OREGON - In the first game of playdowns for the state tournament, the Avalanche Squirt A traveled to Oregon to take on Baraboo A on Saturday, Feb. 1. The Avalanche dominated the entire game, shutting out Baraboo 7-0.
Tessa Janecke earned a hat trick (three goals) while Hayden Roth added two. Rob Schroeder and Blaze Janecke each added one goal.
Alyssa Knauf earned a playmaker (three assists). Schroeder, Roth, Jack Leverton, and Tessa Janecke each had an assist. The Avalanche had 46 shots on goal, while Baraboo only put up 11. This marked goalie Aiden Runkle's sixth shutout of the season.
On Sunday Feb. 2, the Squirt A team took on Reedsburg/Wisconsin Dells (RWD) at Madison Ice Arena and won 2-0. It was a tight contest between the two teams as the score remained 0-0 through two periods. With 3:30 into third period, Hayden Roth made a pass to Tessa Janecke putting the Avalanche on the scoreboard. The Avalanche kept on shooting and with 5:30 into the third period, Blaze Janecke found Schroeder who lit the lamp.
The Avalanche outshot RWD 48-12. With the win, the Avalanche won the Region 4 Rep title and will advance to the state tournament in Sheboygan March 7-8. The Avalanche Squirt A team's record is 21-6-1.
PeeWee A
The PeeWee A team played in the state playdowns for the state tournament this weekend. On Saturday, Feb. 1 the Avalanche defeated Reedsburg/Wisconsin Dells (RWD) 5-2.
Travis Edmunds scored the first Avalanche goal on a pass from Luke Kuberski. R-WD responded with a goal to tie the game a few minutes later. Tessa Janecke scored on a pass from Cade Janecke to end the first period 2-1. Edmunds scored an unassisted goal in the second period to make the score 3-1. In the third period, Cade Janecke scored a goal off an assist by Kuberski and Tessa Janecke added the fifth goal on an assist by Joe Wyss.
R-WD added one more goal to end the game. Goalie Jayden Johnson had 21 saves. By winning this game, the Avalanche faced Sauk Prairie on Sunday, Feb. 2 with the winner going to the state tournament.
On Sunday, the Avalanche lost a hard fought game against Sauk Prairie 6-4. Sauk Prairie came out strong and scored three quick goals to open the first period. Cade Janecke scored a goal in the second period to make the score 3-1. However, Sauk Prairie responded with their fourth goal. Payton Stauffacher fired in a goal from the blue line on a pass from Broc Kuberski to make the score 4-2.
Once again, Sauk Prairie responded, this time adding two more goals. Anika Einbeck scored a goal off an assist by Cade Janecke to end the second period 6-3. The Avalanche skated hard in the third period but was only able to add one more goal which was scored by Tessa Janecke on an assist by Payton Stauffacher. Johnson had 34 saves.
Pee Wee B
The Region 4 WAHA Pee Wee 3B Playdown Finals on Saturday, Feb. 1 between Reedsburg/Wis. Dells and the Monroe Avalanche team tested how much the young Avalanche players believed in themselves. Although the Pee Wee B team went into the game as the higher seed, its last win was Dec. 15, and Reedsburg had won four of its last six games.
Wins had been tough to come by for the Avalanche, so when they were down 3-0 in the first six minutes of the game against Reedsburg, a chance to play at the state tournament was looking dim. But with less than two minutes to go in the first period, the Avalanche's Ryan Molitor received a pass from defenseman Brady Smith and Molitor took the puck around the net and caught the Reedsburg goaltender off guard, slapping a shot in to put the Avalanche on the board to end the period.
With two periods left to play, the Avalanche were raring to go but would have to do the second period without one of their stronger skaters, Riley Jones, who injured his knee in the first period. Avalanche defenseman Kendall Wild, Smith and Alex Henry stepped it up in the second, and Bryce Montgomery went up to play forward, to replace Jones.
In the second period, Reedsburg scored first to make the score 4-1. Ruger Hansen answered that goal to bring the Avalanche within two goals, and Reedsburg scored again to end the second period 5-2.
With Jones back in the line-up in the third period, Avalanche player Rebekah Rath volunteered to go on defense to keep their lines even. The first goal in the third period for the Avalanche came off an aggressive surge by Colton O'Connor who found the back of the net, with Ty O'Connor and Molitor receiving assists on the play to bring the score to 5-3. Two minutes later, a rejuvenated Jones scored unassisted, bringing the Avalanche within one, 5-4, with about 10 minutes to go in the game.
With just over two minutes left in the game, Henry stopped the puck at the blue line and passed it over to Jones who rocketed a shot past the Reedsburg goalie to tie the game up, 5-5. Avalanche goaltender Heath Bear held off Reedsburg with several saves in the final two minutes to send the game into overtime.
At the 3:43 mark of OT, Colton O'Connor slid the puck between the Reedsburg goalie's legs, sending his team to the WAHA State Tournament. Bear recorded 37 saves in the game.
Pee Wee B team will represent Region 4 in the WAHA Pee Wee 3B State Tournament in Amery, March 14-16. Their next regular season games are set for 9:15 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 8 at SLICE arena against Oregon and then 8 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 9 in Beloit.
Tessa Janecke earned a hat trick (three goals) while Hayden Roth added two. Rob Schroeder and Blaze Janecke each added one goal.
Alyssa Knauf earned a playmaker (three assists). Schroeder, Roth, Jack Leverton, and Tessa Janecke each had an assist. The Avalanche had 46 shots on goal, while Baraboo only put up 11. This marked goalie Aiden Runkle's sixth shutout of the season.
On Sunday Feb. 2, the Squirt A team took on Reedsburg/Wisconsin Dells (RWD) at Madison Ice Arena and won 2-0. It was a tight contest between the two teams as the score remained 0-0 through two periods. With 3:30 into third period, Hayden Roth made a pass to Tessa Janecke putting the Avalanche on the scoreboard. The Avalanche kept on shooting and with 5:30 into the third period, Blaze Janecke found Schroeder who lit the lamp.
The Avalanche outshot RWD 48-12. With the win, the Avalanche won the Region 4 Rep title and will advance to the state tournament in Sheboygan March 7-8. The Avalanche Squirt A team's record is 21-6-1.
PeeWee A
The PeeWee A team played in the state playdowns for the state tournament this weekend. On Saturday, Feb. 1 the Avalanche defeated Reedsburg/Wisconsin Dells (RWD) 5-2.
Travis Edmunds scored the first Avalanche goal on a pass from Luke Kuberski. R-WD responded with a goal to tie the game a few minutes later. Tessa Janecke scored on a pass from Cade Janecke to end the first period 2-1. Edmunds scored an unassisted goal in the second period to make the score 3-1. In the third period, Cade Janecke scored a goal off an assist by Kuberski and Tessa Janecke added the fifth goal on an assist by Joe Wyss.
R-WD added one more goal to end the game. Goalie Jayden Johnson had 21 saves. By winning this game, the Avalanche faced Sauk Prairie on Sunday, Feb. 2 with the winner going to the state tournament.
On Sunday, the Avalanche lost a hard fought game against Sauk Prairie 6-4. Sauk Prairie came out strong and scored three quick goals to open the first period. Cade Janecke scored a goal in the second period to make the score 3-1. However, Sauk Prairie responded with their fourth goal. Payton Stauffacher fired in a goal from the blue line on a pass from Broc Kuberski to make the score 4-2.
Once again, Sauk Prairie responded, this time adding two more goals. Anika Einbeck scored a goal off an assist by Cade Janecke to end the second period 6-3. The Avalanche skated hard in the third period but was only able to add one more goal which was scored by Tessa Janecke on an assist by Payton Stauffacher. Johnson had 34 saves.
Pee Wee B
The Region 4 WAHA Pee Wee 3B Playdown Finals on Saturday, Feb. 1 between Reedsburg/Wis. Dells and the Monroe Avalanche team tested how much the young Avalanche players believed in themselves. Although the Pee Wee B team went into the game as the higher seed, its last win was Dec. 15, and Reedsburg had won four of its last six games.
Wins had been tough to come by for the Avalanche, so when they were down 3-0 in the first six minutes of the game against Reedsburg, a chance to play at the state tournament was looking dim. But with less than two minutes to go in the first period, the Avalanche's Ryan Molitor received a pass from defenseman Brady Smith and Molitor took the puck around the net and caught the Reedsburg goaltender off guard, slapping a shot in to put the Avalanche on the board to end the period.
With two periods left to play, the Avalanche were raring to go but would have to do the second period without one of their stronger skaters, Riley Jones, who injured his knee in the first period. Avalanche defenseman Kendall Wild, Smith and Alex Henry stepped it up in the second, and Bryce Montgomery went up to play forward, to replace Jones.
In the second period, Reedsburg scored first to make the score 4-1. Ruger Hansen answered that goal to bring the Avalanche within two goals, and Reedsburg scored again to end the second period 5-2.
With Jones back in the line-up in the third period, Avalanche player Rebekah Rath volunteered to go on defense to keep their lines even. The first goal in the third period for the Avalanche came off an aggressive surge by Colton O'Connor who found the back of the net, with Ty O'Connor and Molitor receiving assists on the play to bring the score to 5-3. Two minutes later, a rejuvenated Jones scored unassisted, bringing the Avalanche within one, 5-4, with about 10 minutes to go in the game.
With just over two minutes left in the game, Henry stopped the puck at the blue line and passed it over to Jones who rocketed a shot past the Reedsburg goalie to tie the game up, 5-5. Avalanche goaltender Heath Bear held off Reedsburg with several saves in the final two minutes to send the game into overtime.
At the 3:43 mark of OT, Colton O'Connor slid the puck between the Reedsburg goalie's legs, sending his team to the WAHA State Tournament. Bear recorded 37 saves in the game.
Pee Wee B team will represent Region 4 in the WAHA Pee Wee 3B State Tournament in Amery, March 14-16. Their next regular season games are set for 9:15 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 8 at SLICE arena against Oregon and then 8 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 9 in Beloit.
