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2015-16 Varsity Hockey Team
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| 2015-16 Boys Varsity Hockey Schedule | ||||
| Thursday, Nov 19, 2015 | 5:30 PM | Away vs. Ozaukee (Scrimmage) | Ozaukee Ice Arena | |
| 0 – 4 | 0-1 | University School of Milwaukee | Fond du Lac Blue Line Ice Center | |
| 2 – 1 | 1-1 | Away vs. Marquette | Eble Ice Arena | |
| 4 – 5 | 1-2 | Waupun | Fond du Lac Blue Line Ice Center | |
| 2 – 4 | 1-3 | Away vs. Bay Port | Cornerstone Community Ctr | |
| 6 – 4 | 2-3 | Homestead | Fond du Lac Blue Line Ice Center | |
| 3 – 0 | 3-3 | St. Mary’s Springs | Fond du Lac Blue Line Ice Center | |
| 2 – 0 | 4-3 | Away vs. Xavier | Tri-County Ice Arena, Neenah | |
| Saturday, Dec 19, 2015 | 2:30 PM | 5th Annual Alumni Game (info below schedule) | Fond du Lac Blue Line Ice Center | |
| 2 – 1 | 5-3 | Cedarburg | Fond du Lac Blue Line Ice Center | |
| 2 – 3 OT | 5-4 | Away vs. Appleton NEW-B | Appleton Family Ice Center | |
| 0 – 3 Egan, Minn
1 – 2 OT Hastings, Minn 4 – 3 New Prague, Minn
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6-6 | Tournament Away vs. So. St. Paul | SSP – Wakota Arena | |
| 2 – 5 | 6-7 | Wausau West | Fond du Lac Blue Line Ice Center | |
| 1 – 2 | 6-8 | Neenah | Fond du Lac Blue Line Ice Center | |
| 7 – 1 | 7-8 | Away vs. Beaver Dam | Beaver Dam Family Ice Center | |
| 3 – 2 OT | 8-8 | Away vs. Arrowhead | Arrowhead High School | |
| 11 – 2 | 9-8 | Oshkosh Coop | Fond du Lac Blue Line Ice Center | |
| 1 – 1 OT
9 – 8 – 1 |
Away vs. Edgewood | LaBahn Arena-UW Madison | ||
| Sunday, Jan 31, 2016 | Tournament Away vs. | Cornerstone Community Ctr | ||
| 2 – 8 | Superior | |||
| 3 – 6 | Eau Claire Memorial | |||
| 9 – 10 – 1 | Madison Edgewood, | |||
| Wausau West, | ||||
| , | Neenah | |||
| Stevens Point | ||||
| Notre Dame De La Baie Academy, | ||||
| Conference Tournament | ||||
| 9 – 1
10 – 10 – 1 |
Oshkosh | |||
| 2 – 1
11 – 10 – 1 |
Appleton United | Fond du Lac Blue Line Ice Center | ||
| 3 – 4
11 – 11 – 1 |
Championship Game
Neenah/Hortonville/Menasha |
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| 5 – 1
12 – 11 – 1 |
Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln | Fond du Lac Blue Line Ice Center | ||
Fond du Lac skates to victory
Caylen Dyni recorded a hat trick as the Fond du Lac boys hockey team crushed Wisconsin Rapids 5-1 in a nonconference game Friday night.
Dyni scored in the first period and added two more goals in the second to give Fond du Lac a commanding lead. Ben Pertl and Noah Wilson scored the other two goals for the Cards.
Henry Lange had two assists, while Thomas O’Leary and Kolton Sabel also added assists.
William Shober had 19 saves in goal.
| WISCONSIN RAPIDS | 0 | 1 | 0 | — 1 |
| Fond du Lac | 1 | 3 | 1 | — 5 |
First period: FDL— Caylen Dyni (Henry Lange), 7:15.
Second period: FDL— Caylen Dyni (Thomas O’Leary), 6:28. FDL— Ben Pertl (Kolton Sabel), 11:13 SH. FDL— Dyni, 12:06. WR— Tanner Case, 14:43.
Third period: FDL— Noah Wilson (Henry Lange), 1:30 PP.
Saves: WR— Tanner Reany, 25. FDL— William Shober, 19.
Fondy falls in Badgerland championship 4 – 3
With a conference title on the line, the Fond du Lac boys hockey team gave possibly the hottest squad in the state a battle to the very end. Unfortunately for the Cardinals, an early deficit was too much to overcome.
Neenah/Hortonville/Menasha grabbed a 2-0 lead before holding off a furious Fond du Lac rally in the third period as the Rockets edged the Cardinals 4-3 in the Badgerland Conference tournament championship game Saturday night at Blue Line Family Ice Center.
“Our guys showed great resiliency,” Fond du Lac coach Ryan Sarazin said. “That’s the first time I’ve seen some really good fire in them between the second and third periods. I didn’t really dictate anything, they did it themselves. I felt the ice was tilted against us in the second and all of sudden we turned it around in the third.”
Facing a two-goal deficit heading into the third period, Fond du Lac (11-11-1), the No. 4 seed in the tournament, needed a serious comeback. Against Neenah/Hortonville/Menasha (22-1-1), the No. 2 seed and a team that hadn’t lost since the first game of the season, that seemed improbable.
Yet the Cardinals gave the Rockets all they could handle.
Caylen Dyni pulled Fond du Lac to within a goal when he scored just 1:20 into the third on assists from Ryan Sabel and Henry Lange.
The Rockets responded with a Tyler Hafeman goal only minutes later, but Dyni struck again at the 5:32 mark. Noah Wilson and Ben Pertl assisted on Dyni’s second goal.
Then Neenah/Hortonville/Menasha showed why many view the Rockets as a favorite to advance to the WIAA state tournament. Clutching a 3-2 lead with momentum firmly in Fond du Lac’s corner, Alec Elkin scored what would ultimately be the game-winner for the Rockets at the 10:35 mark — giving him a hat trick and boosting the lead to two goals with only minutes remaining.
Lange gave Fond du Lac life with a goal at 15:58, assisted by Dyni and Wilson, but the Cardinals couldn’t muster another good opportunity in the final minute. The comeback for a conference championship came up just short.
“They’re a good team,” Sarazin said of Neenah/Hortonville/Menasha. “They just kept inching one step ahead. 2-0, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2. It was just that kind of deal. I’m proud of the kids’ effort this weekend and I think we can build off it.”
William Shober had 27 saves in goal for Fond du Lac, while Preston Long had 19 for the Rockets.
Although Sarazin isn’t somebody who normally values moral victories, the Cardinals pushed the heavily-favored Rockets to the brink. That, combined with Fond du Lac’s last-second upset win over top-seeded Appleton on Friday night in the conference tournament semifinals, has him confident in his squad heading into the WIAA playoffs.
“I’m never one for moral victories, but I judge stuff on a barometer,” he said. “That team’s either going to be close, if not competing in Madison (at state). We looked at this like a sectional final game and how we’d measure up. They’re a good hockey team and they’re extremely hot right now. We can take that with us. I thought we moved the puck well in the third period and gained some confidence that way.”
| FOND DU LAC | 0 | 0 | 3 | — 3 |
| Neen./Hort./Men. | 1 | 1 | 2 | — 4 |
First period: NHM— Alec Elkin (Jack Kraus, Carter Grishaber), 5:56 SH.
Second period: NHM— Elkin (Grishaber, Travis Treml), 7:37 PP.
Third period: FDL— Caylen Dyni (Ryan Sabel, Henry Lange), 1:20. NHM— Tyler Hafeman (Brendan McNeff), 4:22. FDL— Dyni (Noah Wilson, Ben Pertl), 5:32. NHM— Elkin (Grishaber), 10:35. FDL— Lange (Dyni, Wilson), 15:58.
Saves: FDL— William Shober, 27. NHM— Preston Long, 19.
Fondy hockey shocks Appleton 2 – 1
With just three seconds remaining, Caylen Dyni scored the game-winning goal for the Fond du Lac boys hockey team in a 2-1 win over top-seeded Appleton in a Badgerland Conference tournament game on Friday night at Blue Line Family Ice Center.
The Cardinals advance to the tournament championship on Saturday night.
Coach Ryan Sarazin spoke highly of his team’s tenacity against the No. 1 team in the state.
“I’m just glad our guys battled hard,” he said. “We played really well in the third period and we just didn’t give it up. Just a really good response for our guys.”
Ryan Sabel scored Fondy’s first goal, along with assisting Dyni on his game-winner. Joseph Voight assisted on Sabel’s goal.
William Shober was a strong defensive force for the Cardinals with 28 saves.
| FOND DU LAC | 0 | 1 | 1 | — 2 |
| Appleton | 0 | 1 | 0 | — 1 |
Second period: FDL— Ryan Sabel (Joseph Voight), 9:56. APP— Lucas McKinnon (Matthew Gruber), 12:22.
Third period: FDL— Caylen Dyni (Ryan Sabel), 16:57 SH.
Saves: FDL— William Shober, 28. APP— Dylan Phinney, 23.
Fondy crushes Oshkosh 9 – 1
Caylen Dyni recorded a hat trick as the Fond du Lac boys hockey team crushed Oshkosh 9-1 on Wednesday night.
Fond du Lac cruised to a 4-1 lead after the first period and piled on from there.
Along with his three goals, Dyni also recorded two assists. Ryan Sabel and Henry Lange had two goals each and Joseph Voight and Ben Pertl added goals as well for the Cardinals.
Lange, Pertl and Thomas O’Leary had two assists apiece, while Noah Wilson and Chase Auchue had assists as well.
| OSHKOSH | 1 | 0 | 0 | — 1 |
| Fond du Lac | 4 | 2 | 3 | — 9 |
First period: FDL— Caylen Dyni (Noah Wilson), 9:13. FDL— Ryan Sabel (Henry Lange, Ben Pertl), 12:41 PP. FDL — Lange (Dyni), 15:37. FDL— Dyni (Pertl), 16:25. OSH— Branden Hamer, 0:01.
Second period: FDL— Sabel (Lange), 14:06. FDL— Lange (Thomas O’Leary), 16:03.
Third period: FDL— Joseph Voight (Chase Auchue, O’Leary), 2:28. FDL— Dyni, 7:54. FDL— Pertl (Dyni), 8:43 PP.
Eau Claire Memorial 6 Fond du Lac 3
| SCORING | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
| Fond du Lac Cardinals | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Eau Claire Memorial Old Abes | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
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SHOTS |
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| Fond du Lac Cardinals | 5 | 7 | 6 | 18 |
| Eau Claire Memorial Old Abes | 8 | 12 | 5 | 25 |
1ST PERIOD
3:18 Eau Claire Memorial Old Abes
#20 Hutson Collins (short handed) (#4 Tom Berg, #5 Ty Emberson)
8:28 Fond du Lac Cardinals
#17 Henry Lange (even strength)
13:26 Fond du Lac Cardinals
#22 Joseph Voight *(A) (even strength) (#24 Kolton Sabel)
16:19 Eau Claire Memorial Old Abes
#14 Dawson Schwengler (even strength) (#10 Andrew Emberson , #5 Ty Emberson)
2ND PERIOD
0:32 Eau Claire Memorial Old Abes
#14 Dawson Schwengler (even strength) (#15 Ben Zacho, #12 Sam Hanson)
2:38 Eau Claire Memorial Old Abes
#15 Ben Zacho (even strength) (#14 Dawson Schwengler, #12 Sam Hanson)
4:32 Eau Claire Memorial Old Abes
#5 Ty Emberson (even strength) (#15 Ben Zacho, #14 Dawson Schwengler)
8:05 Fond du Lac Cardinals
#17 Henry Lange (even strength)
3RD PERIOD
14:18 Eau Claire Memorial Old Abes
#15 Ben Zacho (even strength) (empty net) (#14 Dawson Schwengler)
Fond du Lac Cardinals Goalie
| # | NAME | MIN | SOG | SV | GA | SV % |
| 31 | William Shober | 51:00 | 24 | 19 | 5 | .792 |
Fond du Lac Cardinals 1 Madison Edgewood Crusaders 1 (OT)
| SCORING | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT1 | T |
| Fond du Lac Cardinals | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Madison Edgewood Crusaders | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| SHOTS | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT1 | T |
| Fond du Lac Cardinals | 4 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 26 |
| Madison Edgewood Crusaders | 9 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 34 |
Scoring Summary
2ND PERIOD
5:22 Fond du Lac Cardinals #10 Dayne Hefter (even strength) (#12 Ben Pertl)
3RD PERIOD
1:29 Madison Edgewood Crusaders
#26 Carter Hottmann (even strength) (#27 Jack Royer, #4 Bryce Ternus)
Fond du Lac Cardinals Goalies
| # | NAME | MIN | SOG | SV | GA | SV % |
| 1 | TJ Draves | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 31 | William Shober | 59:00 | 34 | 33 | 1 | .971 |
| TOTALS | 59:00 | 34 | 33 | 1 | .971 |
Fond du Lac 11 Oshkosh 2
Henry Lange finished with four goals and the Cardinals posted a season-high total in extending their winning streak to three.
Lange scored less than a minute after Oshkosh had taken a 1-0 lead in the first period and then gave the Cardinals a 2-1 lead with less than six minutes left in the opening stanza. Dayne Hefter made it 3-1 heading into the second period where the Cardinals erupted for five goals to break the game open.
Caylen Dyni finished with a goal and two assists, while Chase Auchue, Joseph Voight, Kolton Sabel, Ryan Sable and Noah Hatch also scored in the win. Noah Wilson and Ben Pertl each picked up a pair of assists in the win as well.
Ten of the 11 goals the Cardinals scored were even-strength tallies.
William Shober made 16 saves in goal to earn the win.
Oshkosh…1 1 0 – 2
Fond du Lac…3 5 3 – 11
First period: OSH – Tyler Hoodie (Geoffrey Cullen), 4:55. FDL – Henry Lange (Noah Wilson), 5:52. FDL – Lange (Ben Pertl), 11:14. FDL – Dayne Hefter (Kolton Sabel), 15:15.
Second period: FDL – Chase Auchue (Noah Hatch), 1:31. FDL – Joseph Voight, 6:54. FDL – K. Sabel (Wilson), 9:14. OSH – Hoodie, 11:11. FDL – Lange (Caylen Dyni), 11:41. FDL – Ryan Sabel (Dyni), 16:18 (sh).
Third period: FDL – Hatch, 2:54. FDL – Lange (Pertl), 8:41. FDL – Dyni (Hefter), 12:20.
Saves: OSH (Ryan Bluhm) 31, FDL (William Shober) 16.
Fond du Lac 3 Arrowhead 2 (OT)
Ryan Sabel scored on a power play in overtime to lift the Cardinals in overtime.
Sabel scored twice in the game while Caylen Dyni scored the other goal for the Cardinals, which trailed 2-1 going into the third period. Sabel also had an assist.
Fond du Lac 7 Beaver Dam 1
Caylen Dyni had a hat trick as the Cardinals crushed the Golden Beavers in a Badgerland Conference game.
Leading 1-0 after the first period, Fond du Lac scored three goals apiece in the next two periods to cruise to the win.
Henry Lange, Dayne Hefter, Noah Wilson and Thomas O’Leary also scored for the Cardinals. Lange, Kolton Sabel, Ryan Sabel, Dyni, Joseph Voight and Zach Schmit had assists.
William Shober had 11 saves in net.
| FOND DU LAC | 1 | 3 | 3 | — 7 |
| Beaver Dam | 0 | 0 | 0 | — 1 |
First period: FON— Caylen Dyni, 10:39.
Second period: FON — Dyni (Henry Lange), 5:16. FON— Lang (Kolton Sabel), 10:51. FON— Dayne Hefter, 15:40.
Third period: FON— Dyni (Ryan Sabel), 5:40. BD— Jay Kirschbaum, 7:53. FON— Noah Wilson (Dyni, 8:10. FON— Thomas O’Leary (Joseph Voight, Zach Schmit), 9:49 PP.
Saves: FON— William Shober, 11. BD— Adam Lindeman, 60
Neenah/Hortonville/Menasha Rockets 2 Fond du Lac Cardinals 1
| SCORING | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
| Neenah/Hortonville/Menasha Rockets | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Fond du Lac Cardinals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Scoring Summary
1ST PERIOD 3:31 Fond du Lac Cardinals
#18 Noah Wilson (A) (power play) (#7 Caylen Dyni *(C))
3RD PERIOD 1:25 Neenah/Hortonville/Menasha Rockets
#4 Tyler Hafeman (even strength) (#20 Max Hackinson, #22 Brendan McNeff)
1:25 Neenah/Hortonville/Menasha Rockets
#13 Jack Kraus (even strength) (#48 Carter Grishaber, #24 Alec Elkin)
Fond du Lac Cardinals Goalie
| # | NAME | MIN | SOG | SV | GA | SV % |
| 31 | William Shober | 51:00 | 33 | 31 | 2 | .939 |
Neenah/Hortonville/Menasha Rockets Goalie
| # | NAME | MIN | SOG | SV | GA | SV % | |||||
| 31 | Preston Long | 51:00 | 17 | 16 | 1 | .941 | |||||
Wausau West 5 Fond du Lac 2
Caylen Dyni scored a pair of goals but the Cardinals fell short of knocking off the Warriors.
Cale Bowman registered a hat trick for Wausau West, which took a 2-0 lead early in the second period. Dyni scored off a Ryan Sabel assist to bring Fond du Lac to within a goal, but the Warriors scored again in the second period and then scored again early in the third.
William Shober finished with 32 saves for Fond du Lac.
Wausau West…1 2 2 – 5
Fond du Lac…0 1 1 – 2
First period: WW – Christian Bardarson (Max Zingler, Cale Bowman).
Second period: WW – Bowman. FDL – Caylen Dyni (Ryan Sabel). WW – Bowman (Zach Pearson).
Third period: WW – Josh Bohlin (Nich Techez). FDL – Dyni. WW – Bowman (Brandon Thorson).
Saves: WW (Paul Weise) 15, FDL (William Shober) 32.
Fond du Lac 4 New Prague, Minn. 3
Game Totals
| SCORING | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
| New Prague | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Fond du Lac Cardinals | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Scoring Summary
1ST PERIOD
5:13 New Prague
#7 Zach Davis (even strength) (#15 Sam Gregor, #10 Alex Gregor)
8:00 Fond du Lac Cardinals
#10 Dayne Hefter (even strength) (#7 Caylen Dyni *(C))
8:46 Fond du Lac Cardinals
#17 Henry Lange (even strength) (#22 Joseph Voight *(A))
9:41 Fond du Lac Cardinals
#7 Caylen Dyni *(C) (even strength) (#12 Ben Pertl)
2ND PERIOD
8:57 New Prague
#28 Nathan Berg (power play) (#17 Kyle Skaja, #10 Alex Gregor)
3RD PERIOD
8:47 Fond du Lac Cardinals
#24 Kolton Sabel (even strength) (#17 Henry Lange, #9 Zach Schmit)
14:58 New Prague
#10 Alex Gregor (even strength)
Hastings, Minn. 2 Fond du Lac 1 OT
The Cardinals could not hold in overtime, falling to Hastings at the South St. Paul Tournament.
Caylen Dyni scored Fondy’s lone goal and was assited by Ben Pertl. Dyni scored just over 10 minutes into the third period. Curt Caneff scored Hastings’ winning goal with time to spare in overtime, but the Cardinals were unable to answer.
William Schober had 22 saves for Fondy.
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Fond du Lac |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — 1 |
| Hastings | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — 2 |
First period: H— Nate Holm (Joey Werner), 15:08 PP.
Second period:
Third period: FDL— Caylen Dyni (Ben Pertl), 10:12.
Overtime: Curt Caneff, 4:11 SH.
Saves: FDL— William Shober, 22. H— Scott Tuin, 26
Fond du Lac hockey upended by Eagan, Minn.
The Fond du Lac boys hockey team took part in the Minnesota Tournament Saturday in St. Paul, being outshot 42-17 in the 3-0 loss to Eagan, Minn.
William Shober was busy in net for the Cardinals, stopping 39-of-42 shots.
Both sides entered the second period scoreless until Eagan struck at the 9:32 mark to take the lead. Eagan added another pair of goals in the third period at the 5:13 and 11:12 marks.
| EAGAN, MN | 0 | 1 | 2 | — 3 |
| Fond du Lac | 0 | 0 | 0 | — 0 |
Second period: Eagan — Ottiebruns, ast. Jurico (9:32)
Third period: Eagan — Jurico, ast. Meiers (5:13) Eagan — Randall, ast. Shereik, Wilson (11:12)
Saves: Eagan — 17. Fond du Lac— Shober, 39
Fond du Lac hockey falls in OT to Appleton
APPLETON — The Fond du Lac boys hockey team came up just short as Appleton scored in the last eight seconds of overtime to knock off the Cardinals in Badgerland Conference play on Tuesday.
Caylen Dyni scored both of Fondy’s goals. He scored late the first, assisted by Ben Pertl, and then early in the third, assisted by Ryan Sabel.
Appleton’s Eric Bargholtz scored at the 7:52 mark of OT to give United the victory.
William Shober was strong in net for the Cardinals, talling 42 saves on 45 shots.
| FOND DU LAC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — 2 |
| Appleton | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — 3 |
First period: FDL—Caylen Dyni (Ben Pertl), 12:26.
Second period: APP— Michael Alfaro, 3:21 PP.
Third period: FDL— Dyni (Ryan Sabel), 3:57. APP— Trenton Bliss, 12:37.
Overtime: APP— Eric Bargholtz, 7:52.
Saves: FDL—William Shober, 42. APP— Dylan Phinney, 14.
Fond du Lac 2 Cedarburg 1
Adam Grimm and Noah Wilson scored in the first period as the Cardinals held on to defeat the Bulldogs in a nonconference game on Saturday evening.
After Cedarburg struck first with a Max Henneberry goal at 12:01 in the first, Grimm responded less than two minutes after that with a goal on assists from Matthew Meyer and Sam Todd.
Wilson then scored unassisted on the power play at 16:05.
William Shober had 19 saves for Fond du Lac.
| CEDARBURG | 1 | 0 | 0 | — 1 |
| Fond du Lac | 2 | 0 | 0 | — 2 |
First period: CED— Max Henneberry, 12:01. FDL— Adam Grimm (Matthew Meyer, Sam Todd), 13:39. FDL— Noah Wilson, 16:05 PP.
Saves: FDL— William Shober, 19. CED— Matt McCoy, 31.
Fond du Lac 2 Fox Cities 0
Sam Todd scored both of the Cardinals’ goals in Fondy’s win over Fox Cities.
After a scoreless first period, Todd scored at 14:39 in the second period, and then again at 16:59 in third. Todd was assisted by Ryan Sabel on both goals.
William Schober had 26 saves for Fondy, holding Fox Cities to zero.
| FOND DU LAC | 0 | 1 | 1 | — 2 |
| Fox Cities | 0 | 0 | 0 | — 0 |
Second period: FDL — Sam Todd (Ryan Sabel), 14:39
Third period: FDL— Todd (Sabel), 16:59.
Saves: FDL— William Shober, 26. FC— Nathan DeLisle, 21.
Fond du Lac shuts out St. Mary’s Springs
In last year’s first-ever battle for the Sturgeon Cup, the Fond du Lac boys hockey team fell flat. Losing to intracity rival St. Mary’s Springs co-op 4-1, the Cardinals saw an opportunity to grab the rivalry’s newly-created commemorative trophy slip through their fingers. This year, they made sure that didn’t happen for a second season in a row.
Three different players scored for Fond du Lac as the Cardinals shut out St. Mary’s Springs co-op 3-0 in a Badgerland Conference game Friday night at Blue Line Family Ice Center — securing the Sturgeon Cup for the first time and sending their archrivals to another tough loss. “It’s a great feeling, a good team win,” Fond du Lac forward Joseph Voight said. “We got the shutout and everything. The team chemistry is just unreal this year.”
After a scoreless first period, Fond du Lac (3-3, 1-1 Badgerland) finally broke through a little under two minutes into the second. On an assist from Ryan Sabel, Caylen Dyni sniped a wrist shot past St. Mary’s Springs goaltender Colin Ahern and the Cardinals had the lead. It only took a few minutes after that before Kolton Sabel managed to score in a scrum in front of the net to push Fond du Lac’s lead to 2-0.
Voight and Henry Lange assisted on Sabel’s goal and the Cardinals never looked back. Voight added the third and final goal at the 10:43 mark of the third period, doing it while the Cardinals were shorthanded. “I thought (Springs) had good energy and they matched us (in the first period),” Fond du Lac coach Ryan Sarazin said. “I didn’t think we got inside and penetrated and had good enough shots. Our goal was to get to the net more in the second period and I thought that was the difference. I thought we started to turn the tide a little bit and at least get into the hard areas and it paid off for us a couple times in the second. It was a grind-out win.”
William Shober had 14 saves in picking up the shutout in net for the Cardinals. Although the Ledgers didn’t have a ton of great opportunities to score on Friday, Shober denied them on the few occasions they did. “He looked sharp,” Sarazin said of Shober. “They had a couple chances on breakaways on power plays. They had a couple opportunities and he stood tall.”
For St. Mary’s Springs (0-4, 0-2 Badgerland), it was another frustrating loss in what’s been a frustrating season to this point. Ahern played pretty well in goal, saving 28 of 31 shots, but the Ledgers couldn’t get much going on the offensive end of the ice. “The guys played hard, but we just didn’t generate any offense,” St. Mary’s Springs coach Tim Ahern said. “We’re struggling to produce offense. It’s the same thing we’ve had the first three games and here in the fourth.”
While the Ledgers will continue to look for answers, Fond du Lac is feeling confident following its second straight win and hopes to use that momentum moving forward. “We want to improve as the season goes on,” Voight said. “It’s not how you start, it’s how you finish so that’s what we’re looking for.”
St. Mary’s Springs 0 0 0 — 0
Fond du Lac 0 2 1 — 3
Second period: FDL— Caylen Dyni (Ryan Sabel), 1:51. FDL— Kolton Sabel (Joseph Voight, Henry Lange), 6:22.
Third period: FDL— Voight, 10:43 SH.
Saves: SMS— Colin Ahern, 28. FDL— William Shober, 14
Fond du Lac 6 Mequon Homestead 4
After falling behind at the close of the first period, the Cardinals rallied to take down Mequon Homestead.
Noah Wilson, Caylen Dyni, and Henry Lange each had a pair of goals for the Cardinals.
Wilson struck first for Fondy in the first period and scored again in the second. Dyni scored in the opening seconds of the second period, as well as later in the third. Both of Lange’s goals came in the third period.
William Shober had 10 saves for the Cardinals.
Mequon Homestead 2 1 1 — 4
Fond du Lac 1 2 3 — 6
First period: HOM—Jake Elchert, 5:56. FDL— Noah Wilson, 8:40. HOM— Joey Hobbs,16:56.
Second period: FDL— Caylen Dyni (Wilson, Ryan Sabel), 0:25. FDL— Wilson (Dyni), 12:56 PP. HOM— Ryan Cho, 15:58.
Third period: HOM— Hobbs, 3:43 PP. FDL— Dyni (Dayne Hefter, Ben Pertl), 12:41 PP. FDL— Henry Lange (Sabel, Joseph Voight), 13:29. FDL— Lange (Dyni), 16:24.
Saves: FDL— William Shober, 22. HOM— Connor McPike, 26.
Bay Port doubles up Fondy
Bay Port 4, Fond du Lac 2: After falling behind by two goals in the first period, the Cardinals were unable to rally back against the Pirates.
Caylen Dyni put Fondy on the board with a second-period goal. Henry Lange accounted for the Cardinals’ other goal in the third period, assisted by Dayne Hefter.
William Shober had 21 saves for Fond du Lac.
| FOND DU LAC | 0 | 1 | 1 | — 2 |
| Bay Port | 2 | 1 | 1 | — 4 |
First period: BP— Sam Gustafson, 5:37. BP— Connor Badinski, 14:59
Second period: FDL— Caylen Dyni, 4:35. BP— Spencer Challe, 16:05 SH.
Third period: BP— Bennet DeBouche, 15:32 SH. FDL— Henry Lange (Dayne Hefter), 16:31
Saves: FDL— William Shober, 21. BP— Trenton Leducq, 27.
Waupun holds off Fond du Lac
Waupun 5, Fond du Lac 4: The Warriors jumped out to an early lead and held off the Cardinals from there to earn a hard-fought Badgerland Conference victory.
Brady Beekman scored two goals for Waupun, while Colin Holz, Ryan Panten and Nate Brown all added one.
Caylen Dyni scored twice for Fond du Lac and Dayne Hefter and Chase Auchue added one each.
William Shober had 26 saves for the Cardinals and Caleb Sauer had 19 for Waupun.
| WAUPUN | 2 | 2 | 1 | — 5 |
| Fond du Lac | 0 | 2 | 2 | — 4 |
First period: WAU—Colin Holz, 11:27. WAU— Ryan Panten, 14:34.
Second period: FDL— Caylen Dyni (Ryan Sabel), 0:23. WAU— Brady Beekman, 3:24. FDL— Dayne Hefter (Dyni), 4:31. WAU— Beekman, 9:20
Third period: FDL— Chase Auchue, 2:32 SH. WAU— Nate Brown, 14:16. FDL— Dyni (Sabel), 16:43.
Saves: WAU— Caleb Sauer, 19. FDL— William Shober, 26.
USM shuts out Fond du Lac
University School of Milwaukee 4, Fond du Lac 0: The Cardinals came up empty-handed in their season opener, falling 4-0 to the University School of Milwaukee.
William Shober had 14 saves for Fondy, but the Wildcats still managed to put goals on the board. Logan Geisnes, Nick Epperson, Jerzey Judge, and Jake Kendall all scored for University School.
| UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MILW. | 1 | 2 | 1 | — 4 |
| Fond du Lac | 0 | 0 | 0 | — 0 |
First period: USM— Logan Geisnes, 13:29.
Second period: USM— Nick Epperson, 0:46. USM— Jerzey Judge, 14:40.
Third period:USM—Jake Kendall, 15:39 (PP).
Saves: FDL— William Shober, 14. USM— Mac Schmidt, 15.
Fond du Lac enters season with high expectations
There’s no ifs, ands or buts about it — the Fond du Lac boys hockey team has some pretty lofty expectations for itself in 2015-16. The Cardinals return most of their starting lineup from last year’s 11-14-1 squad and feature nine seniors on the team, including last season’s second-leading scorer Caylen Dyni.
Even though the Badgerland Conference is once again expected to be among the stronger leagues in the state, coach Ryan Sarazin is expecting a lot from his team. “We have high expectations in a tough setting,” Sarazin said. “There’s no doubt it’s a tough setting. … Our immediate goals are always to start with short-term goals, in five-game segments. We’ll start with a goal of doing well in the Badgerland Conference. We don’t look to far out, but we always want to go to state. We’ll look at finishing high in the conference, focus toward the (conference) tournament at the end of the year and build a strong team going into the postseason tournament.”
One significant loss Fond du Lac does suffer is that of Jack Nejedlo, who scored 53 points for the Cardinals last season and was their unquestioned leader on the ice. Even though Sarazin is confident in the group of players he has returning, he knows there may be a bit of an adjustment period without one of the better players in the state last year. “It will take some time,” Sarazin said. “It might not be one guy getting 70 points, it might be a few guys spreading it out and our depth. The experience we have with the guys coming back up front, hopefully we can relieve some of the pressure off them. It doesn’t have to be one guy, it can be multiple guys.”
The offensive leader for Fond du Lac will be Dyni, who scored 43 points last year and could emerge as one of the area’s more prolific scorers in 2015-16. Meanwhile, senior goalie William Shober (3.25 goals-against average) returns after starting 25 games a season ago. The Cardinals were fourth in the Badgerland Conference and advanced to the WIAA sectional semifinals in 2014-15.
On defense, Ben Pertl and Noah Wilson will lead the charge, assisted by players like Thomas O’Leary, Zach Schmit, Adam Grim and Hunter Garrison.
Sarazin anticipates Dyni taking on an even larger offensive role this season, though Joseph Voight, Chase Auchue, Sam Todd, Dayne Hefter, Ryan Sabel and Henry Lange will also contribute. “With the experience of 16 returning letterwinners, we should be improved coming into the season,” Sarazin said. “It all depends on the buy-in of our players and their drive as a group to come in each day and improve. If they do, we could have an excellent season.”