Boys Hockey: Three in a row

Austin Krause 18 saves (photo by Jim Lindquist)

The streaking Tigers made it three wins in a row, the second straight by shutout, with a grind-it-out 2-0 Missota Conference victory over Shakopee Friday night at Schmitz-Maki Arena.

The victory moved Farmington to 3-3-1 after the first round of conference play and above the .500 mark for the season at 8-7-1.

"While we did not make the most of our opportunities to score, we did enough," Tiger coach Keith Revels said. "We played very solid defensively. I can't recall ever having back-to-back shutouts."

Notable in the two-game shutout streak is the fact they came from two different goaltenders.

Austin Krause patrolled the nets for the Tigers Friday and earned his first whitewash of the season with an 18-save effort. Gage Overby blanked Chaska 4-0 on Tuesday night.

"Austin had good night," Revels said. "He was very solid and steady."

Kevin Olund (19) assisted on Jordan Lugowski's 1st period goal (photo by Jim Lindquist)

Jordan Lugowski (from Tanner Grubb and Kevin Olund) scored his second goal in as many games to give the Tigers a one-goal edge that would last until the third period when Justin Hyytinen (from Grady Hauswirth and Grant Hauswirth) added an insurance score.

Farmington doubled up the shots-on-goal numbers on the Sabers, outshooting the visitors 36-18.

Revels said the win was satisfying but that his young team is still learning as it goes.

 "It got a bit physical and they took us off our game a bit," he said. "We got frustrated with missed scoring opportunities and their style of play and we took a couple of needless penalties. We need to rise above that because teams will try to do that to us down the road."

Next Tuesday the Tigers take a break from their Missota Conference schedule with a non-league road game at Faribault. They open the second round of conference play next Friday with a home game against Red Wing.

"We're playing good hockey right now," Revels said. "We need to continue to improve heading into the final nine games of our regular season."