GREENDALE — The Monroe co-op hockey team lost to Sauk Prairie 3-0 Nov. 29, but rebounded for a 5-3 win over Greendale Dec. 1.

In the loss to Sauk Prairie, the Eagles scored two power play goals in the second and another on even strength in the third. 

Heath Bear had 50 saves in net for Monroe, which was out-shot 53-12 in the contest. Sauk Prairie was charged with just one penalty in the game to the Cheesemakers’ four.

Two days later Monroe rebounded from an early deficit to grab its second win of the season.

Greendale scored two power play goals in the first period to go up 2-0, but Monroe’s Colton O’Connor scored off assists from Jared Cline and Jared Dillon just 1:10 into the second period to put the Cheesemakers on the board. Hayden Roth tied it up less than three minutes later off of passes from Cooper Dreyfus and O’Connor.

With less than five minutes to play in the second, Monroe took the lead as Kaiden Klitzke scored an even strength goal. In the third, Cline made it 4-2 off a pass from Roth. Dreyfus scored an empty net goal with 1:19 to play to make it 5-2. Greendale’s final goal came with an extra man on the ice with just 49 seconds left but couldn’t get any closer in part thanks to a cross-checking penalty as tempers flared by Greendale’s Jordan Ouellette.

Eleven penalties were called in the game — six of which were on the Cheesemakers. Bear stopped 22 of the 25 shots against him, while his teammates put 24 shots on goal at the other end. Greendale goalie Jason Cooke missed the final four and a half minutes after an unsportsmanlike misconduct penalty.

Monroe (2-2) hosts Oregon (2-0) Dec. 6 and then Janesville (1-1) Dec. 10.