Lake Cowgirl Wins - Ace Rolls

Edina, MN - Lake Cowgirl downed REMAX Advantage Plus 4-2 and Ace Hardware defeated Tradition Mortgage 7-1 to open week two of Celly League play from Braemar Arena.  

Lake Cowgirl 4 REMAX Advantage Plus 2

Two teams that won their opening contests skated to a tight checking 4-2 game with REMAX coming out on top.  Nina Steigaf (Quinnipiac) notched the game winning goal and added an empty net tally to help lead her team to a 2-0 start on the season.  Katelyn Roberts (Penn State) had two assists, one of which she protected the puck beautifully off the right circle and fed Alexa Hanrahan (Assumption University) for her first goal of the season.  

Lake Cowgirl now has 10 goals in their first two games to go with a league low 5 against.  Goaltender Sedona Blair (University of New Hampshire) made 21 saves while seeing her league leading save percentage jump to .914.  She saw a number of in-tight deflections and was in mid-season form to anchor her team in 60 minutes of play.  

Blair’s counterpart, Annika Lavender (St. Michael’s College) equaled Blair’s 21 saves and sits second in the league in save percentage, posting a .900 save percentage in her two games.  Ava Lindsay (Minnesota) had a goal and assisted on sister Sadie’s (University of St. Thomas) goal in the second half which was her second of the season.  

The loss leveled REMAX at 1-1 on the season while Lake Cowgirl stands alone in first place with a pair of wins and six points.  The game was the first for Ellie Morrison since she suffered a knee injury and did not appear in a game with Dartmouth last season, her first year at the collegiate level.  

Ace Hardware 7 Tradition Mortgage 1

Ace Hardware continued their high flying ways and erupted for a 7-1 win over Tradition Mortgage.  The win pulled Ace Hardware even with Lake Cowgirl who held sole possession of first place for about an hour and a half on Tuesday evening.  Through three games, Ace has notched 16 goals in three games. 

2024 Ms. Hockey winner Ayla Puppe (Minnesota) had a hat trick and added an assist for the four point effort. After being held off the scoresheet in the first two games, Puppe asserted her presence up front.  Defender Kiana Roeske (Mankato State) had 3 assists and also has a sturdy 3-game point streak to open the season. .  

Ace has 5 of the top seven point producers in the league yet have a loss.  Goalie Dani Strom’s (University of St. Thomas) 2 wins also pace the league in that category.  11 players picked up at least one point for Ace while five players had two or more points. 

Meredith Jensen Jensen (Dartmouth) scored her second goal of the game for Tradition Mortgage.