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Dardis stops 40 shots as Mahtomedi blanks East Grand Forks 5-0

By Drew Herron, SportsEngine, 12/03/21, 6:00PM CST

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Mahtomedhi goaltender Ben Dardis tallied a 40 save shut out in a 5-0 win over East Grand Forks at the St. Croix Valley Recreation Center on Friday night. Photo by Cheryl A. Myers, SportsEngine

Mahtomedhi goaltender Ben Dardis tallied a 40 save shut out in a 5-0 win over East Grand Forks on Friday night at the St. Croix Valley Recreation Center. Photo by Cheryl A. Myers, SportsEngine

Mahtomedhi's Charlie Drage (11) tries to find space in front of the net.  Drage tallied two assists in the Zephyrs' 5-0 win over the Green Wave. Photo by Cheryl A. Myers, SportsEngine

Mahtomedhi's Charlie Drage (11) tries to find space in front of the net. Drage tallied two assists in the Zephyrs' 5-0 win over the Green Wave. Photo by Cheryl A. Myers, SportsEngine

East Grand Forks' Jaksen Panzer (17) works his way through traffic at the front of the net and fires a shot into the leg pad of Ben Dardis in the second period. Photo by Cheryl A. Myers, SportsEngine

East Grand Forks' Jaksen Panzer (17) works his way through traffic at the front of the net and fires a shot into the leg pad of Ben Dardis in the second period. Photo by Cheryl A. Myers, SportsEngine

First Report

Senior All-State goaltender Ben Dardis stopped 40 shots to help drive Mahtomedi to a 5-0 victory over visiting East Grand Forks Friday night at St. Croix Valley Rec Center.

Outshot heavily from the onset, Dardis was the backbone as Mahtomedi weathered a tenuous opening period before the Zephyrs, ranked No. 3 in Class 1A according to this week’s Let’s Play Hockey coaches’ poll, came to life in the second period. 

David Wolsfeld scored the first of his two goals on the night a little more than two minutes into the second period, and 58 seconds later the Zephyrs (3-1) added another when Brent Gulenchyn added a second to steer the direction of the game to an alternate course. Carter Haycraft added a short-handed goal later in the period, and it further worked to frustrate East Grand Forks (1-2) despite the advantage in shots, zone time and puck possession.

Wolsfeld notched his second goal of the game and fifth of the season midway through the third, and Grant Dardis scored late to ice the victory for Mahtomedi in a game the Zephyrs were outshot at a greater than two-to-one advantage (40-19).
 

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