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STEVENS POINT – Marshfield jumped out to a 2-0 lead midway through the first period but couldn’t hold on and dropped a 5-3 decision to Stevens Point Area Senior High in a Wisconsin Valley Conference boys hockey game Thursday night at K.B. Willett Arena.
Bobby Leggon scored at the 8:06 mark and Zach Leggon added a goal 2:16 later to put the Tigers up 2-0.
SPASH stormed back with a pair of goals in the final 4 minutes of the period. Jared Hucke scored at the 13:07 mark and Nick Larson tied it with 10 seconds to go in the period.
Marshfield quickly regained the lead on a goal by Bo Howard 3:49 into the second period, but that was the last shot the Tigers would get past SPASH goalie Michael Storch, who replaced Jake Krutza in the first period.
Jake Jaworski scored three straight goals for the Panthers, including an empty netter with 13 seconds to go, to give SPASH the win.
Mac Alboreo had 33 saves for Marshfield. Storch finished with 20, 17 in the final two periods.
Marshfield (8-9, 2-6 Wisconsin Valley Conference) plays at D.C. Everest on Tuesday.
Panthers 5, Tigers 3
Marshfield 2 1 0 – 3
Stevens Point 2 0 3 – 5
First period: 1. M, Bobby Leggon (Schuyler Seyfert, Austin Littmann), 8:06; 2. M, Zach Leggon (Jake Andrae), 10:22; 3. SP, Jared Hucke (Mason Czaikowski, Max Seiter), 13:07, pp.; 4. SP, Nick Larson (Jacob Dufresne, Matthew Dufresne), 16:50.
Second period: 5. M, Bo Howard (Seyfert), 3:49; 6. SP, Jake Jaworski (M. Dufresne), 6:53.
Third period: 7. SP, Jaworski (M. Dufresne, Czaikowski), 12:43, pp.; 8. SP, Jaworski (empty net, ua), 16:47.
Saves: M, Mac Alboreo 12-9-12-33; SP, Jake Krutza 10-x-x-10, Michael Storch 3-8-9-20.
Records: Marshfield 8-9, 2-6 Wisconsin Valley Conference; 11-6-2, 5-5 Wisconsin Valley Conference.