Rangers shut out Yankton, 4-0, at Larson

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Posted 2/3/19

BROOKINGS – The Rangers dominated play, outshooting Yankton 58-10, en route to a 4-0 shutout win over the Bucks in South Dakota Amateur Hockey Association action on Saturday at Larson Ice Center.

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Rangers shut out Yankton, 4-0, at Larson

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BROOKINGS – The Rangers dominated play, outshooting Yankton 58-10, en route to a 4-0 shutout win over the Bucks in South Dakota Amateur Hockey Association action on Saturday at Larson Ice Center.

Ike Johnson got Brookings on the scoreboard midway through the first period with a power-play goal that was set up by Alec Rice and Cody Niklason.

In the second period, Sean Sullivan netted the puck with 11:48 on the clock off Charlie Marshall’s assist.

The Rangers tacked on two third-period goals as Alec Nielson lit the lamp with an unassisted, power-play tally just 33 seconds in before Nick Jonas added another power-play goal as Carter Merritt picked up the assist.

Philip Kuechenmeister earned the shutout win in goal with 10 saves as Yankton served 40 minutes on 12 penalty infractions.

Brookings evened its league record at 6-6 and is scheduled to play host to Aberdeen on Saturday, Feb. 16, at 3:30 p.m.

BROOKINGS 4, YANKTON 0

Yankton    0  0  0  -  0

Brookings 1  1  2  -  4

First Period

Scoring: 1. Brookings – Ike Johnson (Alec Rice, Cody Niklason), pp, 8:44. Penalties: Y, Reid Dutrow (Slashing), 10:00; B, Austin Lesnar (Interference), 7:53; Y, Jace Kapla (Tripping), 5:00; Y, Gage Koster (Roughing), 1:06.

Second Period

Scoring: 2. Brookings – Sean Sullivan (Charlie Marshall), 11:48. Penalties: Y, Eli Kapla (Too Many Men), 14:40; Y, Elijah Berry (Holding), 3:41.

Third Period

Scoring: 3. Brookings – Alec Nielson (unassisted), pp, 16:27. 4. Brookings – Nick Jonas (Carter Merritt), pp, 2:35. Penalties: Y, Jace Kapla (Slashing), 16:27; Y, Thomas Wiener (Cross-Checking), 15:43; Y, Luke Schulz (Roughing), 13:36; Y, Christian Curran (Holding), 9:58; Y, Reid Dutrow (Checking from Behind – Game Misconduct), 3:13; Y, Caid Koletzky (Checking from Behind – Game Misconduct), 0:43; Y, Caid Koletzkey (Minor), 0:43.

Power Plays: Y 0-1; B 3-12. Shots on Goal: Y 3-3-4 – 10; B 20-16-22 – 58. Saves: Y, Ryan Eichacker 54; B, Philip Kuechenmeister 10.