shot the Raiders 9-4 in ….
shot the Raiders 9-4 in the period.
But bridging the two periods, the Raiders, according to head coach Galen Searles played their best hockey of the night, matching the Robins physically and creating offensive chances.
Gowey put Medford on the board just 36 seconds into the second period, getting an assist from his linemate Miles Searles. The top line struck again when freshman Tucker Phillips got his first varsity goal at 3:08, with assists from Gowey and Searles to tie the game.
Unfortunately for Medford, Antigo wasted little time in getting the lead back, getting a goal from Landon Nelson off a Payden Michalik assist at 4:35. That started a six-goal spree that put the game away.
Galen Searles credited the Robins with finding some cracks in Medford’s defense and exploiting them, using crisp passing to create shots that Medford goal tender Talan Albers had little chance of stopping.
Dickman got the first of his goals 10:17 into the second period to give Antigo its two-goal lead back. It came on the second of Michalik’s three assists in the game. Kassler and Parker Chaney set up Michalik in front of the crease and he tucked his shot under the crossbar at 15:51 for a 5-2 lead heading into the second intermission.
Dickman scored a minute into the third period off a Michalik assist, Jack Hilger hit the upper corner over Albers’ left shoulder at 8:30 and Nelson skated in unmolested to tap the puck in off a perfect pass from Kassler at 10:19 to briefly put the running clock into effect at 10:19.
The Raiders took the running clock off just 22 seconds later when Bull put a blast past Antigo goalie Nolan Bunnell with assists from Searles and Schaefer, but Dickman capped his hat trick just 36 seconds later.
Albers finished with 24 saves, including 11 in the third period, while Bunnell had 20 saves for Antigo, including seven in the second period and nine more in the third.
Antigo had the only two power plays of the game, but Medford kept the Robins off the board on each of them in the first period.
