Thunderhawks top East

Dwight Cadwell – NSO

The Grand Rapids Thunderhawks picked up its first win over Duluth East since 2007. The Thunderhawks were led by a pair of goals from Alex Adams and 26 saves from Sam Gerth.

Adams scored the games first goal just 22 seconds into the contest to give the Thunderhawks a 1-0 lead. Grand Rapids made it 2-0 later in the first period when Jack Dunnell scored at 11:52 mark.

Drake Anderson scored the only goal of the second period for the Thunderhawks as they would lead 3-0 after two periods of play. East’s lone goal came from Bryton Lutzka in the third period which cut the lead to 3-1 with Luke Dow getting the lone assist.

Jonah Bischoff then gave the Thunderhawks a 4-1 lead before Adams capped off the scoring with his second goal of the contest.

The Greyhounds out shot the Thunderhawks 28-17 but could not come back from the fast start by Grand Rapids. Kirk Meirhoff stopped 13 of the 17 shots he faced for the Greyhounds.

Dwight Cadwell can be reached at dwight@northlandsportsonline.com