Hockey

The fifth-ranked St. Cloud Cathedral Crusaders showed the Wadena-Deer Creek Wolverines where they want to be as a program when they handed the Wolverines a 12-2 defeat the Municipal Athletic Complex in St. Cloud on Jan. 30. The Crusaders are a perennial contender in Class A hockey...

Wadena-Deer Creek hockey players Mike Behl and Dylan Phillips entered the final week of January ranked third and eighth respectively among Section 6A's top scorers. Behl went into the week with 15 goals and 17 assists for a total of 32 points. Phillips had 12 goals and 14 assists...

The 14th Annual Blue Line Bids "Thanks for the Memories" fundraiser for the Wadena Hockey Association is scheduled to take place Feb. 2 at Elks Lodge in Wadena. Complimentary appetizers and snacks served during the event, which kicks off 6 p.m. with a social hour. A live and silent...

Wadena-Deer Creek stars Mitchell Swanson and Bridger Pettit have been named to the Mid-State Conference hockey team for 2011-2012. Swanson finished the season with 20 goals and 20 assists for a team-high 40 points. Pettit collected 18 goals and 14 assists en route to a 32-point season. Joining...

What was expected was confirmed Sunday when Moorhead goaltender Michael Bitzer won the Frank Brimsek Award for Minnesota's best senior goaltender. Bitzer, 18, was the wire-to-wire front runner for the award after helping the Spuds reach the Minnesota state hockey tournament for...

Brody Gimberlin and Luke Schwarz had four-point games Tuesday as the Morris/Benson Storm toppled Wadena-Deer Creek 9-5 at the Benson Civic Center. The Storm piled up five up five first period goals to WDC's one and led 8-3 after two periods. Mitchell Swanson came up with a hat trick...

Bailee Englund and Alex Palm iced two goals apiece as Pequot Lakes trounced Long Prairie-Grey Eagle/Wadena-Deer Creek 7-2 Saturday in a Section 6A hockey match at Breezy Point. The Patriot out-shot the Blue Devils 54-17 and earned the right to advance to Alexandria Tuesday for a...

Julia Osowski had a six-point game Saturday as the Princeton Tigers skated to an easy 10-1 victory over Long Prairie-Grey Eagle/Wadena-Deer Creek at the Expo Arena in Long Prairie. Ashley Helseth gave the Blue Devils their only goal of the game late in the first period on a feed...

Eric Christensen collected a hat trick Tuesday in leading the Breckenridge/Wahpeton Blades to a 7-3 victory over the Wadena-Deer Creek Wolverines. Dylan Phillips scored his first varsity goal at the 13:11 mark of the opening period to give the Wolverines a 1-0 lead. The Blades scored...