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South St. Paul 5, Chisago Lakes 3

After the Wildcats had tied the game at 3-3 just 40 seconds earlier, the South St. Paul Packers scored at 13:03 of the third period to go up 4-4 and went on to beat the Wildcats 5-3 in the semifinals of the Section 4A tournament on Tuesday, February 13 at Doug Woog Arena in South St. Paul.  The loss ended the season for the Wildcats.

The Packers led 2-0 late in the second period before Lauren Schmidt scored with 58 seconds left in the period, assisted by Ella Perreault, to cut the Packer lead to 2-1 going into the third.  South St. Paul scored at 1:29 of the third period to bump their lead back up to two goals at 3-1.  But the Wildcats again battled back.  Allison Smothers scored a power play goal at 5:40, assisted by Brooke Klemz and Perreault, to pull the Wildcats within one.  And Klemz put one in the back of the net at 12:23, with playmaker Perreault picking up her third assist of the game, to tie the game at 3-3.  Unfortunately, as mentioned above, the Packers re-took the lead just 40 seconds later and added an empty-netter with eight seconds remaining to make the final score 5-3.

Hockey Hullaballoo

Sophomore Ella Perreault led the Wildcats in scoring this season with 22 goals and 16 assists for 38 points.

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