Lakeland Eagles tie, win in tourney in Sault Ste. Marie

 Huron Valley Lakeland traveled to the Upper Peninsula for the 14th annual Sault Elk’s Hockey Showcase in Sault Ste. Marie this past weekend.

The Eagles began with a 2-2 tie against Rockford on Friday, Nov. 16, as Nolan Johnson scored on a power play for Lakeland in the first period.

Rockford then took a 2-1 lead after Jacob Smyth scored in the first period and Noah Brayton scored a short-handed goal in the second period.

Lakeland pulled its goalie near the end of the third period for an extra skater and Trent Lloyd scored unassisted to tie the game with 15 seconds left and force overtime, which ended scoreless.

Adam Szymanski was in goal for the Eagles in the tie.

The Eagles then earned a 2-1 victory over Big Rapids on Saturday, Nov. 17.

Lakeland fell behind in the first period after Jordan Smith scored for the Cardinals.

But Jake Lennard scored in the third period at the 13:14 mark with an assist from Johnson to tie the score at 1-1.

Less than 2 minutes later, Lloyd scored the game-winning goal for Lakeland with an assist by Kyle Jakubowski.

Cody Crafts was the winning goaltender for the Eagles.

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The Eagles recently announced Saturday, Dec. 29 as the date for the 2012 Alumni Hockey Game. The puck will drop at 5:20 p.m. at Lakeland Ice Arena on M-59 in Waterford Township. The Lakeland program is putting the call out to all alumni who are interested and available to play in the game. Contact Amanda Lloyd at ajlloyd@comcast.net if you are interested in playing. You’ll need to provide your name, phone number, and the year you graduated from Lakeland.

More details on the alumni game will be released at a later date.