Minnetonka Boys Hockey Wins At Blake

The Minnetonka boys hockey team continued its long skate up to the brief Lake Conference season with a 5-3 victory at Blake on Friday night in Hopkins.

Forward Max Coatta's short-handed goal at 9:17 of the first period put the Skippers up for good at 1-0 before another short-handed goal by forward Vinny Lettieri at 7:10 of the second period increased his team's advantage to 2-0 before the Bears mustered up their first goal of the game at 11:30 of the frame.

A 2-1 deficit was as close as Blake would get, however, as Coatta posted a hat trick with back-to-back power play goals at 13:51 and 15:19 of the period to give Minnetonka a 4-1 advantage heading into the third period.

Defenseman Joe Schuldt logged the final goal of the night for the Skippers at 3:46 of the final stanza before a pair of power play scores from the hosts made the game mildly interesting over the last eight minutes until the concluding horn made Minnetonka's win official.

Goaltender Matt Behounek made 27 saves in the Skippers' net, with his teammates also launching 27 shots on the Blake goal.

Minnetonka returns home tonight for another non-conference battle against Holy Angels at 7 p.m. in the Pagel Ice Arena.