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Flathead drops state hockey tourney battle with Butte tte

| March 4, 2017 2:18 AM

The Daily Inter Lake

WHITEFISH — Flathead could not hang on to a 4-1 lead on Saturday as the Fusion lost to the Butte Copper City Kings 6-5 in the fifth/sixth place game at the Montana Amateur Hockey Association A division high school state tournament at the Stumptown Ice Den

Vincent Friel put the Fusion up 1-0 in the opening period, but Butte answered minutes later to tie it.

Goals by Colin Hill, Nicholas Cenis and Lincoln Jones gave Flathead a 4-1 edge before Butte battled back with three scores to tie it 4-4.

Butte scored first in the third period, but an unassisted goal by Flathead’s John Savage tied it at 5-all.

Alex Kober, however, scored 22 seconds later to give the Copper City Kings the victory. It was Kober’s second goal of the game.

Flathead had 41 shots on goal to 20 for Butte.

The Fusion lost to the Helena Bighorns 8-2 in a late Friday night pool play game. Team captain Keaden Morisaki scored both goals for the Fusion.

Flathead finished the tournament with an 0-3 mark. The Fusion finished fifth in the final regular-season standings.

State play winds up today with the third/fourth place game at 10 a.m. and the championship game at 12:15 p.m.

Montana Amateur

Hockey Association

High School State Tournament — A Division

At Stumptown Ice Den, Whitefish

Saturday’s Results

Crossover Games Between Top Two Teams From Each Pool

Late Game

Missoula Bruins vs. Great Falls Americans

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Billings Jr. Bulls 0 2 1 — 3

Helena Bighorns 0 0 1 — 1

Shots on Goal

Billings — 36

Helena —14

Scoring Summary

Team — Player — (assist) — Time

Period 2

Billings — Connor Chirrick (Drew Keierleber), 4:27

Billings —Dawson Smith (Chirrick), 7:30

Period 3

Helena — Kaden Lindberg (Ryan Arntson), 0:54

Billings — Duke Cherpeski (empty net) (unassisted), 16:13

Goalies

Helena

Shots Saves

Simon Jolicoeur 35 33

Billings

Carver Thompson 14 13

Crossover Winners Advance To Today’s

Championship Game at 12:15 p.m.

Losers Advance To

3rd/4th Place Game at 10 a.m.

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Fifth/Six Place

Flathead Fusion 1 3 1 — 5

Butte Copper City Kings 1 3 2 — 6

Shots on Goal

Flathead — 41

Butte — 20

Scoring Summary

Period 1

Flathead — Vincent Friel (Lincoln Jones), 4:23

Butte — Robin Bagley (Noah McGee), 8:06

Period 2

Flathead — Colin Hill (Carson White), 0:22

Flathead — Nicholas Cenis (Shane Rieke), 1:28

Flathead — Jones (Logan Hill, Colin Hill), 2:51

Butte — Alex Kober (unassisted), 2:51

Butte —Bagley (Hunter McGinnis, Aidan Francisco), 8:45

Butte —McGinnis (Bagley), 11:46

Period 3

Butte — Brandon Lyons (McGinnis, Russell Park), 5:08

Flathead — John Savage (unassisted), 15:14

Butte — Kober (Robin Bagley), 15:36

Goalies

Butte

Shots Saves

Bryce Stewart 41 36

Flathead

Chase Phillips 20 14

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Pool Play

Missoula Bruins 2 2 2 — 6

Helena Bighorns 0 1 0 — 1

Shots on Goal

Missoula — 39

Helena — 24

Scoring Summary

Period 1

Missoula — Austin Leadbetter (Dalton Roeser), 5:38

Missoula — Henry McDougall (Nathan Hangas, Daniel Liner), 16:37

Period 2

Missoula — Max Triepke (unassisted), 1:30

Missoula — Thad Kendrick (Triepke), 12:07

Helena — Justin Durbin (Colin Sassano, Kaden Lindberg), 13:57

Period 3

Missoula — John Bannon (empty net) (Henry Ledyard), 13:10

Missoula — Eric Ipsen (Roeser, John Bannon), 16:05

Goalies

Helena

Shots Saves

Simon Jolicoeur 38 33

Missoula

Justin Lane 24 23

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Billings Jr. Bulls 3 1 2 — 6

Great Falls Americans 2 0 0 — 2

Shots on Goal

Billings — 57

Great Falls — 25

Scoring Summary

Period 1

Billings — Drew Keierleber (unassisted), 2:38

Billings — Connor Chirrick (Drew Keierleber), 2:49

Great Falls — Braxton Lorenz (Aaliyah James), 10:13

Great Falls — Austin Folds (Lorenz), 10:41

Billings — Duke Cherpeski (power play) (Keierleber, Dawson Smith), 15:46

Period 2

Billings — Keierleber (power play) (Dawson Smith, Chirrick), 15:48

Period 3

Billings — Ryan McNeely (Dayton Smith), 5:06

Billings — Dayton Smith (Brandon Dringman, Nolan Stremcha), 15:43

Goalies

Great Falls

Shots Saves

Cameron Mcintosh 17 15

Colton Rasmussen 40 36

Billings

Carver Thompson 25 23

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Late Friday

Pool Play

Helena Bighorns 3 2 3 — 8

Flathead Fusion 0 0 2 — 2

Shots on Goal

Helena — 30

Flathead — 20

Scoring Summary

Period 1

Helena — Blake Nichols (power play) (Ryan Arntson, Kaden Lindberg) 1:43

Helena — Colin Sassano (Justin Durbin, Lindberg) 6:17

Helena — Sassano (Lindberg, Andrew Elliott) 11:23

Period 2

Helena — Lindberg (Sassano) 2:24

Helena — Jacob Sodja (Lindberg, Wyatt Burrell) 13:06

Period 3

Helena — Elliott (Sassano) 0:32

Flathead — Keaden Morisaki (power play) (Logan Hill), 2:19

Helena — Lindberg (power play) (Sassano, Sodja), 9:40

Helena — Kameron Kottas (Nicodemus Berbos), 10:18

Flathead — Morisaki (unassisted), 13:01

Goalies

Flathead

Shots Saves

Chase Phillips 30 22

Helena

Simon Jolicoeur 20 18