WATERTOWN — At one level this season, Marshfield was sitting at 4-7 and simply hoping it may earn a spot within the Division 2 ladies hockey event.
On Thursday at Ryan Arena, the Rams continued their beautiful run by means of the event. Morgan Murphy was merely wonderful, stopping all 30 Burlington photographs she confronted because the Rams made a pair of second-period objectives arise in a 2-0 win over the third-seeded Red Devils.
“This is the best feeling in the world,” Murphy mentioned. “It’s great to see this program come so far this year.”
It appeared prefer it was going to be an extended evening for Marshfield proper from the warmups as second main scorer Kayla Leonard had a skate blade snap when she stepped on the ice.
After an emergency change, she got here again on the ice as warmups ended after which proved to be a thorn in Burlington’s aspect.
The Red Devils (19-2-2) dominated virtually your complete first interval however couldn’t get something previous Murphy.
Early within the second, the Rams earned a 32-second two man benefit and have been capable of take benefit. Just after the primary penalty ended, Leonard bought the puck within the slot. Her shot was thwarted however Julia LeMire scooped free puck and snapped one previous Isa Fischer for a 1-0 lead.
Late within the interval, Burlington bought an influence play but it surely was the Rams who elevated their lead when Leonard picked off a clearing cross on the Burlington line and beat Fischer with a backhander at 13:05.
“That was an amazing finish there by Kayla,” Marshfield coach Tom Greland mentioned.
Chasing two objectives, Burlington threw all the pieces it may muster at Murphy within the third interval, outshooting the Rams 14-0 however Murphy was there at each flip.
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