IRONWOOD, MI. —
The Fort Frances Lakers used a 12-goal second period to pull away from the Ironwood Lumberjacks, earning a 16-0 victory Friday night at the Pat O’Donnell Civic Center.
Fort Frances opened the scoring 7:15 into the first period when Zak Green found the back of the net, with Nash Coffin and Liam Starcevic picking up the assists. Dax Laplante added another at 10:03 before Tie Schumacher made it 3-0 just over a minute later.
The Lakers took control in the second period, scoring 12 times on 36 shots. Schumacher opened the period with a power-play goal at 2:46 before Laplante added his second of the night at 4:31.
Fort Frances then scored four times in a span of just over two minutes. Coffin scored at 4:49, Parker Henderson followed at 5:08, Schumacher completed his hat trick at 6:00, and Henderson struck again at 6:45.
Coffin added his second of the game at 9:25 before Schumacher scored his fourth at 10:45. Carter Thiessen converted on the power play at 12:59, followed by two more goals from Henderson to give him four on the night. Coffin completed his hat trick at 19:11, sending the Lakers into the second intermission with a 15-0 advantage.
The Lumberjacks held Fort Frances to one goal in the third period, with Gunnar Simon scoring on the power play at 19:02 to close out the scoring.
Fort Frances finished with a 58-29 advantage in shots and went 3-for-3 on the power play. Ironwood was 0-for-2 with the man advantage.
Lakers goaltender Brady Shields stopped all 29 shots he faced to record the shutout. Ironwood used Liam Faulk and Kaden Wolfe in goal, with Faulk returning to the net late in the second period.
Schumacher led the Lakers with four goals, while Henderson also scored four times. Coffin finished with three goals and three assists, and Starcevic recorded five assists.
