Boys’ State Hockey: Lamb’s hat trick leads Dodge County past Little Falls

Little Falls (14-5-1), the No. 4 seed coming into the tournament, fell to unseeded Dodge County 4-1 in the second semifinal of the day.

Little Falls got on the board first, with a goal from junior defenseman George Moore, at 16:40 of the first period. From then on, it was all Dodge County. Senior defenseman Charlie Blaisdell tied the score at 6:10 of the second period. Less than four minutes later, the Wildcats went up 2-1 on a power-play goal from junior forward Brody Lamb. Junior forward Matt Donovan won the faceoff, passed to Lamb, and Lamb beat senior goalie Dane Couture with a shot over his shoulder.

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Brody completed a hat trick in the third period. He had a couple of tricky moves around a defenseman and Couture to put Dodge County up 3-1 at 12:04 and then he added an empty net shot at 15:07.

Dodge County (19-3-1) moves on to face Gentry Academy in the Class A championship game. That game will be played at 6 p.m. on Saturday, April 3.