Duluth Marshall Breezes By St. Cloud Cathedral

Photos by Matthew Moses

Tyler Peterson-NSO

In the final game of the season the Duluth Marshall Hilltoppers took on the St. Cloud Cathedral Crusaders. The Hilltoppers would win the game by a 5-1 score to end their regular season on a high note.

Duluth Marshall would strike first when Jon Hansen and Lane Eliason assisted a Luke Pavelich goal 10 minutes into the game to give the Hilltoppers the early 1-0 lead.

The Hilltoppers would increase that lead just 30 seconds into the second period when John McKenna hit the back of the net on a goal assisted again by Eliason and Kyle McKinzie. Duluth Marshall wouldn’t stop there as they would increase their lead to 3-0 when Pavelich notched his second goal on the night assisted by Nate Johnson.

The Hilltoppers continued to get shots off and increased the lead to 4-0 when Luke Dow scored at the 10:30 mark. Dow’s goal was assisted by Peter Lenz and Jack Dodd. The Crusaders would cut into the lead with Erik Gadbois scoring to make the score 4-1, but Dow would strike back for his second goal of the game that sealed the final score at 5-1.

St. Cloud Cathedral goalies Zach Fritz and Carmen Dehler blocked 28 and 6 shots respectively in the loss. Duluth Marshall’s Alex Murray blocked 17 shots in the win.

Duluth Marshall ended their regular season with a 16-9 record and will play their next game in the Section 7A playoffs against an opponent TBD. The Crusaders dropped to 17-7-1 on the year.

Tyler Peterson can be contact at tpeterson@northlandsportsonline.com