Seventh-seeded Windom Area gave second-seeded New Ulm everything it had for two periods Thursday, but the hometown Eagles pulled away from the visiting convocation of Eagles in the third period and won 8-1 in the quarterfinals of the Section 3A boys hockey tournament at New Ulm Civic Center.
New Ulm scored the first goal of the game at 10:13 of the first period but Windom pulled even at 13:25, with Ian Nelson scoring with assists going to Luke Anderson and Andrei Rivera.
The second period was scoreless until New Ulm scored at the 12:07 mark for a 2-1 lead and the home team scored again with only five seconds remaining before intermission for a 3-1 advantage. New Ulm pulled away with a five-goal third period.
Two players had five-point games for New Ulm as Lade Larson had three goals and two assists and Austin Uecker had two goals and three assists.
Adam Dahna made 25 saves for Windom Area, which had 16 shots on goal. Windom finishes with a 7-20 record.
New Ulm (21-5) plays Mankato East (13-11-2) in Saturday’s semifinal game scheduled for 8:30 p.m. Saturday at Don Roberts Ice Arena at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter. Luverne (24-2) and Marshall (15-11) meet in the 6:30 p.m. game.
SECTION 3A BOYS HOCKEY
Tuesday, Feb. 20
First round
Fairmont 4, Worthington 3
Windom Area 7, Redwood Valley 0
Thursday, Feb. 22
Quarterfinals
Luverne 9, Fairmont 0
Marshall 3, Mankato West 2
New Ulm 8, Windom Area 1
Mankato East 5, Minnesota River 4
Saturday, Feb. 24
Semifinals
At Gustavus
Luverne (24-2) vs. Marshall (15-11), 6:30 p.m.
New Ulm (21-5) vs. Mankato East (13-11-2), 8:30 p.m.
Championship
At Gustavus
Semifinal winners, 7:30 p.m.
WINDOM AREA BOYS HOCKEY SCHEDULE/RESULTS
Mon., Nov. 27: Austin, L 4-3 (OT)
Fri., Dec. 1: Prairie Centre, L 3-1
Tues., Dec. 5: at Marshall, L 6-0
Thurs., Dec. 7: Waseca, L 11-1
Tues., Dec. 12: at Luverne, L 9-4
Thurs., Dec. 14: Redwood Valley, W 10-1
Tues., Dec. 19: at Fairmont, W 4-2
Fri., Dec. 22: New Ulm, L 5-1
Wed., Dec. 27: Austin at Rochester, W 3-0
Thurs., Dec. 28: at Rochester Lourdes, L 4-2
Fri., Dec. 29: Albert Lea at Rochester, L 4-0
Fri., Jan. 5: at Becker/Big Lake, L 6-5 (OT)
Sat., Jan. 6: at Sauk Rapids-Rice, L 1-0
Thurs., Jan. 11: Minnesota River, L 8-0
Sat., Jan. 13: Faribault, L 3-2
Mon., Jan. 15: Fairmont, W 6-2
Thurs., Jan. 18: Worthington, L 11-4
Fri., Jan. 19: at Waseca, L 9-1
Fri., Jan. 26: Morris/Benson, L 6-3
Mon., Jan. 29: at Redwood Valley, W 6-1
Fri., Feb. 2: at New Ulm, L 9-0
Mon., Feb. 5: Luverne, L 9-2
Mon., Feb. 12: Marshall, L 9-2
Tues., Feb. 13: at Minnesota River, L 8-1
Thurs., Feb. 15: at Worthington, W 8-7 (OT)
Tues., Feb. 20: Redwood Valley, W 7-0
Thurs., Feb. 22: at New Ulm, L 8-1