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Michael Uphues (left) assists Bridger Barnett (#71) for a goal at the MAHA State High School Tournament held in Missoula March 2-4. The Ice Dawgs fell just short of the championship in a 3-2 loss against Helena.
Rhett Eklund (l) and Jackson Bishop (r) get ready for the puck to drop during a face off at the MAHA PeeWee State Tournament in Glasgow. The tournament was held March 2-4 at the Valley Event Center.
The first weekend in March brought the hockey season to an end for three of the Ice Dawg teams. The 19U girls, the High School boys and the PeeWees all competed in their final state tournaments March 2-4.
19U
The 19U girls traveled to Grand Forks, N. D., and played their first game against the Crosby Comets on March 2. Both teams were hungry for the win and with the game tied 3-3 at the end of regulation play, the contest extended into overtime. The Lady Ice Dawgs fought hard, but were unable to prevail over the Comets and the game ended with Crosby on top 4-3.
The following day, Glasgow faced Langdon in what would be another close game and another 3-4 loss for the Lady Ice Dawgs.
On the final day of the tournament, Glasgow matched up against the team from Hazen/Beulah and secured a 3-1 win against their opponent.
Bailee Holstein and Kennedy Schmidt led the team in scoring for the weekend with three goals each. Madison Knodel contributed two and Amy Ruggles scored the final goal on Sunday for the Lady Ice Dawgs. Kassie Moore had a great tournament with a notable 104 saves in the three games. In addition, Schmidt was named to the 2017-2018 NDAHA All-State team as a forward, repeating the honor she received from MAHA last weekend.
Game #1 (3-2-18)
Crosby Comets 4, Glasgow 3 (Overtime)
Period 1
Goals: Bailee Holstein, unassisted.
Penalties: Lexie Pehlke, two minutes, interference.
Period 2
Goals: 0
Penalties: 0
Period 3
Goals: Bailee Holstein assisted by Kennedy Schmidt; Kennedy Schmidt, unassisted.
Penalties: Kennedy Schmidt, two minutes, tripping; Amy Ruggles, two minutes, tripping; Amy Ruggles, two minutes, tripping.
In the net: Kassie Moore, 39 saves.
Game #2 (3-3-18)
Langdon 4, Glasgow 3
Period 1
Goals: Kennedy Schmidt assisted by Madison Knodel and Katie Kaiser; Madison Knodel assisted by Katie Kaiser.
Penalties: 0
Period 2
Goals: 0
Penalties: 0
Period 3
Goals: Bailee Holstein assisted by Amy Ruggles.
Penalties: 0
In the net: Kassie Moore, 27 saves.
Game #3 (3-4-18)
Glasgow 3, Hazen 1
Period 1
Goals: Kennedy Schmidt assisted by Madison Knodel.
Penalties: 0
Period 2
Goals: Madison Knodel assisted by Bailee Holstein.
Penalties: 0
Period 3
Goals: Amy Ruggles assisted by Emily Kolstad (power play).
Penalties: 0
In the net: Kassie Moore, 38 saves.
High School
The High School Ice Dawgs began their state tournament, which was held in Missoula, with a Friday morning game against the Great Falls Americans. Glasgow dominated the entire game and finished with a 5-2 win. Another win followed for the boys when they defeated Havre 6-2 later the same day.
On Saturday, the Ice Dawgs faced the Helena Bighorns, and skated away with an impressive 4-0 win. In the net, Colton Pewitt earned the shut-out, leading his team to the win with 27 saves.
Interestingly, the win on Saturday sent both teams to the championship game to face each other a second time.
Confidence was high for the Ice Dawgs as they hit the ice Sunday morning. Going into the game, they were undefeated in the tournament and had already beat the Bighorns in a shut out the day before.
Unfortunately, Glasgow suffered a heart-breaking loss when Helena secured a surprising 3-2 win.
For the weekend, Ike Braaten led his team with five goals and two assists, Michael Uphues and Noah Lipszyc both finished with three goals and three assists, and Bridger Barnett contributed two goals and four assists.
Also scoring in the tournament were Garrett Lloyd, Jack Helland and Britt Fairclough with a goal each, and recording assists were Koby Regalado, Fairclough, Kristian Price and Lloyd (two).
Casey Mattfeldt defended the net for three of the four games and finished with 78 total saves.
Game #1 (3-2-18)
Glasgow 5, Great Falls 2
Period 1
Goals: Bridger Barnett assisted by Ike Braaten, Ike Braaten assisted by Michael Uphues and Bridger Barnett.
Penalties: Jack Helland, two minutes, slashing; Britt Fairclough, two minutes, unsportsmanlike conduct.
Period 2
Goals: Michael Uphues, unassisted.
Penalties: Michael Uphues, two minutes, cross checking; Ike Braaten, two minutes, roughing.
Period 3
Goals: Michael Uphues assisted by Bridger Barnett; Ike Braaten assisted by Noah Lipszyc (power play).
Penalties: Britt Fairclough, two minutes, interference; Britt Fairclough, two minutes, roughing; Michael Uphues, two minutes, roughing.
In the net: Casey Mattfeldt, 19 saves.
Game #2 (3-2-18)
Glasgow 6, Havre 2
Period 1
Goals: Bridger Barnett assisted by Michael Uphues; Ike Braaten, unassisted.
Penalties: 0
Period 2
Goals: Ike Braaten assisted by Bridger Barnett.
Penalties: Trevor Johnson, two minutes, hooking.
Period 3
Goals: Garrett Lloyd assisted by Koby Regalado; Noah Lipszyc assisted by Britt Fairclough; Michael Uphues assisted by Ike Braaten and Bridger Barnett.
Penalties: 0
In the net: Casey Mattfeldt, 27 saves.
Game #3 (3-3-18)
Glasgow 4, Helena 0
Period 1
Goals: 0
Penalties: Taylor Johnson, two minutes, interference; Britt Fairclough, two minutes, unsportsmanlike conduct; Michael Uphues, two minutes, unsportsmanlike conduct; Ike Braaten, two minutes, tripping.
Period 2
Goals: Noah Lipszyc assisted by Garrett Lloyd and Kristian Price.
Penalties: 0
Period 3
Goals: Jack Helland assisted by Noah Lipszyc and Michael Uphues; Britt Fairclough assisted by Noah Lipszyc; Ike Braaten assisted by Bridger Barnett.
Penalties: Ike Braaten, two minutes, roughing; Koby Regalado, two minutes, tripping, Kaden Fossum, two minutes and 10 minutes, boarding; Britt Fairclough, two minutes, unsportsmanlike conduct; Jack Helland, two minutes, cross checking; Britt Fairclough, 10 minutes, unsportsmanlike conduct.
In the net: Colton Pewtitt, 27 saves (shut out).
Game #4 (3-4-18)
Helena 3, Glasgow 2
(Championship Game)
Period 1
Goals: 0
Penalties: Kristian Price, two minutes and 10 minutes, checking from behind.
Period 2
Goals: Ike Braaten, unassisted (short handed).
Penalties: Bridger Barnett, two minutes, hooking; Taylor Johnson, two minutes, tripping; Merrick Eliason, two minutes, cross checking.
Period 3
Goals: Noah Lipszyc assisted by Garrett Lloyd.
Penalties: Britt Fairclough, two minutes, roughing.
In the net: Casey Mattfeldt, 28 saves.
PeeWees
The PeeWee Ice Dawgs hosted their own state tournament at the Valley Event Center in Glasgow. The event brought 10 other teams to town, and the facility was buzzing with activity for four straight days.
The tournament featured 24 games, beginning with pool play to determine seeding.
The Ice Dawgs faced five teams and earned three wins in the tournament, finishing in fourth place overall.
Leading the team in scoring for Glasgow was Tatum Hansen with 13 goals and six assists. Connor Koski, Jackson Bishop, Trevor Dulaney and Lex Fairclough each contributed two goals, while Mason Hunter, Rhett Eklund, Aiden Price and Zevin Kummerfeldt each sent one into the back of the net.
Earning assists for the weekend were Peyton Smith, Price, Dulaney (2), Hunter (3) and Fairclough (2).
Kolten Hansen stayed busy defending the net as he recorded 71 total saves.
Game #1 (3-1-18)
Glasgow 6, Helena 4
Period 1
Goals: 0
Penalties: Tristan Powell, two minutes, tripping.
Period 2
Goals: Connor Koski assisted by Peyton Smith; Tatum Hansen, unassisted.
Penalties: Tatum Hansen, two minutes, elbowing; Trevor Dulaney, two minutes, unsportsmanlike conduct; Lex Fairclough, two minutes, interference.
Period 3
Goals: Tatum Hansen, unassisted; Tatum Hansen assisted by Aiden Price; Tatum Hansen, unassisted; Connor Koski, unassisted.
Penalties: Peyton Smith, two minutes, tripping.
In the net: Kolten Hansen, 11 saves.
Game #2 (3-2-18)
Glasgow 3, Flathead 2
Period 1
Goals: 0
Penalties: Peyton Smith, two minutes, tripping.
Period 2
Goals: Tatum Hansen assisted by Trevor Dulaney.
Penalties: Tatum Hansen, two minutes, roughing.
Period 3
Goals: Zevin Kummerfeldt assisted by Tatum Hansen; Tatum Hansen, unassisted.
Penalties: 0
In the net: Kolten Hansen, 16 saves.
Game #3 (3-3-18)
Bozeman 6, Glasgow 3
Period 1
Goals: 0
Penalties: Zevin Kummerfeldt, two minutes, tripping.
Period 2
Goals: Trevor Dulaney assisted by Mason Hunter and Tatum Hansen; Tatum Hansen, unassisted (short handed).
Penalties: Peyton Smith, two minutes, interference; Tatum Hansen, two minutes, unsportsmanlike conduct.
Period 3
Goals: Tatum Hansen assisted by Lex Fairclough (power play)
Penalties: Tatum Hansen, two minutes, roughing; Dillon Hughes, two minutes, interference.
In the net: Kolten Hansen, 22 saves.
Game #4 (3-4-18)
Glasgow 8, Billings 2
Period 1
Goals: Aiden Price assisted by Mason Hunter.
Penalties: 0
Period 2
Goals: Lex Fairclough assisted by Tatum Hansen; Mason Hunter, unassisted; Tatum Hansen, unassisted.
Penalties: Peyton Smith, two minutes, roughing; Zevin Kummerfeldt, two minutes, roughing; Lex Fairclough, two minutes, roughing.
Period 3
Goals: Jackson Bishop assisted by Tatum Hansen; Tatum Hansen, unassisted; Tatum Hansen, unassisted; Lex Fairclough assisted by Tatum Hansen.
Penalties: Tatum Hansen, two minutes, tripping.
In the net: Kolten Hansen, 16 saves.
Game #5 (3-4-18)
Whitefish 9, Glasgow 5
Period 1
Goals: Trevor Dulaney, unassisted; Jackson Bishop assisted by Tatum Hansen; Tatum Hansen assisted by Lex Fairclough.
Penalties: 0
Period 2
Goals: Tatum Hansen assisted by Mason Hunter; Rhett Eklund assisted by Trevor Dulaney.
Penalties: Peyton Smith, two minutes, tripping; Tatum Hansen, two minutes, roughing.
Period 3
Goals: 0
Penalties: Trevor Dulaney, two minutes, tripping.
In the net: Kolten Hansen, 22 saves.
Coming up for the Ice Dawgs, the Bantams will be traveling to Butte for their state tournament Friday, March 9 through Sunday, March 11.
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