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Another Double-Digit Output for EHS Boys Hockey
11 Wildcats have multi-point games in 11-3 win over Rosemount.
Eagan might want to think about saving some of its goals.
The Wildcats reached double digits for the second straight game, beating Rosemount 11-3 Thursday.
Michael Zajac had a hat trick and two assists for Eagan, which beat Bloomington Kennedy 12-1 last Saturday and is unbeaten in eight straight games. Brady Loew, Cody Mason and Sam Wolfe each had a goal and two assists. Will Merchant, the team’s leading goal scorer, was held to three assists, and 11 skaters had at least two points.
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With playoff action scheduled to begin next Thursday, coach Mike Taylor said he wanted to see his ninth-ranked Wildcats play smart and with authority from the opening faceoff to the final horn.
After giving up the first goal on an early power play, Eagan (17-5-2, 12-3-2 South Suburban Conference) scored the next nine goals to take control. Five of the goals came within a span of 2 minutes, 18 seconds in the second period.
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Already up 4-1, Eli May scored a power-play goal on a rebound at 10:26, Ryan Nelson scored on a second effort at 11:18 and Eric Peterson converted a textbook 2-on-1 with Loew 13 seconds later.
That wasn’t the team’s fastest two goals.
Zajac scored on a rebound at 12:35 and Cullen Willox scored on a wristshot nine seconds later.
Loew tipped home a pass from John Carroll before the period ended.
Wolfe scored in the third period.
Rosemount (6-18, 3-14) got a pair of goals from Mike Cossalter. The Irish were outshot 58-12.
Eagan finishes the regular season Saturday with a 7:30 p.m. home game against Bloomington Jefferson on Senior Night. The Jaguars trail the Wildcats by one point in the conference standings.
