MLA Boys Close Out Regular Season With A Win

Feb 18

Kerry Rodd-NSO

A four goal first period helped to propel the Moose Lake Area Rebels to a convincing 8-2 win over the Two Harbors Agates on Thursday night in boys hockey action played in Moose Lake.

It took a little while for the Rebels to jump-start their offense, but after Ville Mattala finally scored at 11:10 they went on a tear that saw them score four goals in a span of under five minutes. Following Mattala’s goal, it was Josh Cisar scoring at 12:00. Then, just eight seconds later, it was Chris Gassert scoring, and finally at 15:18 it was Zach Cisar scoring as the Rebels led it 4-0 after a period.

Michael Gassert managed to score the only goal of the second period at 6:21 and the Rebels were up 5-0 after two periods.

At 3:07 of the third period, Michael Unzen tacked on a goal to make it 6-0. However, a minute later, the Agates pulled to within 6-1 on a goal by Ben Ruberg. Unzen added his second goal of the game, and the period, at 7:24 to make it 7-1. After Ruberg scored his second goal of the game on the power play, the Rebels finished things off with Mattala picking up his second goal of the game at 16:13 of the final period.

MLA put 43 shots on Agate goalie Aaron Lee, who finished with 35 saves. Austin Lanoue made 25 saves on 27 shots for the Rebels.

Kerry Rodd can be reached at Kerry@northlandsportsonline.com