North hockey eyes progress this year and beyond

Key Highlights

• 16 at Hobbs Municipal Ice Arena.“I feel like (we did) a lot of the little things right,” forward captain Garrett Stange said.
• “We were working hard down low.
• Bearic (Wolle) was finding the back of the net a lot that game so that helped a lot.”AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementA senior forward, Wolle notched a hat trick against the Red Raiders.
• His five goals this season is tied with defenseman Cam Moseler for the team lead.“We had a pretty bad first period (with) only one goal,” Wolle said.
• “Our second period, we had nine goals (by) pretty much just pounding home around the net.”The younger Huskies also helped pick up the slack, as freshman defenseman Bennet Pecor tallied two goals and two assists, sophomore forward Ty Haats had two goals and junior defenseman Easton Parker had a team-high five points (one goal, four assists). North junior goaltender Carter Duss also had 21 saves and boasts a 2.73 goals against average in five games this season. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement“Everyone was just stepping up and playing their role in what they needed to do,” forward Westley Thillman said.“We got a lot of young guys stepping up, taking on some pretty big roles and doing what they have to do,” Stange said. The Huskies still have 11 seniors, including Stange, Thillman and Wolle, who have all felt the need to improve their recent standing in the Big Rivers Conference.