Hermantown To Play In Section Finals

February 23rd, 2014

Tyler Peterson-NSO

The Hermantown Hawks were looking to advance to their 6th straight Section finals on Saturday night and they would do just that, skating by the Duluth Denfeld Hunters 6-1 to advance to the Section 7A finals.

The first period saw Hermantown take the early 1-0 lead when Parker Hawk and Zach Kramer assisted Josh Lenard on the early goal.

To kick off the second period, Duluth Denfeld notched it up 1-1 when Steven Maciver found the back of the net, capitalizing on the power play. Hermantown would be quick to grab the lead back however when Zach Kramer scored off of a Wyatt Aamodt and Nate Pionk pass to give the Hawks the 2-1 lead. Hermantown would continue to increase that lead when Scott Wasbotten score and when Parker Hawk hit the back of the net to give the Hawks the 4-1 lead.

In the third period, Hermantown would keep their foot on the gas as Kyle Amundson scored a goal assisted by Kori Ochs and Eric Gotz to increase the  lead to 5-1. Nate Pionk would top the scoring off when Kramer and Ryan Kero assisted his goal to give them the 6-1 victory.

Duluth Denfelds Wes Cook stopped 46 shots on the night, while Adam Smith of Hermantown stopped 26.

The Duluth Denfeld Hunters end their season with a 14-11-2 record. The Hermantown Hawks improve to 21-4-2 on the season and will square off with the Duluth Marshall Hilltoppers (18-9) on February 26th in the Section 7A finals at Amsoil Arena with a 7:30 face-off.

Tyler Peterson can be contacted at tpeterson@northlandsportsonline.com