MARSHFIELD – Marshfield put away a victory with four goals in a two-minute span of the third period and won 7-1 in a Wisconsin Valley Conference boys hockey game against Merrill/Wausau East on Tuesday night at the Marshfield Ice Arena.
The Tigers led 3-0 after Nick Urban scored early in the first period, and Isaac Wellens and Nate Boson added goals in the second.
Merrill/Wausau East cut into the lead with a goal late in the second period and the Tigers’ maintained their 3-1 lead until late in the game when their offense exploded.
Urban, Ben Lawyer, Isaiah Baierl and Wellens all scored between the 14:38 and 16:54 marks to put the game out of reach.
Ryan Krueger finished with three assists for Marshfield, which improves to 14-6 overall and 5-3 in the WVC.
Marshfield plays at D.C. Everest on Thursday.
Tigers 7, Bluejacks 1
Merrill/Wausau East 0 1 0 – 1
Marshfield 1 2 4 – 7
First period: 1. MAR, Nick Urban (Seth Peterson, Isaiah Baierl), 1:31.
Second period: 2. MAR, Isaac Wellens (Ryan Krueger, Sawyer Schindler), 4:01; 3. MAR, Nate Boson (Urban, Adam Maki), 14:03; 4. MWE, James Pawlicki (Greg Glovinski), 15:41.
Third period: 5. MAR, Urban (Max Heller), 14:38; 6. MAR, Ben Lawyer, 14:56; 7. MAR, Baierl (Krueger), 15:27; 8. MAR, Wellens (Krueger) sh., 16:54.
Saves: MWE, Caleb McCorkle 25; MAR, A.J. Trierweiler 14.
Records: Merrill/Wausau East 1-10, 0-7 Wisconsin Valley Conference; Marshfield 14-6, 5-3 Wisconsin Valley Conference.
Author: News Desk
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