Both the Windom Area boys and girls hockey teams were in action Monday with the boys losing 5-4 in overtime at home to Austin and the girls falling 5-1 to Minnesota River in LeSueur.
Two Jackson County Central seniors scored goals that gave the Eagles the lead at the time in their season opener.
Austin scored at 5:05 of the opening period but Windom Area pulled even just 47 seconds later as Wriley Haugen scoring just 12 seconds into a power play opportunity at the 5:52 mark. Nick Espenson assisted.
Anderson scored unassisted at 16:49 of the first and the Eagles had a 2-1 lead at the first intermission.
The Packers tied the score at 3:42 of the second period, but Gentry’s goal at the 14:11 mark put Windom Area ahead 3-2 at the second intermission.
Austin scored the lone goal of the third period at 13:02 that would send the game into overtime. The Packers won the game on a power play goal at 3:57 of the extra frame.
Austin outshot Windom Area 41-26. Adam Dahna made 37 saves for the Eagles.
The teams will meet again on Dec. 27 at the Rochester Kiwanis Hockey Festival.
Windom hosts Prairie Centre at 7 p.m. Friday. Schools in the Prairie Centre co-op are Sauk Centre, Melrose, Long Prairie-Grey Eagle, Browerville and Upsala.
The Eagle girls dropped a Big South Conference game on the road in LeSueur and are now 2-4 overall.
Madyson Fredin scored the only goal for the Eagles unassisted.
Fiona Robillard made 29 saves for the Eagles, who had 12 shots on the Bulldogs’ Annika Magelee.
Windom Area’s girls are off until another conference game at Marshall on Tuesday, Dec. 5
WINDOM AREA BOYS HOCKEY SCHEDULE/RESULTS
Mon., Nov. 27: Austin, L 4-3 (OT)
Fri., Dec. 1: Prairie Centre, 7 p.m.
Tues., Dec. 5: at Marshall, 7 p.m.
Thurs., Dec, 7: Waseca, 7 p.m.
Tues., Dec. 12: at Luverne, 7:30 p.m.
Thurs., Dec. 14: Redwood Valley, 7 p.m.
Tues., Dec. 19: at Fairmont, 7 p.m.
Fri., Dec. 22: New Ulm, 7 p.m.
Wed., Dec. 27: Austin at Rochester, 5:15 p.m.
Thurs., Dec. 28: at Rochester Lourdes, 7:30 p.m.
Fri., Dec. 29: Albert Lea at Rochester, 1:15 p.m.
Fri., Jan. 5: at Becker/Big Lake, 7:15 p.m.
Sat., Jan. 6: at Sauk Rapids-Rice, 3:30 p.m.
Mon., Jan. 8: Marshall, 7 p.m.
Thurs., Jan. 11: Minnesota River, 7:30 p.m.
Sat., Jan. 13: Faribault, 3 p.m.
Mon., Jan. 15: Fairmont, 7:30 p.m.
Thurs., Jan. 18: Worthington, 7:30 p.m.
Fri., Jan. 19: at Waseca, 7 p.m.
Fri., Jan. 26: Morris/Benson, 7 p.m.
Mon., Jan. 29: at Redwood Valley, 7 p.m.
Fri., Feb. 2: at New Ulm, 7 p.m.
Mon., Feb. 5: Luverne, 7 p.m.
Tues., Feb. 13: at Minnesota River, 7 p.m.
Thurs., Feb. 15: at Worthington, 7 p.m.
WINDOM AREA GIRLS HOCKEY SCHEDULE/RESULTS
Sat., Nov. 11: Rochester Century/John Marshall, L 6-3
Mon., Nov. 13: Marshall, L 4-0
Thurs., Nov. 16: Luverne, L 10-1
Sat., Nov. 18: Austin, W 6-1
Tues., Nov. 21: at Waseca, W 4-3 (OT)
Mon., Nov. 27: at Minnesota River, L 5-1
Tues., Dec. 5: at Marshall, 5 p.m.
Thurs., Dec. 7: at Worthington, 7 p.m.
Sat., Dec. 9: Hutchinson, 1 p.m.
Tues., Dec. 12: at Mankato West, 7:15 p.m.
Sat., Dec. 16: Prairie Centre, 1 p.m.
Tues., Dec. 19: at Austin, 7 p.m.
Thurs., Dec. 21: Fairmont, 7 p.m.
Wed., Dec. 27: Prairie Centre at Benson, 2 p.m.
Thurs., Dec. 28: TBD at Benson
Fri., Jan. 5: Minnesota River, 7 p.m.
Fri., Jan. 12: at Morris/Benson (Benson), 6 p.m.
Tues., Jan. 16: at Fairmont, 7 p.m.
Thurs., Jan. 18: Worthington, 5:30 p.m.
Fri., Jan. 19: New Ulm, 7 p.m.
Fri., Jan. 26: Morris/Benson, 5 p.m.
Sat., Jan. 27: Mankato West, 1 p.m.
Mon., Jan. 29: Waseca, 7 p.m.
Thurs., Feb 1: at Luverne, 5:30 p.m.
Tues., Feb. 6: at New Ulm, 7 p.m.