Wilderness Sweep Jaynesville

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Friday Night

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A lackluster three minutes against the defending North American Hockey League champions cost the Jets dearly. The Minnesota Wilderness scored three times in a span of 2 minutes, 55 seconds on the way to a 4-3 victory at the Janesville Ice Arena.

The Wilderness held off a late Jets rally to win on Friday night, 4-3 in Janesville. The came was tight early, with neither team able to score in the opening period. The Wilderness then took control with three goals in the 2^nd period from Tyler Cline, Jack Forbort and Mitch Slattery.

Nils Rygaard had the lone Jets goal in the 2^nd period. The Wilderness lead swelled to 4-1 as Kobe Roth scored midway through the 3^rd period. The Jets attempted a comeback with two late 3^rd period goals from Martin Sundberg and Adam Winborg, but it wasn’t enough. Wilderness goalie Chase Munroe made 32 saves in the win.

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Martin Sundberg of the Janesville Jets went to the box for a major charging penalty and game misconduct in the first period, and Aaron Miller of the Minnesota Wilderness scored twice in a 1 minute, 45 second window during the ensuing man advantage to spark Minnesota’s 4-0 win at the Janesville Ice Arena on Saturday.

Luke Kania posted his second shutout of the season in just his third start as the Wilderness completed a weekend road sweep of the Jets with a 4-0 shutout win on Saturday. The Wilderness jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the 1^st period with back-to-back power play goals less than two minutes apart from Casey Gilling and Aaron Miller.

The lead increased to 4-0 with two more Wilderness goals in the 2^nd period from Tyler Cline and Janis Jaks. Kania made 19 saves in the win, while Jack LaFontaine took the loss for the Jets, making 16 save

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