Part 1, Predators Attack

Woodbury got on the board first when Attila Lippai scored on a backhander halfway through the first period. They lead 1-0 after one. The tone was set early by both teams - the crowd was loud and the boys were playing hard. In the second, Owen Durigan leveled the score for the Irish when he popped in a close range shot to tie it. The score was tied and the intensity grew - at the 5:34 mark Woodbury's Simon Houge went coast-to-coast and beat Rosemount goalie Tristan Fischer top shelf to give Woodbury a 2-1 lead after 2. Early in the third, Grant Kohnen used his deceptive speed to get loose for Woodbury and beat Fischer on a breakaway to extend their lead to 3-1 with just under nine minutes to go. For the next four minutes, Woodbury looked like they were in control.

Part 2, Captain Comeback

Down 3-1, the Irish were looking for a spark. The coaches decided to move Whitelaw to forward to generate more offense. The strategy worked temporarily. With under five minutes left the speedster pulled out some sandpaper and scored a worker goal in front to cut the Woodbury lead to 3-2. A minute later, the Irish were able to get him loose on what appeared to be a two on one. Filled with rocket fuel, Whitelaw jetted past both his teammate and the Woodbury defense and scored top shelf to tie it. He simply was taking the game into his own hands, two goals in exactly one minute to tie it at 3-3!

Part 3, The Shorty

After the Whitelaw game tying goal, the momentum had completely swung in favor of Rosemount. Staying at forward, the second year star surged up the near side and was about to free himself for the game winning breakaway but was thwarted by a Woodbury defender who was called for Interference. With three minutes to play, all of a sudden Rosemount was in complete control. After a mixup in the neutral zone, Woodbury's Brady Ingebritson got loose and was just fast enough to beat Whitelaw and Ryker Sabo to the net and get off a shot that would find its way in to lift Woodbury to an exciting 4-3 win.