Staff
From here on in, they all count for something.
The Muskie girls’ hockey team won its final exhibition game of the season, edging the Baudette Bears 2-1 last night in Emo.
The win was Fort High’s second-straight since returning to the ice after nearly a three-week break.
The black-and-gold got back into the swing of things Friday night in Sioux Lookout, pounding the Warriors 9-3.
Baudette opened the scoring last night when Kalene Krause tapped a centering pass behind Muskie goalie Dana Cridland at 10:24 of the first period.
Cridland and her counterpart, Bryna Hanson, held down the fort for well over a period, pacifying both offences until late in the second.
Jillian Langtry notched the controversial equalizer with about 14 seconds left in the period.
The Muskie net had been knocked off its moorings after a Baudette rush but at the same time, Langtry had corralled the puck and was making her way up the ice en route to deking out Hanson to knot the game at 1-1.
The Bears argued, to no avail, that the play should have been whistled dead when the net was dislodged.
Langtry then struck again for the game-winner midway through the third.
Last night’s game was the first of two that Emo will host this week. The Muskies will pay another visit there this Friday night (Feb. 12) when Sioux Lookout comes to town for a rematch at 7:30 p.m.
Fort High then returns to the Ice For Kids Arena the following night (Feb. 13), entertaining the Kenora Broncos at 7:15 p.m.
All five of the black-and-gold’s remaining games count in the NorWOSSA standings.
Fort High’s schedule includes two match-ups each with league-leading Dryden and second-place Kenora.
