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Submitted by Steve Huglen First the bad news: The Rams Girls Hockey team finished out the regular season with one goal losses to rivals Warroad at home and to Brainerd in a road game. However, the good news is that Roseau earned the #1 seed in the Section 8AA playoffs and gained the home ice that comes along with that distinction. It was the fourth Roseau game against Warroad this season and the Warriors swept the series with a 2-1 win on March 11th at the Ram Center. Roseau then traveled to Brainerd on Saturday, March 13th and dropped a 3-2...
Submitted by Steve Huglen After last playing in East Grand Forks back on February 25th, the Roseau Rams were eager to get back into game mode as they hosted the Crookston Pirates on March 5th and picked up a 9-1 win. Roseau then played East Grand Forks at home on Monday, March 8th and completed a season sweep of the Green Wave with a 7-0 shutout win. ROSEAU 9 CROOKSTON 1 Friday, March 5th @ Ram Center It took the Rams a bit to get their game revved back up after an extended layoff between games. Roseau held a 2-1 lead after one period on the...
Submitted by Steve Huglen The Roseau Rams Girls hockey team was on the road for two important Section 8AA games on February 19-20. The Rams gained two wins on the weekend which improved their section record to 6-0-1. Roseau knocked of Sartell by a 5-1 score in the Friday game and followed that up with a 4-0 shutout over St. Cloud in a Saturday noon game. Roseau 5 Sartell 1 Friday, February 19th, 2021 @ Bernick's Arena in Sartell There has been a longstanding Section 8AA rivalry between Roseau...
Submitted by Steve Huglen The Roseau Rams were on the road at Warroad on Tuesday, February 23rd for the third of four games in this pandemic limited 18 game season. For the third time the Rams found themselves holding the short end of the stick as Warroad picked up a 6-3 win. Roseau hit the road once again two days later and got back into the win column with a 6-0 shutout over East Grand Forks. The game at East Grand Forks was the fourth Rams game in seven days and all on the road. The Rams were...
Submitted by Steve Huglen Hockey is back! Due to pandemic related delays it would be ten ½ months after the Rams girls hockey team beat Hill-Murray in the AA state consolation championship game to when they took the ice for their next game. After beginning practice on January 4th, the Rams hosted two of their biggest rivals right out of the chute in the Brainerd Warriors on January 15th and Thief River Falls Prowlers on January 16th at the Rams Sports Center. The Rams, led by a strong senior class, have started the season 2-0 after beating Brai...
Submitted by Steve Huglen As with most everything else, the Rams Varsity/JV banquet which was set for March 23rd was postponed as a result of COVID-19. The Rams were looking forward to officially sending off five great seniors and celebrate the team and individual accomplishments of a season that culminated in a state AA consolation championship. The Rams finished the season with a 23-6-2 record including a 13-1 run over the last 14 games. The only loss came in the state quarterfinal game to Min...
Submitted by Steve Huglen After defeating Bemidji 8-1 in the quarter-finals, the Rams Girls hockey team knocked off Buffalo 7-3 in the semi-finals before beating arch rival Brainerd 6-3 in the championship game on Friday, February 14th. The Rams had home ice advantage in the first two rounds by virtue of securing the #1 seed in Section 8AA. The championship game was played on neutral ice in Bemidji. Roseau returns to the State AA tournament for the first time since 2017. The Rams will face off... Full story
submitted by Steve Huglen The Roseau Rams finished the regular season with an 18-5-2 record after gaining recent wins over rivals Brainerd and Warroad. The Rams beat Section 8AA foe Brainerd 3-2 in OT at home on Friday, January 31st and then traveled to Warroad and knocked off the Warriors by a 9-6 score. ROSEAU 3 BRAINERD 2 (OT) Friday, January 31st @ the Rams Sports Center It was a typical fiercely contested and exciting battle between these teams, the outcome of which would likely determine the top seed in the upcoming section playoffs....
submitted by Steve Huglen The Roseau Rams Girls Hockey team split two home games over the past week. The Rams shutout the East Grand Forks Green Wave 5-0 on Saturday, January 4th and then dropped a 9-5 game to the Warroad Warriors on Tuesday, January 7th. Roseau has won six of its last eight games and travels to Hibbing on Saturday, January 11th. ROSEAU 5 -E GRAND FORKS 0 (@ Rams Sports Center) 1/4/20 The Rams outshot the Green Wave 45-10 on the way to the 5-0 win. Ginevra Johnson scored what would turn out to be the game winning goal in the...
The Rams Girls Hockey team is now 19-4 with one regular season game to play. The Rams will be hosting the undefeated Warroad Warriors at the Rams Center on Monday, February 4th. Here is a recap of recent games. Roseau 14 Bemidji 1, Tuesday, January 15th at the Rams Center The flood gates opened early in this game with Roseau surging to an 8-1 lead after one period. The Rams had ten different goal scorers in this game as Anika Stoskopf had the hat trick and Amy Wensloff and Ella Helgeson each had two goals apiece. Roseau also had single goals...
The Rams Girls hockey team beat the Hibbing Blue Jackets by a 3-2 score at the Rams Center on Saturday, January 12th. Roseau surged to a quick 3-0 lead with still 7:43 remaining to play in the opening period at which time Hibbing coach Emily Erickson elected to use her timeout. The BlueJackets were able to regroup and shut out the Rams the rest of the way. The Rams scored just 22 seconds into the game when Kayla Santl put the puck in the net with assists from line mates Reese Strand and Ella Helgeson. Anika Stoskopf would score a power play...
The Rams won the eight team Mid-Winter Meltdown tournament for the first time by knocking off three quality teams in Chaska-Chanhassen, Minnetonka, and Eden Prairie on three consecutive days over the holiday break. ROSEAU 3 CHASKA-CHANHASSEN 1 December 27th @ Eden Prairie Tournament Roseau opened tournament play with a 3-1 win over the Chaska-Chan StormHawks. Chaska-Chan actually held a 1-0 lead until 3:59 into the second period when Ella Helgeson scored to tie the game on an assist from Kayla Santl. The Rams outshot the StormHawks 13-7 in the...
The last time these two rivals met on the ice was back in February when the Section 8AA championship trophy was at stake. Rams fans know that Brainerd would eventually win a heartbreaking three overtime game and advance to the state tournament while ending Roseau’s season just inches away from its goal of repeating as the Section 8AA champ. As the old saying goes, “turnabout is fair play” in that in the previous year it was the Rams that eliminated Brainerd in the section final in four overtimes. So there is some history here . . . . On Frida...
The Roseau Rams defeated three Section 8AA foes in five days to improve its overall season record to 9-1. The Rams beat Buffalo, North Wright County, and Moorhead. Roseau is now 4-0 in Section play and faces another key section game on Friday at the Ram Center when Brainerd comes to town for a 6 p.m. matchup. ROSEAU 3 BUFFALO 0 (Friday, December 7th at Rams Sports Center) Kiana Flaig earned a shutout as the Rams blanked the Bison 3-0. Kiana saved all 16 shots she faced and Kate Helgeson, Sophie Helgeson, and Kayla Santl each scored goals to...
ROSEAU 3 MOUNDS VIEW 1 (Friday, November 30th at National Sports Center in Blaine) The Roseau Rams Girls Hockey team traveled to the National Sports Center in Blaine to take on the Mounds View Mustangs on Friday, November 30th. This was the first of two games during a whirlwind Twin Cities trip. The Rams came into the Mounds View game with a 5-0 record to start the season. Roseau led early as Kayla Santl scored an unassisted short-handed goal just 2:16 into the first period and the Rams held the lead for the rest of the game. Roseau struck...
The Rams Girls Hockey team is now 5-0 to start the season after picking up home wins against River Lakes and Thief River Falls. The win over the Prowlers earned the Rams the Border Battle Trophy for 2018-19. The traveling trophy is sponsored by Border State Bank. ROSEAU 5 RIVER LAKES 2 (Friday, November 23rd at Rams Sports Center) Brooke Zagone scored a hat trick as Roseau improved its record to 4-0 with a win at the Rams Sports Center over the River Lakes Stars. Up until last season, the Rams and Stars were Section 8AA rivals. The Stars have s...
The Rams Girls Hockey team opened its 2018-19 season with two tough opponents who are both contenders to make the AA State Tournament in February. Roseau had a 4-2 win over #7 ranked Minnetonka on Friday, November 16th at the Rams Sports Center. The Rams then earned a come from behind 3-2 win over gritty Lakeville North on Saturday in a game also played at the Sports Center. ROSEAU 4 MINNETONKA 2 (November 16, 2018 at Rams Sports Center) The Rams and Skippers have annually battled each other on the ice for many consecutive years and have had a...
Rams Girls Hockey Repeats as Section 8AA Academic Champions The Roseau Rams Girls Hockey team was named Section 8AA Academic Champions for the second consecutive year. This honor is granted to the team in each section that maintains the highest overall grade point average during the season. The Rams grade point average for the 2017-18 season was 3.89 Rams Girls Hockey All-State Awards Rams Senior Jenna Byfuglien was named Honorable Mention on the Minnesota State AA Girls Hockey team for the 2017-18 season. Both Gina Wensloff and Byfug...
From the first day of practice on October 30th and on through the season, it seemed that the Rams girls’ hockey team was on a collision course with the Brainerd-Little Falls Warriors for a rematch of the 2016-17 section championship game. Rams fans won’t soon forget the thrilling 4 OT win over the Warriors culminated by an Ella Helgeson goal after nearly 100 minutes of hockey one year ago in Bemidji that sent Roseau back to the XCEL Energy Center. Last year, the Warriors earned the #1 seed heading into the playoffs and the Rams had the #2 see...
The Roseau Rams girl’s hockey team will make its 5th consecutive appearance in the Section 8AA championship game. The Rams are the defending section champions and will face Brainerd for the second year in a row. Game time is 7:00 pm in Crookston on Friday, February 16th. Roseau and Brainerd played an epic 4 overtime game in last year’s section’s final that was held in Bemidji one year ago. After a back and forth battle, the Rams’ Ella Helgeson scored the game winner sending Roseau to the state tournament at the XCEL Energy Center in St. Pau...
The Rams Girls HS hockey team finished the regular season with a 20-5 record after losing in Warroad to the Warriors 4-0 on February 5th. The two rivals split the season series 1-1 as the Rams defeated the Warriors 3-1 on January 4th. The Rams play Bemidji at 4:00 pm at the Rams Center on Saturday, January 10th in Section 8AA quarter-final play. WARROAD 4 ROSEAU 0 (@ Warroad on February 5th, 2018) The Rams were shut out for the second time this year after losing 4-0 to Warroad. Of the four goals scored by the Warriors, one was shorthanded and...
The Rams girl’s hockey team defeated Sartell-Sauk Rapids 2-1 and St. Cloud 5-4 at home last weekend to complete Section 8AA play with a 10-0 record. The Rams will be seeded #1 and play at the Rams Center when the playoffs begin on February 10th. Roseau also avenged an earlier season loss to Thief River Falls with a 3-0 shutout win on Tuesday at the Ram Center. ROSEAU 2 SARTELL-SAUK RAPIDS 1 (Friday, January 26th at the Rams Center) The Rams outshot the Storm n’ Sabres by a 42-8 margin and picked up an important 2-1 win on home ice against lon...
The Roseau Rams girl’s hockey team takes a 17-4 record into the final two weeks of the season after beating Brainerd 3-2 at home on January 19th and Moorhead 9-0 on January 23rd in Moorhead. The Rams finish Section 8AA play at home against Sartell-Sauk Rapids on Friday, January 26th (5:30 / 7:30 pm) and then St. Cloud on Saturday, January 27th (12 / 2:00 pm) at the Rams Sports Center. ROSEAU 3 BRAINERD 2 (Friday, January 19th @ Ram Center) Brainerd’s Olivia Wiskow opened the scoring in this game just 1:27 into the first period. The Rams answere...
After their victory in East Grand Forks on January 6th, the Rams girl’s hockey team had a full week to prepare for their game at Hibbing on Saturday, January 13th. The Rams went on to beat the Blue Jackets at Hibbing’s historic Memorial arena by a 3-0 score. Roseau was on the road again Tuesday evening January 16th and left town with a 9-1 Section 8AA win over the Lumberjacks. The Rams now have a regular season record of 15-4 with a 6-0 mark in Section 8AA. ROSEAU 3 HIBBING 0 (@ Hibbing, Saturday, January 13th) The Roseau girls had a long week...
Roseau Rams Girls Hockey beats Warroad and East Grand Forks After a third place finish in the Eden Prairie tournament in late December, the Rams girl’s hockey team opened 2018 with two rivalry wins over Warroad and East Grand Forks. The two wins improved the Rams season record to 13-4 with just eight games remaining before the Section 8AA playoffs begin. ROSEAU 3 WARROAD 1 (January 4th, 2018 @ Rams Sports Center) Kayla Santl’s even strength goal with 3:10 remaining in the first period, assisted by line mate Reese Strand ended up being the gam...