Mirage Win Sixth Straight

Dec 12, 2012

Kerry Rodd-NSO

Proctor/Hermantown has now won six straight girls hockey game after losing their first two games of the season. Tuesday the Mirage dispatched Eveleth/Gilbert 7-0 behind a hat trick from Reilly Fawcett and two goals from Sophie McGovern.

Justina Lindberg got things going offensively for the Mirage at 11:01 of the first period with Jillayne Gilbert assisting and before the period ended McGovern notched her first goal of the game from Fawcett and Hannah Johnson giving PH the 2-0 lead after one period. The Mirage held a 16-3 shot advantage after the opening stanza.

Just :50 seconds into the second period McGovern added her second goal of the game with Johnson assisting and the Fawcett scored her first goal of the game at 6:27 to give the Mirage a 4-0 lead after two periods of play. The second period saw the Mirage outshoot the Golden Bears 15-2.

Fawcett added her second goal of the game at 2:36 on an unassisted play to push the lead to 5-0. The Mirage went up 6-0 when Jenna Wassenaar scored from Fawcett and McGovern at 6:31, and finally it was Fawcett ending the scoring at 14:56 from McGovern.

The Mirage outshot the Golden Bears 38-8 for the game as Kylie Hommerding made all eight saves to preserve the shutout for PH. Kora Bonicatto finished with 31 saves on 38 shots for the Golden Bears.

Kerry Rodd can be reached at kerry@northlandsportsonline.com