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St. Cloud Cathedral routs East Grand Forks in 1A quarterfinals

By DAVID LA VAQUE, Star Tribune, 03/08/17, 11:15PM CST

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Reagan Garden’s second goal came in the third to give his Crusaders a cushion against the No. 4 seed Green Wave


St. Cloud Cathedral's Jackson Savoie (29) and East Grand Forks' Bauer Brown (9) chase the puck in the first period. (Xavier Wang, Star Tribune)

It didn’t take long for St. Cloud Cathedral and East Grand Forks to sense which team brought more juice to the party.

“We were chasing the game from the drop of the puck,” East Grand Forks coach Scott Koberinski said. “Our guys couldn’t match the intensity they had tonight.”

Reagan Garden and Jake Van Halbeck each scored two goals for St. Cloud Cathedral in a 6-3 victory against East Grand Forks in Wednesday’s fourth Class 1A quarterfinal.

With the victory, No. 5 seed St. Cloud Cathedral (21-6-2) advances to Friday’s 1 p.m. semifinal against Hermantown for a rematch against a team that routed the Crusaders 7-1 on Jan. 6.

Garden’s second goal came in the third period to give his Crusaders a cushion against No. 4-seeded East Grand Forks (17-9-2).

“We definitely came out strong,” Garden said. “It did feel like they were chasing us.”

St. Cloud Cathedral remained in front after the teams traded second-period goals.

Van Halbeck’s goal gave the Crusaders a 3-1 lead. East Grand Forks countered with Casey Kallock’s goal. A two-goal Crusaders lead was restored as Michael Spethmann scored to make it 4-2. The Green Wave hung tough as Hunter Olson’s goal with one minute left cut St. Cloud Cathedral’s lead to 4-3 at second intermission.

Then Garden struck just 1:35 into the third period to assert control by making it a 5-3 lead. His first-period goal made it 2-1 at first intermission and kept the Crusaders at least one step ahead the rest of the night.

First Report

Reagan Garden scored twice for St. Cloud Cathedral in a 6-3 victory against East Grand Forks in Wednesday’s fourth Class 1A quarterfinal.

With the victory, No. 5 seed St. Cloud Cathedral (21-6-2) advances Friday’s 1 p.m. semifinal against Hermantown for a rematch of a 7-1 Hawks’ romp on Jan. 6.

Garden’s second goal came in the third period to give his Crusaders a cushion against No. 4 seed East Grand Forks (17-9-2).

The teams traded second period goals. St. Cloud Cathedral struck first, bumping its lead to 3-1 on Jake VanHalbeck’s goal at 2:03. East Grand Forks countered with Casey Kallock’s goal. A two-goal lead Crusaders’ lead was restored as Michael Spethmann score to make it 4-2. The Green Wave hung tough as Hunter Olson’s goal with one minute remaining cut the St. Cloud Cathedral lead to 4-3 at second intermission.

East Grand Forks opened the scoring on Cody Wolff’s goal at 3:23 of the first period. The early deficit failed to unnerve the Crusaders. Nate Warner tied it 1-1 with a power-play goal at 6:34 and a late goal from Garden made it 2-1 at first intermission.

The teams played to a 4-4 tie on Dec. 3.


Photo gallery: St. Cloud Cathedral 6, East Grand Forks 3

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