St. Louis Jr. Blues Split with the Wisconsin Woodsmen Opening Weekend of 2024-2025 Season
The Jr. Blues picked up 3 out of 4 points on the weekend vs. the Wisconsin Woodsmen during the first weekend of regular season games of the 2024-2025 season.
Wisconsin 4 @ St. Louis 3 (OT) – Fans certainly were in for a treat Friday night, as a game between the Wisconsin Woodsmen and St. Louis Jr. Blues came down to the wire. Daniel Svozil opened the scoring early, as his goal at 2:39 in would put the Woodsmen up. Towards the middle fo the period, Lonnie Land evened it up to tie the game at one apiece. Brandon Slasor would net the only goal of the second period for the Woodsmen, to give them a one goal advantage heading into the third. Mitchell Nappier quickly tied it up for St. Louis, before Hugh Deinema put Wisconsin back up. A goal late from Kyle Settles would force overtime. Despite intense saves by both netminders, the Woodsmen would come out on top by a final score of 4-3, thanks to Joshua Kauppinen’s late overtime goal.
Wisconsin 4 @ St. Louis 5 (SO) – In a back-and-forth game at Affton Ice Rink, the St. Louis Jr. Blues closed it out in the shootout to narrowly defeat the Wisconsin Woodsmen 5-4. Goaltenders Lleyton Jaschke and Brooks Barofsky stopped 20 combined shots to leave the first period scoreless. Kyle Settles opened the scoring halfway through the second to put St. Louis on top. A pair of goals late from Hugh Deinema and Joshua Kauppinen saw Wisconsin take the lead to end the period. The Jr. Blues came out firing early in the third thanks to Jack Plager and Lonnie Land capitalizing on shots to regain the lead. However, it wasn’t safe for long as Daniel Svozil tied it again for St. Louis halfway through. A goal with 4:51 remaining from Jack Reuss saw the Jr. Blues thinking they were going to end it there, but Charles Murray netted one for the Woodsmen just 19 seconds later to even the score. Following a scoreless OT, St. Louis scored twice in the shootout to take the victory, putting on quite the show for the fans.
