Negaunee Miners Go 0-2 In Escanaba Tournament

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WELLS----The Negaunee Miners hockey team finished winless this weekend at the Gil Versailles Memorial Tournament in Escanaba. The Miners lost on Saturday to the Tomahawk (Wis.) Hatchets in the third place game, 8-1.

Tomahawk's Luke Schoone had six assists in the game, in which the Hatchets outshot the Miners, 39-17. Sophomore Tyler Riutta took the loss in net for Negaunee.

The Miners return to Escanaba on Tuesday for a game against the Eskymos.

FRIDAY'S GAME: The L'AnsePurple Hornets scored three times in the third period to break a 2-2 tie and beat the Negaunee Miners, 5-2, Friday evening in the first round of the Gil Versailles Memorial Tournament in Escanaba.

Brett Hebert broke a 2-2 tie with a power play goal with 8:38 left in the third period to give the Purple Hornets the lead. That power play came after a five-minute major penalty was called on Negaunee's Nate Clisch for checking L'Anse's Max Maloney into the goalpost earlier in the period. Maloney was not seriously hurt. Clisch was ejected from the game.

Hebert had a goal and two assists for L'Anse. Zach Jager scored twice and Tyler Ponich had two goals and two assists for the Purple Hornets. Riley Thomson had two assists.

Negaunee got goals from Cody Wetton and Michael Farley. Miners goaltender Tony Moyle stopped 37 of 42 shots, as the Hornets had a 42-16 shots advantage.

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Date	Time	Opponent	Score	Record

11/16	8:30 PM	Lapeer East	10 - 4 (W)

11/17	10:30 AM	at Utica Stevenson	7 - 8 (L)

11/20	7:00 PM	Houghton Gremlins	1 - 6 (L)

11/27	7:00 PM	Painesdale-Jeffers Jets	1 - 5 (L)

12/6	7:00 PM	Marquette Redmen	2 - 9 (L)

12/11	7:00 PM	at Kingsford Flivvers	1 - 9 (L)

12/14	6:00 PM	at L'Anse Purple Hornets	2 - 5 (L)

12/15	12:00 PM	Tomahawk, Wis.	1 - 8 (L)

12/18	7:00 PM	at Escanaba Eskymos	0 - 9 (L)

12/20	7:00 PM	L'Anse Purple Hornets	ppd - snow (L)	snow

12/28	6:00 PM	at Painesdale-Jeffers Jets	0 - 8 (L)

12/29	12:00 PM	Monroe, Wis.	11 - 3 (W)	2-8

1/4	6:00 PM	Escanaba Eskymos	0 - 9 (L)	2-9

1/8	7:00 PM	at Houghton Gremlins	1 - 9 (L)

1/10	7:00 PM	L'Anse Purple Hornets	4 - 2 (W)

1/14	7:00 PM	at Painesdale-Jeffers Jets	2 - 10 (L)

1/17	7:00 PM	at Hancock Bulldogs	1 - 9 (L)

1/31	7:00 PM	Kingsford Flivvers	3 - 7 (L)

2/1	7:00 PM	at Painesdale-Jeffers Jets	3 - 5 (L)

2/4	7:00 PM	Hancock Bulldogs	0 - 6 (L)

2/5	7:00 PM	Calumet Copper Kings	0 - 8 (L)

2/7	7:00 PM	at L'Anse Purple Hornets	- (T)

2/14	7:00 PM	at Calumet Copper Kings	0 - 9 (L)

2/18	7:00 PM	Escanaba Eskymos	0 - 8 (L)

2/23	5:00 PM	at Marquette Redmen	1 - 5 (L)

2/26	7:00 PM	Escanaba Eskymos	0 - 8 (L)