Wolverines maul Grizzlies

WADENA -- Eleven different Wadena-Deer Creek Wolverines scored a goal with Dustin Postell and Neil Hutson each recording a hat trick in a 17-4 victory over the Crosby-Ironton/Aitkin Grizzlies Monday in the first round of the W-DC boys' hockey tournament.

Justin Wolden registered one goal and four assists.

C-I/A's Sam Beseres collected two goals.

Crosby-Ironton/Aitkin 1 1 2 -- 4

Wadena-Deer Creek 5 9 3 -- 17

First period -- WDC, Dustin Postell (Tyler Wolden) 5:24; WDC, Zach Maas (Justin Wolden) 7:39; WDC Neil Hutson (Phillip Schmidt) PP 9:37; WDC, Steve Cooney (unassisted) 13:01; CI/A, Zach Engen (Quaid Schaumburg) 15:36; WDC, Preston Stearns (J. Wolden) 18:39

Second period -- CI/A, Sam Beseres (Pat Brophy, Brandon Laffin) PP :14; WDC, J. Wolden (Postell, Stearns) PP 1:59; WDC, T. Wolden (Zach Henry) 3:29; WDC, Jascha Pettit (Postell) SH 7:29; WDC, Pettit (T. Wolden) 10:20; WDC, Hutson (Brandon Kvamme) 11:41; WDC, Postell (Stearns) 12:49; WDC, Hutson (Schmidt, Cooney) 14:32; WDC, Maas (Postell) 16:22; WDC, Brent Lawson (Schmidt) 16:55

Third period -- CI/A, Max Engen (Adam Cook) PP 1:55; WDC, Postell (Henry) 7:15; WDC, Schmidt (J. Wolden) PP 10:43; CI/A, Beseres (unassisted) 12:18; WDC, Chris Jelinek (Maas, J. Wolden) 16:05

Shots on goal -- CI/A 24; WDC 58

Goalies -- CI/A Alex Brown (41 saves); WDC Derek Neu (18 saves), Chris McCollough (2 saves)

Conference -- CIA ; WDC 4-0. Overall -- CIA 0-9, WDC 5-4. Next game -- Crosby-Ironton/Aitkin vs. Shanley at Wadena-Deer Creek 4:30 p.m. Tuesday; Wadena-Deer Creek hosts Red Lake Falls 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.