Good Passing and Strong Defense Lift Pioneers Over Badgers - 4 to 2

Good hustle, strong defense and good passing helped the Pioneers earn their 6th win of the season on Sunday.











After a scoreless first period with few shots on goal by either team, Alex scored first in the second period on a great pass from Will. Will got the puck on the rebound of John's save and skated the length of the ice before making a quick short pass to Alex at the last second and Alex stuffed it in:




Jake started the scoring in the third period, squirting one in to give the Pioneers a 2-0 lead:




The Badgers scored next to pull within one:




The Badgers tied it up with another goal:




Alex scored his second goal with about 8 minutes left in the game to give the Pioneers the lead again:




Jake scores his second goal, giving the Pioneers a two goal lead with under two minutes left in the game:



John had a nice save late in the game to preserve the lead:




Max, Ryan and David did a good job keeping the puck in the blue line:



Will played some great defense:




David played some tough defense too, fighting to keep the puck which nearly resulted in a goal:




The Pioneer's had some good passes today. Here, the puck goes from Jake to Dylan, back to Jake, then to Karson who nearly scores:



Jake makes another great pass to Rachel, who just misses the net:

Pioneers Lose to Gophers

The Pioneers fell behind early in Sunday's game, giving up a goal within the first minute, and another in the first period to give the Gophers a 2-0 lead.

Dylan provided all of the Pioneer's goals, scoring the only goal in the second period to bring the score to 2-1.

Dylan scored two more goals in the third period to give the Pioneers a 3-2 lead with about 7 minutes remaining in the game.

But the Gophers fought back, scoring three unanswered goals, for a final score of 5-3.

The Gophers scored first and quickly:



The Gophers score again, making it 2-0 Gophers at the end of the 1st:



In the second period, Dylan scores his first goal, pulling the Pioneers within 1 at the end of the second period:



Dylan scores again in the third period to tie the game at 2:



Dylan makes it a hattrick:



The Gophers tie it up with about 4 minutes left in the game:



The Gophers regain the lead with about a minute left:



A last minute goal for the Gophers wraps it up:

Last Second Goal Lifts Pioneers Over Hudson

The Pioneers improved to 5-2-2 after an exciting win over Hudson in which Alex scored with 2.4 seconds left in the third period to break a 3-3 tie.

Alex scored the only goal in the first period to give the Pioneers a 1-0 lead. Dylan scored in the second, as did Hudson, to give the Pioneers a 2-1 lead after two periods. Max's score off a rebound lifted the Pioneers to a 3-1 lead, but two quick goals by the good-passing Hudson team tied the score at 3, which is where it appeared the game would end.

But the Pioneer's didn't give up and Alex and Jake scrambled for the puck after a face off with 11.5 seconds left in the game. Alex came away with the puck and put it in the net with just 2.4 seconds on the clock.

The whole team played very aggressively and showed good hustle just like in last week's win over the Wolverines.


Alex scores in the first period to give the Pioneers a 1-0 lead:




The Pioneers lead 2-0 after Dylan scores in the second period:




Hudson scores to make cut the Pioneers' lead to 2-1 after the second period:




Max scores on a rebound to make it 3-1, Pioneers:




Hudson scores in the third:




Hudson scores another quick goal to tie it at 3:




Alex's goal with just over two seconds left wins the game!




John got flashy today with a few glove saves:

Pioneers Beat Wolverines - 6 to 2!!

The Pioneers had a great game today, handing the Wolverines their second loss, having also beat them back on November 30th. The whole team worked very hard and showed more hustle than they have the past few weeks. Their hard work paid off!

The Pioneers came out strong, taking a 5-1 lead in the first period. Karson scored in the second period to make it 6-1, and the Wolverines scored once more in the third to make it 6-2.

Alex scores first:



Jake makes it 2-0:



Alex scores his second to make it 3-0:



Dylan scores the team's fourth:



The Wolverines score their first goal to make it 4-1:



Jake scores again, making the score 5-1 at the end of the first period:



Karson scores the only goal in the second period to make it 6-1:



The Wolverines score the last goal of the game for a final score of 6-2:




There was a lot of other hard work that didn't result in goals.

Alex wins the faceoff and nearly scores:



Dylan makes a couple of nice passes as the Pioneers keep the pressure on:



Will steals the puck and nearly scores on a breakaway:



Dylan has another nice pass, this time to Jake who takes a shot:




John had a big day, stopping several breakaways: