Farmington's five-game winning streak came to an abrupt halt Saturday afternoon, Feb. 26, when Lakeville South blanked the Tigers 7-0 in the Section 1AA semifinals at the Rochester Recreation Center.
The victory vaulted the Cougars into Friday's championship game with crosstown rival Lakeville North back in Rochester. Farmington's loss closed the books on its season with the locals finishing at 14-13.
South took the game to the locals in the opening period, outshooting them by a one-sided 25-2 count on the way to a 3-0 lead.
The Cougars added three more scores in the second period and one more in the third to boost their record to 16-8-2.
"We played hard," Tiger coach Keith Revels said. "But we were not very composed with the puck and we got into penalty trouble early and paid dearly (3 power play goals).
"The positive thing is that we we stayed together as a team even with the dire circumstances. We played to the end against a very good team. They just took it too us."
Revels noted that despite the final score, goalies Victor Simones (2 periods) and Aaron Dahl didn't play that badly.
"We gave them (South) some pretty good looks," he said.
The final shots on goal told the story succinctly: South 58 Farmington 11.
