Fox Cities Stars girls hockey stuns Brookfield in overtime

AppletonSportsPage.com

HARTLAND – The Fox Cities Stars girls hockey team finished its regular-season schedule with a thrilling 3-2 overtime win over the Brookfield Glacier on Saturday as the Eastern Shores Conference playoffs wrapped up at the Mullett Ice Center.

Brookfield led 2-0 early in the third period before Kailey Heindel got the Stars on the board. Margaret Thomas then knocked in the tying goal with 1:22 remaining in regulation and scored the game-winner 2:24 into overtime as Fox Cities completed the comeback.

Addison Grasse had 16 saves in goal for the Stars, who finish the regular season with a 14-10 overall record and a 4-5 mark in the ESC.

The WIAA postseason brackets will be announced on Sunday.

Stars 3, Glacier 2 (OT)
Fox Cities   0   0   2   1   –   3
Brookfield   1   0   1    0   –   2
First period: 1. B, Lindsey Mead, pp., 6:03.
Third period: 2. B, Evelyn Groneck (Emma Lawrence, Deah Toska), 6:53; 3. FC, Kailey Heindel (Talia Bellotti, Ella Merritt), 7:42; 4. FC, Margaret Thomas (Scarlet Pellegrini), 15:38.
Overtime: 5. FC, Thomas, 2:24.
Saves: FC, Addison Grasse 16; B, Macy Blooming 41.
Records: Fox Cities 14-10, 4-5 Eastern Shores Conference; Brookfield 13-11, 3-6 Eastern Shores Conference.