2009 Class A State Tournament | Quarterfinal: Little Falls vs. Virginia/MIB

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2009 Class A State Tournament

Quarterfinal

Little Falls Flyers (28-0-0) vs. Virginia/MIB Blue Devils (23-5-0)

Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul, MN
Wednesday, March 11th, 2009
6:00 PM

Games head-to-head in 2008-2009:

12/05/08 Little Falls 1, Virginia/Mountain Iron-Buhl 0 | at Virginia
:: LF: Riley Hirsch 1 shorthanded goal at 13:08 of the first period
:: LF: Michael Sperl Shutout | 25 Saves
:: VMIB: Will Lustig 26 Saves
:: 50 penalty minutes between both teams

Goal Scorers

Little Falls

Virginia/MIB

Ben Hanowski

66 g

60 a

126 pts

Chris Westin

31 g

41 a

72 pts

Riley Hirsch

26 g

36 a

62 pts

Garrett Hendrickson

22 g

39 a

61 pts

Wesley Waytashek

24 g

33 a

57 pts

Jordan Krebsbach

17 g

22 a

39 pts

Ben Nelson

20 g

26 a

46 pts

Andrew Judnick

14 g

24 a

38 pts

Izaak Berglund

17 g

40 a

57 pts

Travis Eddy

9 g

10 a

19 pts

Jordan Moll

12 g

13 a

25 pts

Tom Norlander

9 g

5 a

14 pts

Jordan Gosiak

7 g

13 a

20 pts

Dan Chesser

8 g

9 a

17 pts

Adam Dougherty

7 g

12 a

19 pts

Trey Carlson

7 g

7 a

14 pts

Joe Rydeen

4 g

5 a

9 pts

Troy Nichols

6 g

6 a

12 pts

Logan Kalis

3 g

29 a

32 pts

Tony Buccanero

5 g

9 a

14 pts

Joey Hanowski

3 g

5 a

8 pts

Gavin Nichols

4 g

3 a

7 pts

Peter Suska

3 g

0 a

3 pts

Troy Grivette

3 g

13 a

16 pts

Tom Martin

2 g

2 a

4 pts

Christian Belobaba

3 g

8 a

11 pts

Sam Klinker

1 g

1 a

2 pts

Kyle Andrews

3 g

7 a

10 pts

Wes Judnick

3 g

7 a

10 pts

Josh Lundberg

3 g

7 a

10 pts

Derek Howard

3 g

5 a

8 pts

Jake Nelson

3 g

0 a

3 pts

Nathan Dahl

1 g

12 a

13 pts

Goaltending Leaders

Regular Season
Little Falls: Michael Sperl 25-0-0 | 1.51 GAA | 513 Saves | .931 Save %
Virginia/MIB: Will Lustig 14-5-0 | 1.81 GAA | 393 Saves | .916 Save %

Playoffs
Little Falls: Michael Sperl 3-0-0 | 1.32 GAA | 49 Saves | .925 Save %
Virginia/MIB: Will Lustig 3-0-0 | 1.33 GAA | 56 Saves | .933 Save %

Game-winning Goals

Little Falls																			Virginia/MIB
Ben Hanowski	8																		Travis Eddy	4
Riley Hirsch	6																		Jordan Krebsbach	4
Wesley Wayteshek	4																		Chris Westin	3
Izaak Berglund	4																		Troy Nichols	3
Ben Nelson	2																		Dan Chesser	2
Logan Kalis	2																		Tony Buccanero	1
Joe Rydeen	1																		Josh Lundberg	1
Jordan Moll	1																		Jake Nelson	1
																			Trey Carlson	1
																			Christian Belobaba	1

How they got here:

Little Falls
Section 6A
Defeated #8-seed Prairie Centre Area 11-0
Defeated #4-seed Fergus Falls 5-2
Defeated #2-seed Alexandria 3-2 OT

Virginia/MIB
Section 7A
Defeated #9-seed Silver Bay/Cook County 5-0
Defeated #4-seed Duluth Marshall 4-3
Defeated #2-seed Hibbing/Chisholm 3-1

Records away from home ice:

Little Falls: 15-0-0
Virginia/MIB: 14-2-0

Prediction:

Offense: Little Falls

Defense: Even

Goaltending: Even

My prediction: Little Falls 4, Virginia/MIB 2