Benilde-St. Margaret's Boys' Hockey

BSM will have to settle for the 3rd place game in the Holiday Invitational tournament after being defeated by Centennial in the semi-finals by a score of 7 - 2.

The first period saw the Red Knights outshoot Centennial by a 14 - 7 margin, but Centennial got the only goal of the period.  Brett Stern scored the lone goal at the 14:16 mark of the period.

Centennial came out strong in the second period, outshooting the Red Knights 16 - 8.  The Cougars tallied 3 times in a 5 minute stretch, with goals coming from James Hughes, Joe Hess, and Zach Brickner.  Centennial had a commanding 4 - 0 lead going into the second intermission.

Hoping for a fast start to the third period by the Red Knights was quickly dashed when the Cougars scored just 51 seconds into the third period to increase their lead to 5 - 0.  The Red Knights started to pick up the attack and got on the board with a power play goal by Brett Patterson, with assists by Grant Besse and Patrick Steinheiser.  Grant Besse added a goal at the 11:35 mark to cut the lead to 5 - 2.  Christian Horn and Jake Horton had the assists.  That was as close as BSM would get, as Centennial added 2 goals to close out the scoring.  The Red Knights outshot Centennial for the game 42 - 37, but gave up 3 power play goals.

The Red Knights will face Maple Grove in the 3rd place game on Wednesday at 5:00pm.