WATERTOWN – Three players scored twice each Saturday as the Oahe Capitals opened the season with a 7-3 win over the Watertown Lakers in a penalty-filled game at Maas Arena.
Elliot Leif scored twice with two assists, Raef Briggs scored two goals and one assist and Ashton Griese scored twice. Keenan Howard also tallied a powerplay goal and Carter Schulz made 29 saves in net.
Briggs and Leif scored just under four minutes apart in the first period to put the Capitals in front, with Leif scoring a powerplay goal, before Kyler Kranz scored late in the first for the Lakers, followed by Max Evans’ tying shorthanded goal 9:29 into the second period. But four minutes later, Griese gave the Capitals a 3-2 lead. Briggs and Griese scored 10 seconds apart just over two minutes later to increase the Oahe advantage to 5-2. Leif and Howard scored in the third period.
There were 74 minutes in penalties and 16 power plays in the game. The Capitals outshot Watertown 44-32.
Oahe will play Huron Sunday at Bergman Arena.
| Oahe | 2 | 3 | 2 | – | 7 |
| Watertown | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 3 |
FIRST PERIOD
SCORING: Oahe, Raef Briggs 1 (Elliot Leif) 6:47; Leif 1 PP (Andrew Gordon) 10:42; Watertown, Kyler Kranz 1 PP 16:55 PENALTIES: Watertown, Blair Boosma (roughing) 0:15; Oahe, Gordon (roughing) 1:02; Watertown, Parker Sheehan (interference) 7:01; Watertown, Brayson Bohling (holding) 10:34; Watertown, Trey Allard (charging) 11:25; Oahe, Tre Berndt (hooking) 12:13; Watertown, Allard (charging) 13:25; Oahe, Jaden Flor (elbowing) 15:42; Watertown, Austin Green (cross-checking) 16:55; Oahe, Berndt (cross-checking) 16:55
SECOND PERIOD
SCORING: Watertown, Max Evans 3 SH 9:29; Oahe, Ashton Griese 1 (Keenan Howard) 13:28; Oahe, Briggs 2 (Leif, Isaac Polak) 15:17; Oahe, Griese 2 (Jaden Flor) 15:27 PENALTIES: Watertown, Boomsma (cross-checking) 7:35; Oahe, Berndt (hooking) 8:31; Watertown, Bohling (hooking) 8:43; Watertown, Sheehan (tripping), 14:32; Watertown, Green (cross-checking) 16:46
THIRD PERIOD
SCORING: Oahe, Leif 2 (Briggs) 3:45; Oahe, Howard 2 PP (Cord Ellis) 4:36; Watertown, Sheehan 1 11:55 PENALTIES: Oahe, Howard (tripping) 2:19; Watertown, Boomsma (tripping) 2:56; Oahe, Briggs (tripping) 6:28; Watertown, Allard (slashing) 11:55; Oahe, Ellis (check from behind & misconduct) 11:55; Oahe, Flor (holding) 14:33; Watertown, Bohling (check from behind) 14:33; Oahe, Polak (interference) 16:07; Watertown, Bohling (check from behind & misconduct) 16:33
SHOTS ON GOAL
| Oahe | 15 | 19 | 10 | – | 44 |
| Watertown | 13 | 6 | 13 | – | 32 |
GOALIES: Oahe, Carter Schulz 32 shots, 29 saves; Watertown, Owen McBride 44 shots, 37 saves
POWER PLAYS: Oahe 2-for-9, Brookings 1-for-7
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