First Period: It's all Hornets
Lewis Crosby, Edina, gets stopped on a Penalty Shot by Zach Stejskal.
The game got off to a fast start. Edina jumped all over the Thunderhawks early with great speed and puck movement. It seemed like GR was the team that sat in a car for three hours. Edina got on the board four minutes in when Jack Jensen scored on an assist from Jett Jungels. A few minutes later, Bjorn Swanson got his first goal of the night on a feed from Evan Shoemaker. Then a few minutes later, Swanson the speedy Center, scored again this time unassisted to make it 3-0. Grand Rapids Coach Mike Heitkamp called a timeout to calm the troops.
The TO must have worked, Grand Rapids took the face off and charged toward the Edina net. Gavin Hain fired a shot and Luke Kinnunen poked in the rebound to make it 3-1. Later in the first, Edina got their three goal lead back when Ben Brinkman fired a shot from the point and Lewis Crosby tipped it in to give the Hornets a 4-1 lead. Up 4-1, the Hornets were awarded a penalty shot. Edina star Lewis Crosby, with a chance to give the Hornets a 5-1 lead attacked Grand Rapids goalie, Zach Stejskal straight on and made a move to his forehand. As he deked, Stejskal slid to his right and stopped Crosby to keep the score 4-1 at the break.