Lead by three goals by underclassmen Ian Mageau and Brendan Baker, No. 2AA Duluth East beat metro power No. 10AA Wayzata 4-1 Saturday at the Duluth Heritage Sports Center near the shores of Lake Superior. The win was the first for the Greyhounds in their season opener. For Wayzata, it was their second loss in two days on their trip to the Duluth area. 

After a scoreless first period, East got on the board first when Sophomore Ian Mageau knocked in a rebound on the power play. The Mageau goal was the tonic the Hounds were looking for. From that point on the entire second period was all theirs. Baker would nab his varsity goal on a shot from behind the net that got caught in the skates of Wayzata goalie Reid Waszczenko and found the back of the net. On his next shift, the Freshman Junior Varsity called Baker scored another look-what-I-found goal. During a race for the puck, Baker got his stick on it first and the puck shot out from the hashmark to the slot where it hit a Wayzata skate in front and into the net for a 3-0 lead. 

Fitting the Hounds would get three goals from underclassmen on Saturday, a day where seven played important minutes for East.  Missing Seniors Luke Dow and Alex Spencer, key roles were filled on the blue line by Sophomore Luke LaMaster and Freshman Hunter Paine and up front you couldn't help but notice the play of Garrett Worth (So.) and Ryder Donovan (Fr.), "Our ninth and tenth grade classes are really strong, I tell Division 1 coaches all the time, keep an eye on those players," said Head Coach Mike Randolph. "Brendan was reall good today, he plays and knows our system really well for a Freshman in his first game."

The Hounds fought off a late surge by Wayzata who got a goal by Nebraska-Omaha commit Grant Anderson from the point with 4:58 to play. "Their (Wayzata) power play is going to be really hard to stop for teams this year," said Randolph. But their late momentum was killed when Wayzata took a penalty a minute after the Anderson goal. Which was followed by an empty net goal by captain Ryan Peterson to seal the win.

Up Next: Wayzata will continue their non-conference schedule this week when they host Andover Thursday and then travel to Aldrich Arena to face Hill Murray (their fourth T10 team in six games). East plays three games this week - Cambridge-Isanti, Apple Valley, and Andover.