ROCHESTER, Minn. — There was plenty of offense when the Wisconsin Woodsmen and
Rochester Grizzlies squared off Friday evening, as the two teams combined for 11 goals in the
teams’ NA3HL matchup at the Rochester Rec Center.
Unfortunately for the Woodsmen, it would be the Grizzlies who came away victorious,
outscoring Wisconsin 2-1 in a five-player shootout to come away with the 6-5 win.
The Woodsmen had the upper hand early, getting goals from Tyler Osborne and Joshua
Kauppinen to snag a 2-1 lead after the game’s opening period.
Kauppinen found the back of the net for a second time as the teams traded second-period
goals, leaving the Woodsmen clinging to a 3-2 advantage heading into the final 20 minutes of
play.
And what a 20 minutes it proved to be.
Brandon Slasor and Maxim Lazo scored back-to-back goals in the first 2:06 of the final grame to
extend the Woodsmen lead to 5-2, only to have Rochester rattle off three unanswered goals—
including the game-tying tally with 41 seconds remaining inu regulation — to send the game
into overtime.
After a scoreless overtime, Lazo kicked off the shootout with a goal for the Woodsmen, but
they would come up empty in their final four tries. Rochester, meanwhile, got goals from Felix
