In the first meeting with Spring Lake Park, T-G played one of their most complete games of the season, but were not rewarded, losing a heartbreaking 1 goal game.  The Eagles pulled to within 1 goal in the final minute of the game but were unable to get the equalizer.  This game was incredibly similar and unfortunately ended the same way; with the Eagles attempting a furious third period comeback that fell one goal short.

The first period was an evenly played period where both teams had few quality scoring opportunities.  The game was scoreless until 3 penalties were whistled within a 38 second span, two of which were called on the Eagles.  Playing down a player, Panther captain Karissa Thomson found the back of the net to give Spring Lake Park a 1-0 lead after 1 period of play.

The second period began with great promise.  The Eagles were moving the puck very well and slick passing between Madi Lacy and Erin Cullen found Kristen Dellich in front of the net who buried the one-timer to tie the game at 1.  For Kristen, it was her team leading 11th goal of the season.  The tie was short lived as the Panthers went back in front just 10 seconds later by Rochelle Perzel.  Spring Lake Park threatened to extend the lead when Maddy Kelly intercepted a pass and broke in all alone on T-G goaltender Brittany Fussy.  Brittany stuffed the attempt to keep the Panther lead at 1.  At the 9:05 mark of the period, Rochelle scored again to give Spring Lake Park a 3-1 advantage heading into the second intermission.  The Eagles had controlled play for most of the period, having outshot the Panthers 16-9, but found themselves down by 2 with one period to go.

T-G dominated play for most of the third period outshooting Spring Lake Park 14-7, but could not seem to solve Panthers goaltender Mackensay Kelly.  With 2:45 remaining in the game, the Panthers were whistled for a major boarding penalty inflicted on Maddy Javorina.  Playing one player up for the remainder of the game, the Eagles continued to pepper the Spring Lake Park net.  T-G's hard work finally paid off when Shannon McFarlane scored with 31 seconds remaining from Erin Cullen and Laura Minkoff.  Just like in their first meeting, the Eagles were unable to get the equalizer and time ran out on them, losing 3-2.  Shots for the game were 37-24 in favor of T-G.

The Eagles will next travel to East Bethel for their last road conference game against St. Francis on Thursday (Groundhog Day) at 7:00pm.  Dress warm - this is a cold rink.  : )