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Boys Hockey

Royals Defeat Monticello/Annandale/Maple-Lake 4-3
(Saturday 2/12/2005)
The Royals held on to defeat the Stars before a packed crowd at Senior/Youth Night.  The Royals started off the scoring in the first when Ross Reemts found the back of the net a 9:43 of the first period with assist going to Eric Smith and Josh Vasseur.  The Royals held a 1-0 lead going into the second but that was quickly erased with the Stars scored only 27 seconds into the period.  The Royals were able to counter at 8:28 when Marcus Orrock scored with an assist from Josh Vassuer and Eric Smith. Early in the third the Stars scored the equalizer at 1:28 on the power play.  The Royals took the lead when Josh Vasseur scored from a feed from Marcus Orrock at 2:41 of the third period.  The Royals recorded there forth goal at 8:18 of the third when Stephen Timm scored on a slapshot from the point with the assist going to Ross Reemts.  The Stars played strong going down the stretch and scored with only 44 seconds left in the game.  A penalty put the Royals down 5-4 but Matt Kreiger denied the Stars in their last minute flurry and came away with the win.  Kreiger stopped 35 of the 38 shots he faced.

The Royals enter section playoffs with a 7-17-1 record. 

First Graduating Class of Hockey Seniors Honored at Senior Night
Three seniors played their final season game for the Royals on Saturday Night.  Jason Carter, Matt Bernard & Stephen Timm all grew up playing hockey in the Elk River Youth hockey association.  When Rogers High School was formed, they were all instrumental at securing a hockey program for the school in its first year of existence.  Originally, Rogers was not slated to have a Hockey program their first year.  Between meetings with school board officials and petitions of player counts, and their commitment to play, they were able to convince the school that a hockey program was viable in the first year.  Congratulations Seniors for helping start the hockey tradition at Rogers High School.  All three will be attending Winona State University this Fall.

Royals Boys play well in 3-0 loss against Irondale
(Wednesday 2/2/05)
After losing to the Knights 11-1 only 3 days ago, the Royals redeemed themselves with a 3-0 loss Tuesday night.  The Royals shutout the Knights in the first period and gave up two goals in the latter parts of the second period and gave up a goal in the first minute of the third period.  The puck did not bounce the Royals way all night.  The goal early in the third period was a result of wet ice.  In an effort to clear the zone, the puck stopped in front of a Knight Dan Schimanski who then drove it past Royals Goaltender Nick Spahn.  At that point the game was suspended for 5 minutes to let the ice set.  The Royals had multiple opportunities down the stretch but could not get the puck past the Irondale net-minder. 

In other action JV loss 4-2 after being up 2-1 early in the third.  The Royals skated the 3rd period with only 8 players and they just ran out of gas.  Lien scored the 2 goals for the Royals with assist going to JT Bernens and Tommy Tatro. 

Monday night the Royals Varsity loss 8-0 against Spring Lake Park.  JV lost a wild one with a 7-5 defeat.  In the game Tommy Tatro recorded a Hat Trick and Mike Lien and Paul Waddick added a goal a piece.

Royals Boys lose 5-2 to St. Francis
(Thursday 1/27/05)
The Royals took a tough loss on Thursday losing 5-2 despite out-shooting the Fighting Saints 30-22.  The Royals started out slow and spotted the Fighting Saints 2 goals by the middle of the first period.  The Royals got on the scoreboard late in the period when Freshman Jordy Lehn tipped in a  Stephen Timm slapshot at 13:57 of the period.  The only scoring in the second period went to the Fighting Saints when they scored quickly 59 seconds into the period giving them a 3-1 lead.  The Royals got within one goal early in the third when Dane Wold scored on a feed from Jordy Lehn.  Unfortunately, the Fighting Saints answered back in less then a minute later and returned the Saints to a 2 goal lead.  The Royals pressured the Fighting Saints late in the third but were unable to get another goal past the Fighting Saints goalie who stopped 14 of the 15 shots he faced in the third period.  The Fighting Saints finished out the scoring with an open net goal with only 2 seconds remaining to cap off the scoring giving the Fighting Saints the 5-2 victory.  

Royals Boys trounced by Irondale 11-1
Nothing went right for the Royals, with a short bench and ill-advised penalties the Knights skated off with an 11-1 victory.  The lone highlight for the Royals was an unassisted goal by Josh Vassuer on a great individual effort in the 2nd period.   In other action the JV lost 6-3. 

Smith's Hat Trick Leads Royals Past Monticello
(Tuesday 1/18/05)
Eric Smith scored the first three Royals Goals as he lead the team in a 6-3 victory over the Monticello/Annandale/Maple Lake Stars.  Smith's first goal came at 1:25 of the first period off a rebound shot of Ross Reemts on the power-play giving the Royals a 1-0 lead, also getting an assist on the play was Tim McDougal. 

Early into the second period, the Stars tied the game up at 1-1 but the Royals quickly countered 36 seconds later with Smith's second goal of the game with assist to Marcus Orrock and Stephen Timm.  Later in the second period, Smith finished out his hat trick scoring at 5:18 of the period with a assist going to Stephen Timm.  The Stars quickly responded with a goal to close the gap to 3-2.  The Royals put up a fourth goal at 8:39 when Jack Hennes put the puck past the Stars goaltender from an assist from Marcus Orrock.

The Royals came out strong in the third period when Marcus Orrock took a feed from Josh Vasseur and beat the Stars Goaltender 45 seconds into the period.  The Stars were able to score one more goal at 9:13 of the third period.  The Stars had a chance to get back into the game but Marcus Orrock scored a short handed goal at 12:54 of the third ending with a 4 point night.  Royals Goaltender Nick Spahn turned away 22 of the 25 shots he faced.

The Royals next game is at home, Friday Night 1/21 against Spring Lake Park.  JV starts at 5:30, varsity is scheduled to start at 7:30.

Royals wins Pine City Holiday Tournament
(12/31/04)
 

For the first time in team history the Rogers boys hockey team won a championship trophy in a tournament.  It started with a win against Moose Lake 4-1, Dane Wold and Marcus Orrock both tallied a goal while Jason Carter notched two.  The second game was a nail biter against Chisago Lakes.  The Royals, with outstanding play in the net, held on to a 1-0 victory.  Eric Smith scored the lone goal for the Royals.  In the championship game the Royals faced the home town favorite Pine City.  The Royals took advantage of three power plays and dominated play with a 5-2 victory.  Scoring for the Royals were Eric Smith(2), Matt Bernard, Marcus Orrock and Stephen Timm.  Nick Spahn with an unbelievable performance in the net throughout the tournament was selected for the all tournament team.

Royals beat Chisago Lakes in Pine City Holiday Semi
(12/29/04)
The Royals beat Chisago Lakes in the semi-final action of the Pine City Holiday tournament 1-0 with a goal by Eric Smith assisted by Marcus Orrock.  Royals net-minder Nick Spahn had a stellar performance  obtaining his first shutout of the year.  The Royals face Pine City/Rush City in the finals tonight at 8:00 in Pine City.

Royals lose back and forth game to St. Francis 5-3
Wednesday December 22, Matt Bernard
Roger came out of the gates quick with a goal by Jack Hennes from Jason Carter and Steve Timm at 2:31 of the first period.  The St. Francis Saints came back in the second with three unanswered goals, two of which were on the power play.  The Royals answered with their own power play goal at 16:10 in the second, scoring was Josh Vassuer with the assist going to Eric Smith.  The Saints were first to score in the third but Eric Smith scored at 3:15 with Tim McDougall getting the assist for Rogers.  The Saints proved too much however and scored once more in the third making the final score 5-3 in their favor.  

The Royals play host to Cambridge on Thursday, December 23rd.  JV plays at 5:30 with the Varsity following at 7:30

Boys Royals Skates to a 2-2 tie with STMA
(Wednesday 12/8/04)
The Boys Royals Hockey team and Saint Michael - Albertville Knights skated to a 2-2 tie. The Royals started out the scoring with a short handed goal by Marcus Orrock @ 15:48 of the first period with a assist to Eric Smith.  Orrock took the puck at center and made a nifty move on the STMA defensemen inside the blue line and beat the goalie with the shot.  STMA owned the second period scoring two goals and out-shooting the Royals 12-2.  In the third period the Royals regained their composure and scored the game equalizer @1:49 when Eric Smith put a shot between the goalies pads from the top of the circles from a pass from Jack Hennes.  Nick Spahn was tough between the pipes down the stretch.  Spahn stopped 29 of the 31 shots he faced.  The last 23:11 minutes went scoreless leaving the teams deadlocked at 2-2. 

Redhawks Top Royals Boys in Final Minute
(Thursday 12/2/04)
The Royals Boys team took a tough loss on Thursday with a 4-3 loss over the Minnehaha Academy Redhawks.  Rogers started out strong scoring two goals in the first period.  Marcus Orrock scored a short handed goal at 12:18 of the period with a nice move to get around the Redhawks defense. Shortly after, Jason Carter  broke through the Redhawk defense firing a shot past the Redhawk goaltender as he was being taken down.  In the second period the Royals traded goals with Marcus Orrock notching his second goal of the game with an assist to Josh Vasseur at 9:20 of the period.  The Redhawks then came back with 3 unanswered goals the first being a nice screen shot from the point at 11:45 of the 2nd period.  27 seconds later they tied the game up.   After killing off a 5-3 Redhawk powerplay in the later end of the third period, the Redhawks put away the final goal with only 35 seconds left in the game.  In other action, JV won 6-0.  Rogers boys next home game is Tuesday, December 7th against St. Michael.

Royals Boys Upset Andover
(Saturday 11/27/07)
The Royals Boys won their home opener in style by upsetting the Andover Huskies 3-1.  Rogers started off the scoring with a goal by Eric Smith @ 15:16 of the first period, assists went to Jason Carter and Stephen Timm.  Rogers then took advantage on the power play @ 7:39 in the second period when Stephen Timm hit the upper corner with a rocket from the point.  Andover answered with a goal @ 13:25 of the period.  The Royals came out strong in the third and capped off the scoring with their second power play goal of the game at 14:48 into the period with a goal by Josh Vassuer with the assist going to Marcus Orrock.  Nick Spahn was solid between the pipes stopping 20 of the 21 shots he faced.