Friday Finals: Cyclones Top Woodsmen in Overtime
by Sam Krollman
St. Louis 3 @ Peoria 1 - The St. Louis Jr.Blues defeated the Peoria Mustangs by a final of 3-1 on Friday night. The first would be all St. Louis, as Joseph LoPiccolo and Teagan Lee would strike to give the Jr.Blues a two goal lead after 20 minutes. The second period would bring a goal from Mitchell Nappier for the Jr. Blues, and Colton Cox would answer for Peoria. Peoria would battle in the third to tie, but the effort would fall short.
Wausau 5 @ Wisconsin 4 (OT) - 60 minutes would not be enough, but two goals from Jake Garrow would be enough for the Wausau Cyclones to defeat the Wisconsin Woodsmen by a final of 5-4 on Friday night. The lone goal of the first belonged to Brandon Piwko for Wausau. In the second, Garrow would bury one less than a minute in to double the Cyclones lead, and Connor Dvorak would score to give Wausau a three goal lead. Josh Kauppinen would cut the lead back to two, and 3-1 would be the score after 40 minutes. Kauppinen and Tristen May-Robinson would score 90 seconds apart to tie the game. Easton Plachetka would give Wausau a late lead, but Justin Funk would score an extra attacker goal with 35 seconds left to send the game to overtime, where Garrow would score his second to give Wausau the extra point.
