Grand Rapids/Greenway Lightning Thread

[SportsMa]

Congrats to Emily Erickson and to BSU on a nice recruit!

Good Luck to GRG in their holiday tourney appearance!

[boblee]

Grand Rapids/Greenway 1
Cretin-Derham Hall 0

End of 1st

Shots:
GRG 11
CDH 3

Penalties:
Mor. Illikainen Int @ 7:43 GRG
Mol. Illikainen Trip @ 10:15 GRG
Keys Trip @ 10:39 CDH
Carlson Trip @ 14:18 CDH

Goals:
Gallop (Erickson, Clafton) 16:13

[boblee]

Grand Rapids/Greenway 4
Cretin-Derham Hall 1

End of 2nd

Shots:
GRG 12 (23)
CDH 13 (16)

Penalties:
Keys Trip @ 0:46 CDH
Carlson Int @ 11:28 CDH
Erickson Int @ 12:34 GRG

Goals:
Mol. Illikainen (DeGrio) 0:57 (PP) GRG
Erickson (Gallop) 4:31 GRG
Mancini (Kloek) 9:56 CDH
Arola (Gallop, Horgen) 11:53 (PP) GRG

[boblee]

Grand Rapids/Greenway 7
Cretin-Derham Hall 2

Final

Shots:
GRG-32
CDH-26

Penalties in third:
Kohorst Trip @ 3:47 GRG
Keys Slash @ 13:04 CDH
Hoeft Int @ 16:35 GRG

Goals in third:
Gallop 2:02 GRG
Erickson 4:43 GRG (SH)
Fischer (Keys) 9:53 CDH
Arola (Erickson) 14:36 GRG (PP)

More emotional summary later.

[boblee]

The Lightning dominated the game from the get-go and outshot Cretin 11-3 in the first period. Dana Gallop got the scoring started with under a minute to go on the first on a rebound goal. The Lightning would get outshot 13-12 in the middle frame, but lead 4-1 after one. Molly Illikainen scored the prettiest goal of the game after she took a pass from Markie DeGrio from behind the net on the power play and went top shelf to make it 2-0. Emily Erickson netted her first since committing to BSU to make it 3-0 Lightning. Katie Macini scored for Cretin to make it 3-1, but Molly Arola answered with her 16th goal of the year to make it 4-1 at the end of two periods. The Lightning again dominated the third period and outscored Cretin 3-1 in the final rock. Dana Gallop and Emily Erickson both scored their second goals of the game and both were unassisted early in the third. Erickson's goal was shorthanded. Michelle Fischer scored a goofy goal to cut the lead to four. Molly Arola finished the scoring by putting away her second of the game on the power play at 14:36 of the third.Kelly Wild did not play for Cretin, but Kelsey Scott and Amelia Knudson did. Both goaltenders played pretty well as GRG had many great opportunities. Bessie Havel was outstanding in goal for GRG. Cretin will face BSM tomorrow at 12:30 in the consolation semi-final and GRG will take on Hill-Murray at 3:00 p.m. semi-final #1.

[boblee]

Grand Rapids/Greenway 3
Hill-Murray 1

End of 1st

Shots:
GRG 17
H-M 9

Goals in first:
Mol. Illikainen (Mor. Illikainen, Guyer) 3:22 GRG
Erickson (DeGrio, Gaffney) 4:17 GRG
DeGrio (Erickson, Gallop) 8:11 GRG
Brandt (Knajdek) 16:07 (PP) H-M

Penalties in first:
Dekich Hook @ 4:54 GRG
Kohorst Hook @ 15:47 GRG

[boblee]

Grand Rapids/Greenway 6
Hill-Murray 1

End of 2nd

Shots:
GRG 29
H-M 14

2nd period scoring:
Gallop (Erickson, Mor. Illikainen) 1:19 GRG
Hoeft (Erickson, Mor. Illikainen) 5:06 GRG
Horgen (Erickson, Arola) 8:59 (PP) GRG

Penalties in second:
Brunchu Check @ 7:41 H-M
Saad Trip @ 13:15 H-M
Saad Rough @ 16:08 H-M

[boblee]

Grand Rapids/Greenway 6
Hill-Murray 3

Final

Shots:
Grand Rapids/Greenway 36
Hill-Murray 25

3rd period scoring:
Harren (H. Brandt, Stumpf) 3:44 (PP) H-M
H. Brandt (Doyle, Gallagher) 6:25 H-M

3rd period penalties:
M. Brandt Trip @ 1:00 H-M
Dekich Int @ 2:28 GRG

[GivinYaTheBusiness]

Congrats to Emily Erickson on her commitment to BSU.

BSU will be perfect for Erickson, they're a team lead by underclassmen who has nowhere to go but up. Close to home so Ginny can still see Emily play, perfect. Congrats.

[boblee]

Grand Rapids/Greenway 0
Blaine 0

End of first

Shots:
GRG 6
Blaine 4

No scoring.

Penalties in first:
Sinn Trip @ 3:25 Blaine
Scholzen Int @ 9:47 Blaine

[boblee]

Grand Rapids/Greenway 3
Blaine 1

End of 2nd

Goals in second:
Zrust 2:44 Blaine
Erickson (Horgen) 3:49 GRG
Erickson (Gallop) 11:03 (SH) GRG
Arola (Mol. Illikainen, Guyer) 14:02

Penalties in second:
Arola Rough @ 2:59 GRG
Braastad Rough @ 2:59 Blaine
Daleiden Trip @ 7:09 Blaine
Mor. Illikainen Trip @ 9:53 GRG

Shots after two:
GRG 18
Blaine 13

[mnhcky23]

Thanks for the updates boblee, don't know what this board would be without you. If GRG can hang on to the lead, their impressive streak will continue. Those Erickson from Gallop short handed goals sure have been a frequent occurrence this year...

[boblee]

GRG 4
Blaine 1

DeGrio from Gallop in the third.

Lightning win the AA Abra Auto Tournament.

All tournament players from GRG:

G-Bessie Havel
F-Dana Gallop
F-Emily Erickson

[joehockey]

Congrats to GRG!

Who else made the all tournament team?

[boblee]

Lightning are 14-1-1 and have two great games for this week...

1/3 @ Bemidji
1/4 vs. Edina

[MNHockeyFan]

Lightning are 14-1-1 and have two great games for this week...

1/3 @ Bemidji
1/4 vs. Edina

Any predictions?

I will say 5-2 (W) and 2-4 (L).

[keepitreal]

Lightning are 14-1-1 and have two great games for this week...

1/3 @ Bemidji
1/4 vs. Edina

Any predictions?

I will say 5-2 (W) and 2-4 (L).

In their barn? I'm feelin' you on Bemidji MNHF but it could be closer if they look past them. I'll go 5-4 Lightning at home vs the Hornets though.

[boblee]

One game at a time...

I like the Lightning 6-3 in Bemidji. A lot of wild cards here. Will S. Erickson be there? I believe so. Will the Lightning be healthy? I know at least one girl was ill today. I still like 6-3.

[boblee]

Lightning dominated on a very weird night. Zamboni broke down and only resurfaced half the ice after the first. Teams went to the locker rooms after the second period, but the ice was not redone. There were only two refs and they really struggled all night. Good thing boblee was there to correct scoring errors on 8 of the 10 goals in the game. Here is the scoring summary:

1. GRG, Morgan Illikainen (Molly Illikainen, Molly Arola) 8:14 1st
2. GRG, Molly Illikainen (Marina Guyer, JoHanna Kohorst) 16:45 1st
3. GRG, Emily Erickson (Molly Arola, Dana Gallop) 2:55 2nd
4. Bem, Alissa Johnson (Jessica Christofferson) 5:37 2nd
5. GRG, Molly Illikainen (Molly Arola) 5:54 2nd
6. Bem, Haley Johnson 9:53 2nd
7. GRG, Emily Erickson (Dana Gallop) 11:49 2nd
8. GRG, Molly Illikainen (Molly Arola, Heather Horgen) 13:32 2nd
9. GRG, Dana Gallop (Kayla Clafton, Emily Erickson) 6:27 3rd
10. Bem, Haley Johnson (Karly Engen) 10:44 3rd

Saves:
GRG, Jessica Havel 23
Bem, Kaia Sele 24

I hope all these got to the coaches website correctly.

Congrats to Molly Illikainen. She was the best player on the ice at JGF. She was marvelous and it was nice to see her get her first career hat trick.

[boblee]

Congrats to the Lightning...They have received their highest ever ranking...

1. Roseville, 2. Stillwater, 3. Grand Rapids/Greenway, 4. Eden Prairie, 5. Hopkins, 6. Edina, 7. (tie) Holy Angels and Irondale, 9. Elk River, 10. Duluth, 11. Eagan, 12. (tie) Centennial and Wayzata, 14. Minnetonka, 15. Blaine

[boblee]

Very nice article on Emily Erickson's college choice...

http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articl ... ollections

[State Champ 97]

Very nice article on Emily Erickson's college choice...

http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articl ... ollections

Nice article. She will be a good addition to the BSU team. She, and Crookston's Marlee Wheelhouse, should help give the Beavers some much needed scoring punch.

[startsinthenet]

Good for GRG, they have been playing good team hockey. I personally think the LPH should be Stillwater, Roseville, GRG, EP. Who knows, if GRG keeps playing the way they have been we may see another change, believe they have Roseville and EP in their future.

[boblee]

Remaining Lightning Schedule:

vs. Edina
vs. Crookston
vs. Roseau
vs. PHM
vs. Cloquet
@ Breck
@ Hopkins
@ Hibbing

[MNHockeyFan]

Remaining Lightning Schedule:

vs. Edina
vs. Crookston
vs. Roseau
vs. PHM
vs. Cloquet
@ Breck
@ Hopkins
@ Hibbing

Wow, that is one helleva finish, but a great way to get ready for sections. You know Edina is going to be very tough, but any of the other teams are probably capable of pulling off an upset.