TWO HARBORS– The ninth-seeded Ely high school hockey team ended their season Saturday with a 7-1 loss to eighth-seeded North Shore in a Section 7A quarter-final playoff game. The Timberwolves finished their season at 4-19-1 under first-year coach Jake Myers.
The Timberwolves gave up just one goal in the first period, but managed just three scoring chances to the Storm’s 13 shots on goal.
North Shore scored at the 6:26 mark in the second period, and Ely’s Logan Loe answered at 12:34, assisted by Brady Eaton and Kole Macho, to make the score 2-1. The Storm closed out the period to score at 16:27 and increase their lead to 3-1. The Timberwolves had seven scoring chances in the second period. North Shore took 12 shots to Ely goalie Chase Sandberg.
North Shore opened the third period with a goal in just 30 seconds for a 4-1 advantage, and added three more goals, at 7:40, 9:49, and 11:13, for the 7-1 victory. The Storm took 17 more shots to the net for a game total of 42. Ely added five scoring chances in the last period for a game total of 15.
Ely was called for three penalties and North Shore had five penalties for the day.
The Storm were scheduled to play No. 1 seed Hermantown in semi-final action on Tuesday.