Aberdeen 5 vs St. Cloud 8 -The St. Cloud Norsemen defeated the Aberdeen Wings in a high-scoring Saturday night battle. Payne Riffey kicked off the scoring just two minutes into the opening frame to give the Wings an early lead, but Cristian Nichols scored for the Norsemen on the man advantage to even the score at the end of one. An eight-goal second period started with a power-play goal from St. Cloud’s Lucas Schaefer. The Norsemen would score the next two with Niklas Anderson and Kruz Sauer giving St. Cloud a one-goal advantage. But Aberdeen answered quickly when Ari Popovskiy added one just 18 seconds later, and Schaefer added his second goal of the frame to tie the score once again. The Norsemen capitalized on a long power play, finding three goals with Sauer and Nichols scoring their second of the game and Dante Rodriguez adding his first. Tucker Lovejoy continued the Norsemen’s power play scoring in the third period, but Aberdeen wasn’t going quietly, with Filip Hendriksson closing the gap to two with three minutes remaining. Dante Rodriguez brought the St. Cloud lead back to three and took home the victory by a score of 8-5. Braun stopped 26 of the 34 shots he faced.
The Wings return to the Odde for a single game vs. Watertown this Friday October 16th. Tickets are on sale now at Tickets.AberdeenWings.com or any of the C-Express locations in Aberdeen! Saturday the in state rivalry hits the road to Watertown for the 2nd of 3 straight games vs. the Shamrocks.
