Go to link below for complete Badgerland Conference schedule – stats & standings
1 TJ Draves G 11 5’9” 160
2 Ryan Sabel (C) F 12 6’0” 165
3 Max Erstad F 9 5’9” 135
4 Thomas O’Leary (A) D 12 5’8” 145
5 Adam Grimm D 12 5’11” 225
7 Cole Carlson F 9 5’1” 115
8 Zach Wilson D 11 6’1” 205
9 Zach Schmit D 11 6’4” 185
10 Dayne Hefter F 12 5’11” 175
12 Caden Carlson F 9 5’1” 115
17 Henry Lange F 11 6’2” 200
18 Tanner Schultz F 9 5’3” 105
22 Justin Mock F 9 5’7” 145
24 Kolton Sabel (A) F 11 5’10” 185
26 Noah Hatch D 11 6’0” 165
28 James Riehl F 9 5’7” 150
29 Kanen Getz D 11 6’0” 200
31 Mark Kedinger G 11 5’10” 145
Varsity Head Coach: Ryan Sarazin
Junior Varsity Head Coach: John Nejedlo
Assistant Coach: Gary Lakin
Assistant Coach: Erik Larabell
Assistant Coach: PJ Mueller
Student Managers:
Katerina Newman
Talya Loken
2016-17 Boys Varsity Hockey Season Schedule & Results
Score Record Time Home/Host Location
4 – 8 0 – 1 2:00 @ Homestead Ozaukee Ice Center
0 – 5 0 – 2 8:00 Marquette University FDL Blue Line
0 – 7 0 – 3 5:00 Bay Port FDL Blue Line
4 – 13 0 – 4 7:00 @ USM USM Arena
1 – 5 0 – 5 8:00 Fox Cities FDL Blue Line
1 – 4 0 – 6 6:00 @ Cedarburg Ozaukee Ice Center
0 – 1 0 – 7 7:00 @ Beaver Dam Beaver Dam Arena
3 – 2 1 – 7 4:00 Monona Grove FDL Blue Line
1 – 3 1 – 8 7:00 St. Mary’s Springs FDL Blue Line
1 – 1 1 – 8 – 1 Madison Edgewood Cornerstone Ice Center
0 – 9 1 – 9 – 1 Wausau West Cornerstone Ice Center
1 – 5 1 – 10 – 1 Neenah/Hortonville/Menasha Cornerstone Ice Center
4 – 4 1 – 10 – 2 Appleton United FDL Blue Line
3 -4 OT 1 – 11 – 2 @ Waupun Waupun Ice Arena
0 – 6 1 – 12 – 2 Arrowhead FDL Blue Line
1-17-17 @ Wisconsin Rapids SWCRC
1 – 5 1 – 13 – 2 Neenah/Hortonville/Menasha FDL Blue Line
5 – 3 2 – 13 – 2 Oshkosh Coop FDL Blue Line
3 – 4 2 – 14 – 2 @ DePere DePere Ice Center
2 – 7 2 – 15 – 2 @ Whitefish Bay
0 – 4 2 – 16 – 2 Badgerland Tournament Neenah/Hortonville/Menasha
5 – 4 3 – 16 – 2 Badgerland Tournament Beaver Dam
1 – 4 3 – 17 – 2 Badgerland Tournament Waupun
3 – 5 3 – 18 – 2 Notre Dame Academy FDL Blue Line
1 – 4 3 – 19 – 2 @ Middleton Capitol Ice Arena
5 – 8 3 – 20 – 2 WIAA Regionals @ Brookfield East Co-op
2016-17 BADGERLAND HOCKEY CONFERENCE ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM
SECOND TEAM
Ryan Sabel Fond du Lac Senior Forward
HONORABLE MENTION
Henry Lange Fond du Lac Junior Forward
Zachery Wilson Fond du Lac Junior Defensemen
SENIOR SCHOLAR-ATHLETE AWARD
Adam Grimm 12 Fond du Lac
Thomas O’leary 12 Fond du Lac
Go to link below for fianl Badgherland stats & results
http://www.wisconsinprephockey.net/page/show/2735431?subseason=323012
Three Cardinals earn Badgerland honors
Waupun’s Colin Holz, St. Mary’s Springs’ Kaine Mertens and Fond du Lac’s Ryan Sabel each earned second-team honors to lead the list of area players on the all-Badgerland Conference teams.
Holz, a junior, and Sabel, a senior, were two of the three forwards named to the second team while the senior Mertens was one of two defenseman tabbed for the squad.
Area players on the honorable mention list were juniors Henry Lange and Zachary Wilson of Fond du Lac; senior Mitchel Gebe, junior Colin Ahern and sophomore Zack Welsch of St. Mary’s Springs; and senior Cody Kast and sophomore Cam Beek of Waupun.
Hunter Schwehr of Fox Cities was named Player of the Year in the conference.
All-Badgerland Conference
First Team
Alec Elkin, for., jr., Neenah; Marshall Goodrich, gk, jr., Beaver Dam; Matthew Gruber, for, sr., Appleton; Jack Kraus, def., sr., Neenah; Hunter Schwehr, for, sr., Fox Cities; Travis Treml, def., sr., Neenah.
Player of the Year: Hunter Schwehr, Fox Cities
Coach of the Year: Troy Schwehr, Fox Cities
Second Team
Kieran Brosnan, def, sr., Appleton; Max Gutjahr. Gk, soph., Fox Cities; Colin Holz, for., jr., Waupun; Kaine Mertens, def., sr., St. Mary’s Springs; Ryan Sabel, for, sr., Fond du Lac; Pete Verstegen, for., sr., Oshkosh.
Honorable Mention
Appleton: Connor Zilish, sr., for; Eric Bargholtz, soph., for; Chris Beyer, sr., def; Mitchell Lund, sr., for. Beaver Dam: Jacob Smith, sr., def. Fond du Lac: Henry Lange, jr., for; Zachary Wilson, jr., def. Fox Cities: Noah Krueger, sr., for; Noah Hablewitz, sr., for; Jonathan Kwasny, jr., def. Neenah: Tyler Haffeman, sr., for; Dillon Fox, soph., for; Preston Long, jr., gk. Oshkosh: Jack Sitter, sr., for. St. Mary’s Springs: Mitchel Grebe, sr., for; Zack Welsch, soph., for; Colin Ahern, jr., gk. Waupun: Cody Kast, sr., for; Cam Beek, soph., for.
WIAA Regional Game Brookfield 8 Fond du Lac 5
Caden Carlson scored two goals, but it wasn’t enough as the 10th-seeded Cardinals saw their season come to an end with a loss to No. 7 seed Brookfield in a WIAA regional semifinal.
Leading 5-4 in the third period, Fond du Lac gave up four goals to Brookfield over the final eight minutes.
Apart from Carlson, Zach Wilson, Ryan Sabel and Henry Lange added goals the Cardinals. Sabel had two assists and TJ Draves added one.
Draves made 16 saves in goal.
| FOND DU LAC | 1 | 2 | 2 | — 5 |
| Brookfield | 2 | 2 | 4 | — 8 |
First period: BRO— Grady Gibson, 3:23. BRO— Zach Davis (Gibson), 4:55 PP. FDL— Caden Carlson (Ryan Sabel), 12:09.
Second period: FDL— Carlson (Sabel), 1:29. BRO— Joey Schindler (Gibson, Davis), 3:08. FDL— Zach Wilson, 14:34 PP. BRO— Gibson, 15:06.
Third period: FDL— Sabel (TJ Draves), 0:42. FDL— Henry Lange, 4:01. BRO— Eric Sinson, 9:18. BRO— Gibson (Emmett Peters), 11:22. BRO— Schindler (Sinson), 16:25. BRO— Davis, 16:40.
Saves: FDL— TJ Draves, 16. BRO— Emmett Peters, 28.
Middleton 4 Fond du Lac 1
The Cardinals scored first, but gave up four unanswered goals after that as they fell to Middleton in nonconference play.
Zach Wilson put Fond du Lac on the board with a goal at 10:46 of the first period, assisted by Cole Carlson.
It was all Middleton after that.
TJ Draves made 18 saves in net for the Cardinals.
| FOND DU LAC | 1 | 0 | 0 | — 1 |
| Middleton | 1 | 1 | 2 | — 4 |
First period: FDL— Zach Wilson (Cole Carlson), 10:46 PP. MID— Troy Reifsteck (Connor Julius, Jake Feldt), 11:14.
Second period: MID— Colin Butler (Alex Nisbet, Preston Lewis), 9:25.
Third period: MID— Julius (Reifsteck), 10:44. MID— Hunter Kowalski (Feldt), 15:00
Saves: FDL— TJ Draves, 18. MID— Bryson Lewis, 17.
Green Bay Notre Dame 5 Fond du Lac 3
The Cardinals couldn’t hold on to a two-goal lead as they fell to the Tritons in nonconference play.
Dayne Hefter, Zach Wilson and Henry Lange scored goals for Fond du Lac to put the Cards up 3-1, but it was all Green Bay Notre Dame after that.
Cole Carlson had two assists for the Cardinals, while Caden Carlson, Kolton Sabel, Lange and Wilson added assists.
TJ Draves made 29 saves in goal.
| GREEN BAY NOTRE DAME | 1 | 3 | 1 | — 5 |
| Fond du Lac | 2 | 1 | 0 | — 3 |
First period: GBN— Mike Gregoire (Bryce Poshak, Logan Braun), 3:44. FDL— Dayne Hefter (Caden Carlson, Kolton Sabel), 7:32. FDL— Zach Wilson (Henry Lange, Cole Carlson), 13:42.
Second period: FDL— Lange (Wilson, Cole Carlson), 4:38 PP. GBN— Brady Bjork (Stephen Lovell, Poshak), 8:13 PP. GBN— John Fry (Bennett Christensen), 10:19. GBN— Bjork (Gregoire, Lovell), 11:35 PP.
Third period: GBN— Poshak (Lovell, Gregoire), 16:07 PP.
Saves: GBN— Bo Buckley, 13. FDL— TJ Draves 29.
Waupun 4 Fond du Lac 1
Badgerland Tournament
The Warriors received goals from four different players as they topped the Cardinals in the fifth-place game of the Badgerland Conference tournament.
Baron Buchholz, Nate Brown, Carter Flegner and Tyler Flegner all scored for Waupun.
Colin Holz added three assists, while Cam Beek had two assists. Tristan Schmitt and Cole Kamphuis each had an assist, while Caleb Sauer made 22 saves in net.
Caden Carlson scored a goal for Fond du Lac, assisted by Henry Lange and Zach Wilson. TJ Draves made 17 saves in goal.
| FOND DU LAC | 0 | 1 | 0 | — 1 |
| Waupun | 1 | 2 | 1 | — 4 |
First period: WAU— Baron Buchholz (Cam Beek, Colin Holz), 6:44.
Second period: WAU— Nate Brown (Holz), 0:35. FDL— Caden Carlson (Henry Lange, Zach Wilson), 5:45 PP. WAU— Carter Flegner (Holz, Beek), 6:45
Third period: WAU— Tyler Flegner (Tristan Schmitt, Cole Kamphuis), 7:43.
Saves: FDL— TJ Draves, 17. WAU— Caleb Sauer, 22.
Fond du Lac 5 Beaver Dam 4
Badgerland Tournament
The Cardinals rallied to edge the Golden Beavers in a Badgerland Conference tournament game.
Trailing 4-3 early in the third period, Fond du Lac tied up the game with a Ryan Sabel goal at 8:21 of the third and took the lead on a Zach Wilson goal with just nine seconds remaining.
Wilson finished with a hat trick for the Cardinals, while Cole Carlson also added a goal.
Dayne Hefter had two assists and Henry Lange chipped in an assist. TJ Draves made 27 saves in net.
| FOND DU LAC | 3 | 0 | 2 | — 5 |
| Beaver Dam | 3 | 0 | 1 | — 4 |
First period: FDL— Cole Carlson, 5:25. FDL— Zach Wilson (Henry Lange), 6:00. BD— Daniel Smolen (Jacob Steube), 7:29. FDL— Wilson (Dayne Hefter), 10:35. BD— Sam Vanderhoeven (Blaze Firari), 13:44 PP. BD— Smolen, 13:50.
Third period: BD— Vanderhoeven (Sam Strasser), 4:35 PP. FDL— Ryan Sabel, 8:21 PP. FDL— Wilson (Hefter), 16:51.
Saves: FDL— TJ Draves, 27. BD— Marshall Goodrich, 44.
Neenah/Hortonville/Menasha 4 Fond du Lac 0
Badgerland Tournament
The Cardinals were shut out by the Rockets in the opening round of the Badgerland Conference hockey tournament.
Jack Kraus scored two goals to led Neenah/Hortonville/Menasha.
| FOND DU LAC | 0 | 0 | 0 | — 0 |
| Neen./Hort./Men. | 1 | 2 | 1 | — 4 |
First period: NHM— Owen Engel (Stephen Priest, Ethan Long), 8:13.
Second period: NHM— Jack Kraus (Alec Elkin, Tyler Hafeman), 10:49. NHM— Kraus (Elkin, Hafeman), 16:45.
Third period: NHM— Mason Marquardt, 0:23.
Fond du Lac 5 Oshkosh Co-op 3
Ryan Sabel recorded a hat trick as the Cardinals defeated Oshkosh in a Badgerland Conference game.
Sabel accounted for the final three goals of the game for Fond du Lac.
Henry Lange and Zach Wilson also scored for the Cardinals. Dayne Hefter, Tanner Schultz, Kolton Sabel, Caden Carlson and Wilson added assists.
TJ Draves stopped 24 shots in goal.
| OSHKOSH | 0 | 2 | 1 | — 3 |
| Fond du Lac | 2 | 1 | 2 | — 5 |
First period: FDL— Henry Lange (Dayne Hefter), 10:26. FDL— Zach Wilson (Tanner Schultz, Kolton Sabel), 12:45.
Second period: OSH— Jack Strey, 2:24. OSH— Pete Verstegen, 5:07 SH. FDL— Ryan Sabel (Caden Carlson), 13:48.
Third period: FDL— Sabel, 4:46. FDL— Sabel (Wilson), 7:56. OSH— Alex Shew (Verstegen), 15:05.
Saves: OSH— Ryan Bluhm, 19. FDL— TJ Draves, 24.
Neenah/Hortonville/Menasha 5 Fond du Lac 1
The Cardinals were no match for the Rockets as they fell in Badgerland Conference play.
Henry Lange scored Fond du Lac’s lone goal in the second period, assisted by Dayne Hefter.
TJ Draves made 30 saves in net for the Cardinals.
| NEEN./HORT./MEN. | 2 | 1 | 2 | — 5 |
| Fond du Lac | 0 | 1 | 0 | — 1 |
First period: NHM— Ethan Long (Owen Engel), 0:22. NHM— Reid Molitor (Thomas Priest), 7:10.
Second period: FDL— Henry Lange (Dayne Hefter), 3:11. NHM— Engel, 8:03.
Third period: NHM— Jack Kraus (Tyler Hafeman), 1:27 PP. NHM— Dillon Fox, 3:13.
Saves: NHM— Calder Evans, 10. FDL— TJ Draves, 30.
Waupun 4 Fond du Lac 3 (OT)
Carson Schramm scored in overtime as the Warriors edged Fond du Lac in Badgerland Conference play, retaining the Cowan Cup.
Schramm notched his goal 3:44 into OT on assists from Carter Flegner and Baron Buchholz.
Colin Holz added two goals for Waupun, while Cam Beek had the other goal. Beek and Flegner both had two assists, while Holz and Griffin Levey also had assists.
Henry Lange, Zach Wilson and Ryan Sabel scored goals for Fond du Lac. Wilson, Sabel, Max Erstad and Lange had assists.
TJ Draves made 42 saves in goal for the Cardinals.
| Fond du Lac | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — 3 |
| Waupun | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — 4 |
First period: FDL— Henry Lange (Zach Wilson, Ryan Sabel), 0:29. WAU— Colin Holz (Cam Beek), 5:24. WAU— Beek (Carter Flegner, Holz), 6:04 PP.
Second period: WAU— Holz (Beek, Griffin Levey), 9:09. FDL— Wilson (Max Erstad), 15:51 PP.
Third period: FDL— Sabel (Lange), 14:31.
Overtime: WAU— Carson Schramm (Flegner, Baron Buchholz), 3:44.
Saves: FDL— TJ Draves, 42. WAU— Caleb Sauer, 19.
Fond du Lac 4 Appleton United 4
The Cardinals and United tied in a Badgerland Conference game, though Fond du Lac won in a shootout to earn points in league play.
Ryan Sabel recorded a hat trick for the Cardinals, which opened up a 3-1 lead after the first period before needing a late rally to send the game to overtime.
Sabel scored his third goal at 16:39 in the third period to tie the game at 4-4.
Henry Lange also had a goal and two assists for Fond du Lac. Zach Wilson chipped in two assists, while Cole Carlson and Sabel each had one.
TJ Draves made 20 saves in goal.
| Appleton | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — 4 |
| Fond du Lac | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — 4 |
First period: FDL— Ryan Sabel (Cole Carlson, Henry Lange), 10:44. FDL— Sabel (Zach Wilson, Lange), 15:27. FDL— Lange (Sabel, Wilson), 15:42. APP— Erik Horman (Connor Zilisch, Kieran Brosnan), 16:53.
Second period: APP— Matthew Baker (Zilisch, Horman), 2:18.
Third period: APP— Zilisch, 9:32. APP— Ethan Baker, 14:23. FDL— Sabel, 16:39.
Saves: APP— Gage Olson, 27. FDL— TJ Draves, 20.
Edgewood 2 Fond du Lac 1 (Shootout)
Henry Lange scored in the third period to knot the game at 1, but Edgewood took the shootout, 2-1, to collect the victory.
Ryan Sabel and Zach Schmit assisted on Lange’s goal, which came with 6:55 left in regulation. Sabel was the lone Cardinals to score in the shootout.
TJ. Draves made 38 saves in net for Fond du Lac.
Edgewood…0 1 0 – 1
Fond du Lac…0 0 1 – 1
Second period: EDGE – Carter Hottmann, 11:54.
Third period: FON – Henry Lange (Ryan Sabel, Zach Schmit), 6:55.
Shootout scorers: Sabel (FON), Drew Lenz (EDGE), Bryce Kessel (EDGE).
Saves: EDGE (Shane Ryan) 21. FON (T.J. Draves) 38.
Springs skates past Fond du Lac 3 – 1
FOND DU LAC – St. Mary’s Springs responded to an early deficit with three unanswered goals as the Ledgers knocked off rival Fond du Lac, 3-1, in a Badgerland Conference contest at the Blue Line Ice Arena on Friday night.
Mitchell Grebe’s power play goal with about 2 ½ minutes left in the opening period tied the score at 1, while Kaine Mertens scored the go-ahead goal in the second period.
Zach Welsch’s unassisted goal in the third period capped the scoring.
Grebe and Mertens also picked up assists in the game for Springs.
Ryan Sabel scored of an assist from Henry Lange for Fond du Lac’s goal.
T.J. Draves stopped 30 shots in goal for the Cardinals, while Colin Ahern made 13 saves for the Ledgers
St. Mary’s Springs 1 1 1 – 3
Fond du Lac 1 0 0 – 1
First period: FON – Ryan Sabel (Henry Lange), 16:40. SMS – Mitchell Grebe (Kaine Mertens), 2:39 (pp).
Second period: SMS – Mertens (Grebe), 11:50.
Third period: SMS – Zach Welsch, 15:09.
Saves: SMS (Colin Ahern) 13, FON (T.J. Draves) 30.
Fond du Lac 3 Monona Grove 2
The Cardinals scored two goals in the third period to earn a comeback victory over Monona Grove in nonconference play, their first win of the season.
Trailing 2-1 entering the third, Fond du Lac’s James Riehl evened up the game at 2-2 with a goal at 5:46. Kolton Sabel then gave the Cardinals the win, scoring with under a minute left in regulation.
Henry Lange also had a goal and assist for Fond du Lac, while Max Erstad, Zach Wilson and Ryan Sabel had assists as well.
TJ Draves made 14 saves in goal.
| MONONA GROVE | 1 | 1 | 0 | — 2 |
| Fond du Lac | 1 | 0 | 2 | — 3 |
First period: MG— Sam Smith, 4:41. FDL— Henry Lange, 13:00.
Second period: MG— Jack Lemire, 1:27.
Third period: FDL— James Riehl (Max Erstad, Lange), 5:46. FDL— Kolton Sabel (Zach Wilson, Ryan Sabel), 16:01.
Saves: MG— Andryi Nahirniak, 33. FDL— TJ Draves, 14.
Fond du Lac hockey falls to Beaver Dam 1 – 0
BEAVER DAM – The Fond du Lac boys hockey team fell in a heartbreaker to Beaver Dam on Thursday night in Badgerland Conference action, losing 1-0.
Despite out-shooting the Golden Beavers 38-18, the Cardinals were unable to find the back of the net.
Giovanni Mueller put Beaver Dam ahead to stay with a shorthanded goal at the 9:39 mark of the second period.
Mueller was assisted by Garret Pasewald.
TJ Draves made 17 saves in goal for Fond du Lac, while Marshall Goodrich had 38 for Beaver Dam.
| FOND DU LAC | 0 | 0 | 0 | — 0 |
| Beaver Dam | 0 | 1 | 0 | — 1 |
Second period: BD— Giovanni Mueller (Garret Pasewald), 9:39 SH.
Saves: FDL— TJ Draves, 17. BD— Marshall Goodrich, 38.
Fox Cities 5 Fond du Lac 1
The Stars had a big second period as they cruised past the Cardinals in Badgerland Conference action.
Leading just 1-0 after the first period, Fox Cities scored three goals in the second to take control of the contest.
Ryan Sabel scored Fond du Lac’s lone goal in the third period, assisted by Henry Lange and Thomas O’Leary. TJ Draves had 40 saves in goal for the Cardinals.
| FOX CITIES | 1 | 3 | 1 | — 5 |
| Fond du Lac | 0 | 0 | 1 | — 1 |
First period: FC— Hunter Schwehr (Noah Hablewitz, Noah Krueber), 12:28 PP.
Second period: FC— Hablewitz (Jonathan Kwasny), 5:00. FC— Schwehr, 8:49 SH. FC— Hablewitz, 12:25 SH.
Third period: FDL— Ryan Sabel (Henry Lange, Thomas O’Leary), 0:12. FC— Schwehr (Kwasny), 15:07 SH.
Saves: FC— Max Gutjahr, 17. FDL— TJ Draves, 40.
University School of Milwaukee 13 Fond du Lac 4
The Cardinals had a disastrous second period as they fell to University School of Milwaukee in nonconference play.
U-School scored 10 goals in the second period, aided by two game misconduct penalties on Fond du Lac that put the Wildcats in the power play for the majority of the period.
Zach Wilson scored two goals for Fond du Lac, while Ryan Sabel and Henry Lange added goals as well. Cole Carlson chipped in with two assists and Wilson, Lange, Max Erstad, Zach Schmit, Dayne Hefter and Sabel also had assists.
TJ Draves made 29 saves in goal.
| FOND DU LAC | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| University School of Milw. | 0 | 10 | 3 | 13 |
First period: FDL— Ryan Sabel (Zach Wilson, Cole Carlson), 0:29. FDL— Wilson (Henry Lange, Carlson), 3:07 PP. FDL— Lange (Max Erstad, Zach Schmit), 3:41.
Second period: USM— Logan Geisness (Nick Epperson), 1:23. USM— Epperson (Casey Roepke, Geisness), 2:15. USM— Geisness (Roepke), 4:41 PP. USM— Andrew Malek (Christian Blomquist), 6:30 PP. USM— Epperson (Will Kennedy), 6:53 PP. USM— Kennedy (Kylar Fenton, Brandon McGill), 7:26 PP. USM— Tim Rooney (Blomquist), 7:35 PP. USM— McGill (Roepke, Geisness), 9:20 PP. USM— Epperson (Geisness, Kennedy), 10:44. USM— Blomquist (Charlie Mahoney, Leo Simanonok), 12:14 PP. FDL— Wilson (Dayne Hefter, Sabel), 14:18.
Third period: USM— Geisness (Epperson, Mahoney), 7:13. USM— Blomquist (Roepke), 9:11. USM— Malek (Robby Newton), 15:30.
Saves: FDL— TJ Draves, 29. USM— Frank Fee, 14.
Bay Port 7 Fond du Lac 0
The Cardinals couldn’t find any offense as they fell to Bay Port in a nonconference game on Friday.
Scoreless after the first period, the Pirates erupted for five goals in the second.
TJ Draves had 35 saves in goal for Fond du Lac.
Milwaukee Marquette University 5 Fond du Lac 0
The Cardinals couldn’t match up with the Hilltoppers as they fell in nonconference play.
Milwaukee Marquette University scored four goals in the second period to seal the win.
Charles Langenfeld scored twice for the Hilltoppers, while William Sweeney, Danny McKenna and Jonny Langenfeld all added a goal apiece.
TJ Draves had 16 saves in goal for Fond du Lac.
| MILWAUKEE MARQUETTE | 1 | 4 | 0 | — 5 |
| Fond du Lac | 0 | 0 | 0 | — 0 |
First period: MM— William Sweeney (John O’Connor, Matt Kuhn), 4:06 PP.
Second period: MM— Danny McKenna (Charles Langenfeld, Sweeney), 3:54. MM— Langenfeld, 5:15. MM— Langenfeld (McKenna), 14:40. MM— Jonny Langenfeld (Jake Klenz, Tyler Reineck), 15:22.
Saves: MM— Zach Schmidt, 15. FDL— TJ Draves, 16.
Homestead overpowers Fond du Lac hockey 8 – 4
MEQUON – The Fond du Lac boys hockey team was unable to contain a high-powered Mequon Homestead squad in its season opener on Saturday afternoon as it fell 8-4 in nonconference action.
Tied 1-1 after the first period, the Highlanders scored four goals in the second to break the game open.
Tanner Schultz, Henry Lange, Zach Wilson and Ryan Sabel scored goals for the Cardinals.
Noah Hatch, Zach Schmit, Dayne Hefter and Thomas O’Leary added assists for Fond du Lac, while TJ Draves had 26 saves in goal.
| FOND DU LAC | 1 | 1 | 2 | — 4 |
| Mequon Homestead | 1 | 4 | 3 | — 8 |
Fond du Lac boys hockey to rely on youth
After taking fourth place in the Badgerland Conference last season, including finishing second in the league tournament, the Fond du Lac boys hockey team will need to replace some key pieces in 2016-17.
En route to a 12-12-1 record last year, the Cardinals received major contributions from Caylen Dyni (36 points), Noah Wilson (25), Joseph Voight (9) and standout goaltender William Shober (2.57 goals-against average, .903 save percentage).
Dyni, Wilson and Shober were All-Badgerland Conference honorees and honorable mentions on the Wisconsin Hockey Coaches Assocation all-state team.
All of those players are now gone.
Fond du Lac coach Ryan Sarazin knows it will be difficult to replace that kind of talent but is hoping an influx of youth can bring the Cardinals back to an elite level.
“The Cardinals are looking to take the next step on their way back to State of Wisconsin dominance and this young group can be the ones to do just that,” Fond du Lac coach Ryan Sarazin said. “It will be a tough task to replace nine seniors from last year’s team, but the Cardinals bring in a unique balance of veteran players with a young group of talent the youth programs and the Cardinals JV teams have produced the past few years.”
The loss of Shober in goal will possibly be Fond du Lac’s biggest obstacle, but Sarazin is optimistic his replacement can step in seamlessly.
“In the goal, the Cardinals will need to replace three-year starting goaltender William Shober and stepping in will be junior TJ Draves,” Sarazin said. “TJ has had some solid performances at the JV level and will be looked upon to lock down the goal. Mark Kedinger will also make a position change into the goal and add support at the position.”
Defensively, Fond du Lac will rely on seniors Thomas O’Leary and Adam Grimm to lead the charge, while juniors Zach Schmitt and transfer Zachary Wilson should play significant roles as well.
With the loss of so much scoring punch from a season ago, the Cardinals will need returners like Henry Lange (26 points), Ryan Sabel (22), Dayne Hefter (9) and Kolton Sabel to step up on offense.
Losing to Mequon Homestead 4-3 in the regional final round of the WIAA playoffs last year, it was disappointing way for the Cardinals to end a promising season.
Sarazin is hoping this year will have a different outcome.
“The Cardinals will be young and starting new players in key positions, but this team will grow and have success by the end of the year with expectations, as always, to compete for a state title appearance,” he said.