Hadley Artz

MANKATO — Fairmont Area sophomore goaltender Hadley Artz stopped a game-best 58 shots to keep the Cardinals in the postseason game.

The No. 2-seeded Mankato East Cougars, however, beat the No. 7-seeded Fairmont Area Cardinals, 7-1, during Section 3A quarterfinal hockey action Tuesday night at All Seasons Arena in Mankato.

Mankato East moves on to face No. 3-seeded Marshall at 7 p.m. tonight at All Seasons Arena in Mankato.

Artz’s steller performance couldn’t overcome the Cougars’ staggering 65-14 shot advantage.

Fairmont Area ends its season with a record of 5-13.

Mankato East’s Kailey Newton got the sectional game’s scoring started with a goal at the 7:28 mark of the first period off a helper from Evey Johnson.

Bella Larson hit an equalizer for the Cardinals with help from Hannah Goerndt at the 3:40 mark, but it would be the Cardinals’ lone goal of the matchup.

Mankato East scored three goals in both the second and third periods.

McKenzie Keller scored unassisted with 15:55 left in the second, then Kaylee Eykyn used an assist from Christine Kim with 11:43 left and Keller scored again at the 8:40 mark with a double helper from Jess Eykyn and Hannah Rigdon.

Keller completed a hat trick with an unassisted third-period goal at the 16:05 mark, then the Eykyn’s combined for a goal with 1:57 left. Jess Eykyn used a Kaylee Eykyn assist for the score.

Keller scored once more for good measure with 1:20 remaining.

Hailey Baker stopped 13 shots to net the win for the Cougars.

Scoring Plays

1st Period

ME–Kailey Newton (Evey Johnson), 7:28.

FA–Bella Larson (Hannah Goerndt), 3:40.

2nd Period

ME–McKenzie Keller (unassisted), 15:55.

ME–Kaylee Eytyn (Christine Kim), 11:43.

ME–McKenzie Keller (Jess Eykyn, Hannah Rigdon), 8:40.

3rd Period

ME–McKenzie Keller (unassisted), 16:05.

ME–Jess Eykyn (Kaylee Eykyn), 1:57.

ME–McKenzie Keller (unassisted), 1:20.

Boys Hockey

Luverne 9, Fairmont Area 4 — Luverne scored six consecutive goals to end Fairmont Area’s season in Section 3A play-in action Tuesday night in Luverne.

No. 10-seeded Fairmont Area ends its season with a record of 0-18. No. 7-seeded Luverne moves on to face No. 2-seeded Litchfield/Dassel-Cokato at 7 p.m. Thursday in Litchfield.

Fairmont Area got the scoring started with a goal at the 12:58 mark of the opening period when Alec Reutzel used a Brock Lutterman assist for the game’s first score. Then Luverne started its run.

Cade Wenninger scored four consecutive goals for the hometown Cardinals.

Wenninger used a Carlton Oftedahl assist at the 3:18 juncture of the first period, then a Cooper Arends assist with 15:41 left in the middle segment. Wenninger scored again, this time an unassisted, short-handed goal with 11:59 left, then used a double-helper from Zachary Kruse and Oftedahl with 9:03 left.

Oftedahl then scored an unassisted goal with 4:53 left in the middle segment, before Fairmont Area went on a run of its own.

Lincoln Becker used an Eli Anderson assist for a goal with 4:19 remaining, then Hartley Aust scored a power-play goal with help from Nate Rakness with 41 seconds left in the second period.

Kaiden Musser finished the Fairmont Area run with a power-play goal off a double-helper from Alexander Moeller and Lutterman with 12:14 left in the third period.

Brock Behrend scored twice in the third period for Luverne, both unassisted, and was one of two on a helper for an Oftedahl goal, along with Arends.

Luverne outshot Fairmont Area 57-28 in the matchup.

Scoring Plays

1st Period

FA–Alec Reutzel (Brock Lutterman), 12:58.

LUV–Cade Wenninger (Carlton Oftedahl), 3:18.

2nd Period

LUV–Cade Wenninger (Cooper Arends), 15:41.

LUV–Cade Wenninger (unassisted), 11:59 SH.

LUV–Cade Wenninger (Zachary Kruse, Carlton Oftedahl), 10:49.

LUV–Carlton Oftedahl (unassisted), 4:53.

FA–Lincoln Becker (Eli Anderson), 4:19.

FA–Hartley Aust (Nate Rakness), 0:41 PP.

3rd Period

FA–Kaiden Musser (Alexander Moeller, Brock Lutterman), 12:14 PP.

LUV–Brock Behrend (unassisted), 11:29.

LUV–Carlton Oftedahl (Brock Behrend, Cooper Arends), 8:17.

LUV–Brock Behrend (unassisted), 2:07.