Girls Hockey: Wingers pull away from Northern Lakes
Red Wing's Kendal Swanson clears the puck out of the defensive zone during Saturday's game against Northern Lakes in the St. Paul Winter Classic at North Dale Rec Center. Joe Brown / RiverTown Multimedia
Red Wing's Emily Hart watches the action through a fogged-up face shield during Saturday's game against Northern Lakes in the St. Paul Winter Classic at North Dale Rec Center. Joe Brown / RiverTown Multimedia
Red Wing's Eliza DiNatale walks towards the rink while bundled up for the 5-degree weather Saturday at the St. Paul Winter Classic at the North Dale Rec Center. Joe Brown / RiverTown Multimedia
Red Wing's Elle Bryant (10) makes a play for the puck against Northern Lakes' Chelsea Skluzacek during the first period Saturday at the St. Paul Winter Classic at the North Dale Rec Center. Joe Brown / RiverTown Multimedia
Red Wing's Nicole Oberding, Elle Bryant and Emma Roe chat during warmups Saturday at the St. Paul Winter Classic at the North Dale Rec Center. Joe Brown / RiverTown Multimedia
The Red Wing bench looks on during Saturday's game at the St. Paul Winter Classic at the North Dale Rec Center. Joe Brown / RiverTown Multimedia
Red Wing goaltender Tyler McGrath reaches down for a glove save during the first period of Saturday's game versus Northern Lakes at the St. Paul Winter Classic at North Dale Rec Center. Joe Brown / RiverTown Multimedia
The Red Wing girls' hockey team lines up for pre-game introductions before Saturday's game at the St. Paul Winter Classic at the North Dale Rec Center. Joe Brown / RiverTown Multimedia
Red Wing's Nicole Oberding (right) takes the faceoff against Northern Lakes' Alexa Holm during the first period of Saturday's game at the St. Paul Winter Classic at North Dale Rec Center. Joe Brown / RiverTown MultimediaNorthern Lakes eliminated a 3-0 deficit, but Red Wing scored the final three goals for a 7-4 victory over the Lightning in the Girls Hockey St. Paul Winter Classic on Saturday at North Dale Rec Center.
Emily Hart scored the only goal of the first period for the Wingers, and Kendal Swanson scored twice in the second before Northern Lakes' Caitlyn Gutzman and Chloe Deutsch made it 3-2 before the second intermission.
Alyssa Koslowski tied the game early in the third, but Nicole Oberding gave Red Wing the lead right back a couple minutes later.
Elli Saxerud pull the Lightning even again 5 minutes, 55 seconds into the final frame, but that would be the end of the scoring for Northern Lakes.
Delaynee Fox made it 5-4 at 7:55, and Hart and Swanson scored at 10:44 and 12:39 to put the game away.
Hart and Oberding each finished with five points, and Swanson three with her hat trick.
Tyler McGrath made 15 saves for the win while the Wingers put 32 shots on Maddie Wahoske, who made 25 saves.
Red Wing (14-4) hits the road for the rest of the week with games at Austin on Thursday and at Owatonna on Saturday.