Thief River Falls- The Pirates took their first Section 8A lose in the 2012-2013 season to the Thief River Falls Prowlers which is a team that could be in the Section 8A Championship in February.

The Prowlers pounded the net with 40 shots on 5 goals against the Pirates 8^th grade goalie Lexie Cormican. The Pirates recorded 15 shots on 3 goals on Prowlers sophomore goalie France Marshall. The Prowlers started out in the first period by recording 14 shots on one while the Pirates had 3 shots on one goal. The Second period the Prowlers dominated the shots again by recording 15 shots on three goals while the Pirates had six shots and no goals. The third period again was lead by the Prowlers recording 11 shots on one goal while the Pirates recorded 6 shots on one goal.

The Prowlers were lead in scoring by Sophomore forward Emily Berglund with 2 goals and no assists. The Pirates were lead by Senior forward Brianna Breiland with 2 goals and no assists. Crookston’s 8^th grade forward Macy Strem who scored her first ever high school career goal to make the Pirates move to within one making the score 3-2 in the 2^nd period.

The Pirates fought hard against the Thief River Falls Prowlers at the Ralph Engelstad Arena despite a few issues that were going on in the game with two players hyperventilating during the game which messed up the lines for Co-Head Coach Jeff Perrault where he had to look at different players that had to switch to different lines in the second and third periods. Even though the Pirates lost 3-5 to the Prowlers the Pirates will be looking to take on the Prowlers again later on in the hockey season.

The next game for the Pirates will be against another Section 8A opponent the Park Rapids Area Panthers which is apart of the Thief River Falls Thanksgiving holiday Tournament which will be at the Ralph Engelstad Arena on Friday, November 23 at 5:00pm.