Redwood Valley scored five goals in the second period as the ninth-seeded Cardinals pulled away to beat eighth-seeded Windom Area 8-2 in the opening round of the Section 3A boys hockey tournament Tuesday at Windom Arena.
The visitors led 2-1 after the first period and stretched the lead to 7-1 after two. Each team scored a goal in the third stanza.
Jessy Gentry scored for the Eagles in the first period with Keaton LaCanne and Andrei Rivera recording assists. Alex Cory scored in the third frame with Gentry and Rivera credited with assists.
Redwood had 10 players record at least one point in the game. Gavin Vanderwerf had two goals and an assist and Kilen Cilek posted one goal and two assists.
Keegan Koster played 35:18 in goal for Windom and made 10 saves on 15 shots. Kole Espenson was in the net for 15:42 and had 11 stops on 14 shots.
Jacob O’Halloran made 16 saves for the Cardinals, who take a 6-19 record to top-seeded Luverne (19-4-2) in Thursday’s quarterfinals.
The Eagles finish the season 6-19-1.
SECION 3A BOYS HOCKEY
Tuesday, Feb. 18
First round
Redwood Valley 8, Windom Area 2
Fairmont 4, Worthington 3
Thursday, Feb. 20
Quarterfinals
Upper bracket
Redwood Valley (6-19) at Luverne (19-4-2), 7 p.m.
Minnesota River (11-13-1) at Mankato East/Loyola (9-16), 7 p.m.
Lower bracket
Fairmont (2-23) at Mankato West (11-12-2), 5 p.m.
Marshall (11-14) at New Ulm (11-12-2), 7 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 22
At Gustavus
Semifinals
Upper bracket winners, 11 a.m.
Lower bracket winners, 1 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 26
At Gustavus
Championship
Semifinal winners, 7:30 p.m.
Windom Area boys hockey schedule/results
Friday, Nov. 22: New Ulm, L 14-0
Tuesday, Nov. 26: at Austin, L 10-4
Monday, Dec. 2: at Faribault, L 4-3
Friday, Dec. 6: at Prairie Centre, L 5-3
Tuesday, Dec. 10: at Marshall, L 7-1
Thursday, Dec. 12: Waseca, L 9-0
Tuesday, Dec. 17: at Luverne, L 12-1
Friday, Dec. 20: Redwood Valley, W 6-4
Thursday, Dec. 26: Bloomington Kennedy, L 6-3
Friday, Dec. 27: Faribault, T 4-4
Saturday, Dec. 28: Worthington, W 4-1
Thursday, Jan. 2: at Fairmont, W 5-4
Saturday, Jan. 4: Morris/Benson Area, L 4-2
Tuesday, Jan. 7: at Redwood Valley, W 4-3
Monday, Jan. 13: Marshall, L 8-1
Thursday, Jan. 16: Minnesota River, L 9-1
Monday, Jan. 20: Fairmont, W 5-1
Thursday, Jan. 23: Worthington, L 3-1
Friday, Jan. 24: at Waseca, L 17-0
Friday, Jan. 31: Becker/Big Lake, L 4-2
Saturday, Feb. 1: at Fairmont, W 3-2
Monday, Feb. 3: at Redwood Valley, L 6-2
Friday, Feb. 7: Austin, L 7-0
Monday, Feb. 10: Luverne, L 12-0
Thursday, Feb. 13: at Worthington, L 4-2
Tuesday, Feb. 18: Redwood Valley, L 8-2