ST. LOUIS PARK, Minn. -- The Benilde-St. Margaret's junior varsity went to overtime twice and dropped a two-goal decision, going 0-2-1 in three games at the Tradition in the Park tournament.
The Red Knights opened with a 5-4 overtime loss to Holy Family after holding three one-goal leads.
They followed Thursday's loss by leading 1-0 versus Wayzata before three third-period goals by the Trojans spelled a 3-1 defeat.
Saturday, BSM again led 1-0 after two periods but had to settle for a 1-1 tie in overtime versus Lakeville South.
The Red Knights will return to action, Thursday, when they face Minnetonka at the Pagel Activity Center in a 5 p.m. game.
The Red Knights collected a 5-on-3 short-handed goals and went 16-for-18 on the penalty kill.
Holy Family 5, Benilde-St. Margaret's 4 (OT)
Asher Connolly registed points on three of BSM's four goals.
Sam Ryan scored just one minutes, 28 seconds into the game and BSM held three one-goal leads but the Fire used a 39-14 advantage in shots on goal to eventually pull out a 5-4 win in overtime.
Ryan redirected a Charlie Johnson shot from the right point to get the Red Knights on the scoreboard first, but it took just 66 seconds for Holy Family to get the goal back when Ben Reddan scored the first of his two first-period goals.
Logan Lyke restored the Red Knights' lead when he scored on the power-play at 6:41 but Reddan had an answer again scoring on the power-play just 56 seconds later.
The score remained tied for nearly 17 minutes before Holy Family went on a 5-on-3 power play when back-to-back penalties gave the Fire a two-man advantage with 6:19 remaining in the middle stanza.
Asher Connolly scored a rare 5-on-3 short-handed goal when he jumped a pass inside his own blue line and scored an unassisted goal on the breakaway.
Nick Blood scored a key goal for the Fire when he tallied with 2.4 seconds remaining in the middle period and Holy Family took its first lead of the game just 13 seconds into the third period.
Brady Giertsen got that goal back less than four minutes later to force overtime, where the Fire scored 4:16 into session to claim the victory.
Charlie Frattalone kept the Red Knights afloat in the game by stopping 34 shots as Holy Family held a 25-shot advantage for the game.
Wayzata 3, Benilde-St. Margaret's 1
Jack Olson turned in a 30-save effort, stopping the first 24 shots he faced.
Asher Connolly scored midway through the opening period at the Red Knights held that lead until a three-goal third period enabled Wayzata to claim a 3-1 win.
The Trojans held a 22-19 edge in shots on goal through two periods but were unable to get a shot past Jack Olson until going on their first power play of the game, three minutes, 10 seconds into the final frame.
It took Wayzata just nine seconds to even the score at that point and the Trojans scored again 43 seconds later, going onto dominated the third period, outshooting the Red Knights 11-2 over the game's final 15 minutes.
Olson stopped 30 of the 33 shots he faced, including the first 24 that the Trojans put on net.
Charlie Frattalone turned aside 24 of the 25 shots he faced, including seven in overtime.
BSM's Charlie Frattalone and Lakeville South's Alex Franz locked into a goaltending duel, each allowing just one goal as the team's skated to a 1-1 tie.
Despite 20 power-play chances in the game, the only man-advantage goal came with four minutes, 18 seconds remaining in the second period when Ian Thorstenson scored the game's first goal after nearly 26 minutes of scoreless hockey.
Wyatt Barton got that goal back for the Cougars, 2:19 into the third period and the teams went scoreless over the game's final 21 minutes.
Officials assessed 59 minutes in penalties, resulting in nine power plays by South and 11 by BSM.
The Red Knights had a 36-25 advantage in shots on goal in the game. Frattalone turned aside 24 shots, including seven in overtime, five of which game while his team was killing a penalty.
