Andover, ranked No. 1 in the Class 2A coaches’ poll, kept its perfect record intact, beating an opponent that also came into the night undefeated.
The Huskies defeated Maple Grove 2-1 Tuesday night at the Andover Community Center in a clash between Northwest Suburban Conference rivals. Andover (7-0, 3-0) scored early in the first and second periods before the Crimson (5-1, 2-1) added a late, short-handed tally (their first of the season) from junior Chloe Corbin with 1 minute, 7 seconds remaining in regulation.
“Maple Grove is a great team,” said Andover coach Melissa Volk. “So I was very proud of our girls to have a good win.”
There’s a similar script for the Huskies this season — a young team with a dominant top line. They only graduated two seniors from last year and have three seniors listed on the roster for 2018-19, including goaltender Cassidy Stumo.
Last season, Peyton Hemp and Jamie Nelson were paired on the top line with Claire Butorac, who’s now a freshman at Minnesota State Mankato. Butorac, Nelson and Hemp tallied a total of 167 points in last year’s regular season. How impressive is that number? The rest of the roster — combined — registered 135 points.
Andover, ranked No. 1 in the Class 2A coaches’ poll, kept its perfect record alive, beating an opponent that also came into the night undefeated.
Andover defeated Maple Grove 2-1 Tuesday night at the Andover Community Center in a contest between Northwest Suburban Conference rivals. The Huskies (7-0, 3-0) scored early in the first and second periods with goals from Kennedy Little and Gabby Krause before the Crimson (5-1, 2-1) added a late, short-handed tally off the stick of Chloe Corbin with 1 minute, 7 seconds remaining in regulation.
The win puts Andover in first place of the conference, breaking a three-way tie with No. 8-2A Maple Grove and Elk River/Zimmerman.
In goal for the Huskies, senior Cassidy Stumo made 16 saves. Senior Lucy Morgan stopped 33 shots for the Crimson.
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