the final 7 minutes of the second period to regain control.
Pistol Cowden had 25 saves in goal for Point-Rapids-Marshfield (9-8).
The Red Panthers return to action next Saturday against Northland Pines at K.B. Willett Ice Arena in Stevens Point.
Fushion 5, Red Panthers 2
Point-Rapids-Marshfield 1 1 0 – 2
St. Croix Valley 2 2 1 – 5
First period: 1. SCV, Kamryn Jacobs (Jordan Erickson, Natalie Gabbert), 0:32; 2. SCV, Katy Anderson (Jacobs), 1:22; 3. PRM, Carolyn Storch (Kiley Kopf), 15:16.
Second period: 4. PRM, Kopf (Lyndsey Glodosky); 5. SCV, Gabbert (Maura Laesser), 9:23; 6. SCV, Jacobs (Gabbert), 16:11.
Third period: 7. SCV, Grace Kleinbrook (Amber DeLong), 1:01.
Saves: PRM, Pistol Cowden 25; SCV, Ellen Coggio 19.
Records: Point-Rapids-Marshfield 9-8; St. Croix Valley 10-3-2.