The East Grand Forks Senior High boys hockey team went to Warroad on Tuesday night and overcame a third-period deficit to win.
On Thursday night, Moorhead turned the tables on the Green Wave.
Gavin Lindberg scored with 1 minute, 16 seconds left in the third period and Colby Krier scored in overtime as the Spuds nipped East Grand Forks 2-1 at the Civic Center.
"We have a group of guys really learning on the fly," Moorhead coach Jon Ammerman said. "In terms of varsity experience, we have very little. Ultimately, we have guys learning quickly. A team like (EGF) -- tight checking and tough to play against -- we were on our heels. I thought as the game went, we got better. Part of that is it's a brand new experience every time we're out there. The guys are learning extremely fast and it's fun to watch."
East Grand Forks, ranked No. 4 in Minnesota Class A, was looking to beat Class AA Moorhead for the first time since a 4-1 win on Jan. 25, 2014.
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"We've got to find a way to win that hockey game," East Grand Forks coach Tyler Palmiscno said. "We held on and held on in that third period and weren't able to get anything going. I thought Moorhead did a great job in the third bottling us up. We had chances in the second and third to build separation, then we made a couple of mistakes."
East Grand Forks' Jaksen Panzer started the scoring at 1:21 of the second period when he scored his eighth of the year on a rebound in front.
Moorhead would call a timeout with 1:49 remaining to talk strategy.
But just as Ammerman signaled for his goalie to come off the ice, Lindberg scored through traffic before the extra attacker could join the play.
Then 1:10 into overtime, a Krier blast from the right faceoff dot beat a screened East Grand Forks goalie to give the Spuds the victory.
Moorhead goalie Will Kunka finished with 28 saves, while East Grand Forks' Cole Quirk made 13 stops.
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The Spuds improved to 2-3-1, while the Wave dropped to 3-5 with four of those losses to Grand Forks schools. East Grand Forks plays again Tuesday at Thief River Falls.
"I thought (Quirk) was solid, and we just need to find a way to score more than one 5-on-5 goal in a game," Palmiscno said.
Moorhead 2,
EGF Senior High 1, OT
Second period -- 1. EGF, Jaksen Panzer (Grady Magner, Trey Ausmus) 1:21
Third period -- 2. M, Gavin Lindberg (Aaron Reierson) 15:44
Overtime -- 3. M, Colby Krier (Ian Ness, Lindberg) 1:10
Goalie saves -- EGF: Cole Quirk 3-5-5-0 -- 13; M: Will Kunka 10-10-7-1 -- 28
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