ROSEAU -- The Bemidji High School girls hockey team’s season came to an end Saturday with an 8-1 defeat to Roseau in the Section 8AA quarterfinals.
Lexi Leitner tallied the lone goal for the No. 8 Lumberjacks in the first period with the assist going to Austyn Tobey. The top-seeded Rams (19-5-2), however, scored five times in the opening 17 minutes en route to the victory.
Kayla Santl (1g-2a), Olivia Urness (2g-1a) and Mariah Huglen (1g-2a) each posted three points to lead Roseau. Teammates Santl and Anika Stoskopf (1g-1a) are both Bemidji State women’s hockey recruits set to join the Beavers next season.
Leitner lit the lamp at the 10:53 mark of the first period to cut the Rams’ lead to 3-1 before the home side finished the frame with a 5-1 advantage. Roseau added one goal in the second period and two in the third.
Nettie Kimble turned aside 33 shots for BHS, while Jada Pelowski made 13 for the Rams.
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Bemidji ends the season with a 10-16 record, finishing with the most wins by the program since the 2015-16 campaign.
Eight seniors donned blue and white for the final time Saturday: Jemma Copiskey, Meray Eichstadt, Gracie Fisher, Olivia Johnson, Becca Josefson, Eva Latuiri, Ariyah Thomas and Tobey.
Roseau 8, Bemidji 1
BHS 1 0 0 -- 1
ROS 5 1 2 -- 8
First period -- 1, ROS, Mertens (Santl, Huglen), 0:47; 2, ROS, Stroot (Mertens, Urness), 8:13; 3, ROS, Urness (unassisted), 10:27, SH; 4, BHS, Leitner (Tobey), 10:53; 5, ROS, Helgeson (Santl, Stoskopf), 11:00; 6, ROS, Huglen (unassisted), 16:06.
Second period -- 7, ROS, Stoskopf (unassisted), 4:28.
Third period -- 8, ROS, Santl (Huglen), 8:03; 9, ROS, Urness (Bergstrom, Zimmerman), 16:33, PP.
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Goalies (saves-shots) -- BHS, Kimble (33-41); ROS, Pelowski (13-14).
