FAIRMONT — All Ty Mannor needed was a long weekend road trip to get his scoring touch back.

The Winona senior defenseman produced a game-best hat trick, while teammate Matt King netted a playmaker by doling out a game-high three assists to power the Winhawks to a 9-4 victory over the Fairmont Area Cardinals on Saturday at Martin County Arena.

“He (Mannor) has been a little snake-bit during our first two games of the season, but he’s picked it up last night (Friday) and today (Saturday),” said Winona head coach Fran Devitt.

Mannor netted two goals during the Winhawks’ 6-3 triumph over Worthington on Friday night before adding three more against Fairmont Area less than 24 hours later.

Cardinals starting goalie Colby Kuhl and Winhawks netminder Alex Benson each recorded shutouts through the nonconference game’s first 15 1/2 minutes before Tyler Head put the hometown lineup on the scoreboard first.

Wing Bryan Karp rushed the right wing, slashed in front of Benson and backhanded a shot off of the Winona goalie’s pads. Head alertly chipped in the rebound for a 1-0 lead with 1:38 remaining in the opening segment.

With time winding down, Aden Kovala and Justin Waldera set up one last march down the ice and combined for the equalizer. Waldera threaded a perfect crossing pass to Kovala, who blasted a left-to-right liner into the top shelf to knot the game at 1-all with a mere 3 seconds remaining.

Waldera teamed with Andre Russeau on back-to-back plays during a 14-second span in the second period to snap the tie in Winona’s direction.

Waldera punched the puck loose during a scrum before Russeau pocketed the carom. Russeau juked left and flipped home a low shot for a 2-1 lead at the 14:25 juncture.

Russeau then returned the favor by gliding a centering pass to Waldera for a two-goal lead only 14 ticks later.

Eighteen seconds later, Sam Welker and Tom Havnen worked a textbook 2-on-1 sequence to inch the Cardinals within one. Havnen rushed the left side before threading a crossing pass to Welker, who hammered home the assist.

Mannor, however, delivered back-to-back pivotal goals to regain the momentum for the Winhawks.

King spotted a breaking Mannor near the point and Mannor drilled a slapshot past Kuhl for a goal at the 13:25 juncture of the middle period.

The pair of Winhawks worked their connection two minutes later on the power-play against Cardinal relief goalie Tyson Geerdes, with Mannor quick-wristing a right-wing shot into the net off another King pass.

King closed out the second frame with a natural playmaker by uncorking the original shot off the pipe before teammate AJ MacLennan punched home the rebound for a 6-2 lead with 8:22 left in the middle period.

Head and the Cardinals did not throw in the proverbial towel, however, as the senior wing unleashed a net-finding slapshot from the point to open the third period. Kaylan Legred distributed the centering pass for an assist on Fairmont Area’s lone power-play chance with 9:54 to go.

Kovala, Jonas Trombetta and Mannor reeled off consecutive goals at the 8:48, 7:48 and 6:25 junctures, respectively, to create a 9-3 lead and running time.

Karson Legred cranked home a rising liner into the top right shelf off a double-assist from Welker and Matt Kotewa to cap the game’s scoring with 2:18 remaining.

Winona produced a 51-21 shots-on-goal edge over Fairmont Area, including a 22-10 margin in the final 17 minutes.

Benson made 17 saves to net the win for the Winhawks, Kuhl stopped 37 shots, while Geerdes made five saves in the middle segment.

Fairmont Area (0-3) travels to Le Sueur on Tuesday night to face St. Peter/Le Sueur-Henderson.

Winona (2-2) plays host to Rochester John Marshall on Thursday night.

Winona         1-5-3–9

Fairmont      1-1-2–4

Scoring Plays

1st Period

FA–Tyler Head (Bryan Karp), 1:38.

W–Aden Kovala (Justin Waldera), 0:03.

2nd Period

W–Andre Russeau (Justin Waldera), 14:25.

W–Justin Waldera (Andre Russeau), 14:11.

FA–Sam Welker (Tom Havnen), 13:53.

W–Ty Mannor (Matt King), 13:25.

W–Ty Mannor (Matt King), pp., 11:03.

W–AJ MacLennan (Matt King), pp., 8:22.

3rd Period

FA–Tyler Head (Kaylan Legred), pp., 9:54.

W–Aden Kovala (Andre Russeau), 8:48.

W–Jonas Trombetta (unassisted), 7:48.

W–Ty Mannor (unassisted), 6:25.

FA–Karson Legred (Sam Welker, Matt Kotewa), 2:18.

Shots on goal: Fairmont Area 6-5-10–21; Winona 15-14-22–51.

Saves: Alex Benson (W) 5-4-8–17; Colby Kuhl (FA) 14-4-19–37, Tyson Geerdes (FA) x-5-x–5.

Penalties: Fairmont Area 3 for 6 minutes; Winona 1 for 2 minutes.

Power-play chances: Fairmont Area 1 for 1; Winona 2 for 3.

Girls Hockey

Mound Westonka 9, Fairmont Area 0 — Liz Schepers generated three goals and one assist, while teammate Lauren Burris collected one goal and three assists to power the Mound Westonka White Hawks to a 9-0 non-league hockey victory over the Fairmont Area Cardinals on Saturday in Mound.

Ellie Burris, Hunter Gallus and Sydney Hules each contributed one goal and two assists to the White Hawks’ winning ways.

Starting goalie Emma Polusny made six saves during the opening period and relief netminder Taylor Smith tallied 10 stops during the final two frames to combine for a shutout for Mound Westonka.

Fairmont Area starting goaltender Sadie Sandersfeld recorded an incredible 42 saves through two-plus periods of action, while relief netminder Emily O’Connor turned away 11 third-period shots.

The White Hawks outshot the Cardinals by a 62-16 margin.

Fairmont Area (1-2) plays host to Worthington at 7 p.m. Tuesday night at Martin County Arena in Fairmont.

FA        0-0-0–  0

MW     2-3-4–10