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PeeWee A takes Third at Tourney

By Avalanche Reporter, 01/12/14, 8:00PM CST

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The Avalanche PeeWee A team took third place at a tournament in Menomonie, WI., by beating Menomonie 9-6. Travis Edmunds scored an unassisted goal in the first period to to open the game for the Avalanche. Luke Kuberski scored Monroe’s second goal on a pass from Tessa Janecke but Menomonie scored a goal seconds later. Then T Janecke scored a goal of her own on a pass from Joe Wyss. Edmunds scored another unassisted goal followed by another goal from T Janecke assisted by Anika Einbeck. Menomonie scored a goal at the end of the first period to make the score 5 – 2. Menomonie came out strong in the second period scoring 3 unanswered goals to tie the game 5 to 5. In the third period, Charlie Harris scored a goal for the Avalanche assisted by Cade Janecke and Edmunds. Menomonie responded with a goal to tie the game but 20 seconds later Wyss scored a goal assisted by T Janecke to make the score 7 to 6. The last 7 minutes was a real nail- bitter as both teams fought hard to control the puck. Edmunds was able to find T Janecke open in front of the net and she was able to fire a shot past the goalie to score with a 1:36 left in the game to put the Avalanche up by 2. Menomonie pulled their goalie to add an extra attacker to try to tie the game. The Avalanche met the challenge as C Janecke was able to knocked the puck away and pass it to Edmunds who shot it the length of the ice into the Menomonie empty net. Goalie Jayden Johnson had 41 saves for the Avalanche. Both T Janecke and Edmunds earned hat tricks during the game.

The Avalanche lost their first game to Rice Lake 7 - 1. Edmunds scored the only goal for the Avalanche assisted by T Janecke.  Johnson had 24 saves in the net. The Avalanche lost their second game to River Falls 11 – 3. Scoring for the Avalanche was C Janecke, T Janecke and Kuberski. Earning assists was Einbeck and Harris. Johnson had 32 saves.