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MARSHFIELD – Cole Irish and Austin Littmann scored goals in the third period to lift the Marshfield boys hockey team to a 4-2 win over Altoona in the second round of the Andrew Thiel Memorial Hockey Tournament on Tuesday at the Marshfield Youth Ice Recreation Arena.
The Tigers improve to 2-7 on the season and snap a five-game losing streak in the process.
Marshfield fell behind 1-0 early but Schuyler Seyfert scored at the 3:37 mark of the first period to tie the game.
The Tigers pulled ahead on a goal by Littmann at the 9:23 mark of the second period only to see the Railroaders (3-3-2) tie it back up when Justin Jinkins scored a little less than four minutes later.
Irish scored 3:44 into the third period, off an assist by Tylan Schreiner, for what proved to be the game-winner. Littmann added his second goal of the game with 5:44 to go.
Mac Alboreo had 31 saves for the Tigers, who play Chippewa Falls McDonell (3-8-1) at 3 p.m. Wednesday to wrap up the tournament.
In other games Tuesday, Oshkosh beat McDonell 6-3 and DeForest ripped Fox Cities 9-4.
DeForest plays Oshkosh at 10 a.m. Wednesday, followed by Fox Cities and Altoona at 12:30 p.m.
Tigers 4, Railroaders 2
Altoona 1 1 0 – 2
Marshfield 1 1 2 – 4
First period: 1. A, Trevor Brock (Justin Jinkins), 2:21; 2. M, Schuyler Seyfert (Travis Kersten), 3:37.
Second period: 3. M, Austin Littmann (Bo Howard), 9:23; 4. A, Jinkins (Brock, Colin Perry), 13:01.
Third period: 5. M, Cole Irish (Tylan Schreiner), 3:44; 6. M, Littmann (Seyfert), 11:16.
Saves: A, Drew Magur 11-5-8-24; M, Mac Alborero 11-10-10-31.
Records: Altoona 3-3-2; Marshfield 2-7.