Slipping Wolverines bow to Eagles 8-3

Detroit Lakes' Adam Gotchie (16) maneuvered himself in front of the net Thursday night in an attempt to block a shot by Wadena-Deer Creek's Nolan Killian (19). Flanking Killian was teammate Andrew Sundby (14). Joining Gotchie were teammates Ben Unruh (15), Jack Deconcini (12) and Ben Boomgarden (35). The visiting Lakers rallied to score five goals for a 7-5 Mid-State Conference win. Heather Bullock/Pioneer Journal

By Brian Hansel

February 06, 2017 at 11:28 PM

Ryan Murname, Luke Mehelich and Phil Stalpes iced two goals apiece Saturday evening as the Becker-Big Lake-Princeton Eagles bombed Wadena-Deer Creek 8-3.

The loss was WDC's fifth in a row. The WDC club dropped to 9-13-1.

The Wolverines grabbed a 2-1 lead in the first period on goals by Preston Warren and Jake Dykhoff.

DL was a fun game as we got the upper hand on them in the 2nd. They came out flying in the 3rd though and we couldn't slow it down.

The Eagles took charge of the game in the second period by outscoring the Wolverines 4-1. Warren broke a string of four straight goals by the Eagles when he scored a shorthanded goal with the help of Josh Daigneault and Dylan McManigle at the 14:31 mark of the period.

Murname had a five-point game for the Eagles adding a playmaker to his two goals.

The Eagles were tough in the clutch scoring four power play goals and one shorthanded goal. "We got stuck with too many penalties in the Becker game which they scored four times on," WDC head coach Kyle Davis said. "We couldn't get a lot of momentum going due to that."

The Wolverines dominated the shots on goal 36-24.

Kyle Davis and his Wolverines will host Red Lake Falls Saturday at 2 p.m. in their regular season finale.

BBLP 1 4 3 - 8

WDC 2 1 0 - 3

First Period

BBLP: Weston Schug (unassisted) 5:22 PP

WDC: Preston Warren (unassisted) 9:10

WDC: Jake Dykhoff (Logan Robinson) 9:33

Second Period

BBLP: Luke Mehelich (Schug) 8:00 PP

BBLP: Alec Doran (Phil Stalpes, Aubrey Hartfiel) 8:17

BBLP: Mehelich (Doran, Ryan Murnane) 13:47 PP

WDC: Warren (Josh Daigneault, Dylan McManigle) 14:31 SH

BBLP: Murnane (Hartfiel) 15:37 PP

Third Period

BBLP: Murnane (Doran, Schug) 4:07

BBLP: Hartfiel (Doran, Murnane) 6:30 SH

BBLP: Stalpes (Max Nelson, Murnane) 11:11

Saves

Noah Stevens (WDC) 16; Zach Piehl (BBLP) 33

Detroit Lakes 7, WDC 5

Nick Lund and Jackson Carblom iced two goals apiece Thursday as the Lakers completed a regular season sweep of the Wolverines.

After falling behind 2-0 in the first period on a pair of Nick Lund goals the Wolverines exploded for five straight goals. Bryce Cooper iced two of the goals while Max Phillips, Nolan Killian and Preston Warren added solo goals.

The Lakers shook off their scoring problems in the final period to blast the Wolverines with five goals of their own. Carblom scored twice and the Lakers got solo goals from Jack Deconcini, Trey Seebold and Collin Ginnaty. Seebold's goal with 2:30 left put the Lakers on top. Ginnaty's goal was an empty-netter.

The Lakers outshot the Wolverines 40-19 in the Mid-State game.

Josh Daigneault joined Phillips in collecting two assists.

Detroit Lakes 2 0 5 - 7

Wadena-Deer Creek 1 4 0 - 5

First Period

DL: Nick Lund (Brady Morris, Will Green) 11:18

DL: Lund (Green) 7:58

WDC: Bryce Cooper (Max Phillips, Josh Daigneault) :42

Second Period

WDC: Nolan Killian (Phillips) 14:27

WDC: Phillips (Cooper) 6:55

WDC: Cooper (Colby Schertler, Daigneault) 6:41