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Hockey Roundup: Houghton ends skid, blanks Flivvs, 8-0

HOUGHTON — After a pair of losses over the weekend to two downstate squads, the Houghton Gremlins hockey team got back on track Tuesday with an 8-0 win over the Kingsford Flivvers at Dee Stadium.

Brandon Trudeau led the way for the Gremlins with back-to-back goals in the second period 1:13 apart before adding a third tally in the third period on the power play.

Co-captain Ty Halonen broke a scoreless tie 7:04 into the contest with an even strength goal. The game remained 1-0 until Niko Rajala scored on the power play 4:51 into the second.

After the back-to-back tallies from Trudeau, Milo Schaefer scored at 10:55 of the second.

Dane Johnson and Carson Stevens both scored in the third period.

Jimmy Pietila made seven saves through two periods. Matthew Ryynanen came in to play the third period and made one save.

Evan Hedtke made 40 saves on 48 shots for the Flivvers in the loss.

Calumet 4, Marquette 3, OT

CALUMET — Through 34 minutes of play, it appeared that the Calumet Copper Kings hockey team was well on its way to a win over the visiting Marquette Redmen.

In the final 17 minutes, the Redmen struck twice, forcing overtime. The Copper Kings struck just 1:02 into the extra session to earn a home win in overtime at the Calumet Colosseum.

Calumet’s Scott Loukus scored his second goal of the night in overtime to help lift the Copper Kings to victory. His first goal evened things at 1-1 at 14:51 of the opening frame.

The Redmen struck first as Hogan Nemetz struck at 8:01 of the first.

Calumet got the equalizer from Loukus, then got tallies from Lincoln Beiring and Tanner Rowe 1:25 apart late in the second to take the two-goal lead into the third.

Cooper Anderson struck twice in the third, the first time at 13:08 and the second with just 11 seconds left to even things at 3-3.

Alex Studebaker made 15 saves to earn the win. Brennan Hakkola made 25 saves for Marquette.

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