West Bend Over Powers the Jr. Blues
Sunday, January 26 – West Bend 6 @ St. Louis 3 – The West Bend Power are back into the postseason after doubling up the St. Louis Jr. Blues 6-3 on Sunday. Teagan Scheurer, Trace Shumlas and Evan Burchardt all scored in the first 11 minutes to put West Bend up 3-0 early. Mason Andrew and Michael Soell scored two goals in just over a minute to bring St. Louis back within one but Brayden Graning’s goal in the final seconds of the period made it a 4-2 game after 20 minutes. Soell scored the only goal of the second period making it a 4-3 game but an insurance goal by Graning and another marker from Jackson Hoem put the game out of reach. Ben Glaesman stopped 27 shots to earn the win in net while Oscar Pupillo and Alexander Rivolta combined to make 38 saves for St. Louis.
Saturday, January 25 – West Bend 6 @ St. Louis 1 – Jackson Hoem had two goals to lead the West Bend Power to their seventh consecutive victory, beating the St. Louis Jr. Blues by a score of 6-1. Teagan Scheurer, Evan Eisch, Quinn O’Connor and Odin Klebba scored for West Bend while Eric Denny provided all the offense for St. Louis.