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USHL Friday Rewind | Jan. 12, 2024
Dubuque 6, USA NTDP U17s 1
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Dubuque received goals from six different players in skating to a 6-1 road win over the USA Hockey NTDP U17s Friday.
James Reeder tallied his 13th of the year early in the first to give the visiting Fighting Saints a 1-0 lead.
Will Bell responded to make it 1-1 at 3:35 of the second, but goals from Noah Powell and Juraj Pekarcik gave Dubuque a 3-1 advantage after 40 minutes of play,
The Fighting Saints, who lead the USHL with 147 goals scored, got goals from Fisher Scott, Joona Vaisanen and Erik Pahlsson to close out the victory.
Dubuque now stands 21-8-1-3 on the season, as goaltender Kevin Reidler finished with 23 saves in the win.
Muskegon 7, Fargo 3
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Led by four goals from Joe Connor, Muskegon halted Fargo’s eight-game winning streak Friday in Muskegon.
The Lumberjacks started by scoring the first two goals of the game when Justin Solovey tallied at 5:05 and Connor netted a shorthanded goal at 12:45. Leo Gruba, the league’s top-scoring defenseman, scored on the power play at 15:28 and at the end of the first, the score stood 2-1.
A four-goal second period proved key to the win for Muskegon with Ethan Whitcomb, Cody Croal and Connor with two, doing the damage.
Tom Leppa and Lee Parks had goals for the Force in the third, but Connor, who now has 15 goals for the season, scored on the power play for Muskegon for his fourth of the game.
Whitcomb, who entered the game with 97 career points, had a goal and two assists in the game to hit the century plateau for his USHL career.
Shikhabutdin Gadzhiev stopped 37 shots for the Lumberjacks in the contest.
Muskegon, which has gone 7-3-0-0 in its last 10 contests, upped its record to 19-11-1-1 with the win. Fargo stands 27-4-1-0 on the season with Friday’s result.
USA NTDP U18s 8, Sioux Falls 5
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The USA Hockey NTDP U18s jumped out to a 3-0 first-period lead, but had to fend off a second-period rally in order to claim an 8-5 road win at Sioux Falls Friday night.
Cole Eiserman, Cole Hutson and Christian Humphreys scored first-period markers for the NTDP.
Hayden Reid responded for the host Stampede at 5:47 of the second before Brodie Ziemer’s goal allowed the NTDP to regain its three-goal cushion. J.J. Wiebusch, Beckett Hendrickson and Noah Eyre scored goals for Sioux Falls before the end of the period and the two teams entered the locker room tied 4-4 after 40 minutes of action.
The NTDP outscored Sioux Falls 4-1 in the third period to come away with the win. James Hagens, Eiserman, Max Plante and Will Skahan scored for the U18s, while Wiebusch got his 17th of the season for the Stamped
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