Wausau Pilot & Review
WISCONSIN RAPIDS – D.C. Everest scored a pair of third-period goals to salvage a 3-3 tie with Wisconsin Rapids in a Wisconsin Valley Conference boys hockey game Tuesday at the South Wood County Recreation Center.
Following a scoreless first period, Wisconsin Rapids ripped off three goals in the second, two by Josh Dekarske, to take a 3-1 lead. Adam McKaig scored for the Evergreens.
Ethan Whitmore had a goal with 9:57 left, and just 53 seconds later McKaig scored again for D.C. Everest to tie the game at 3-3 and neither team was able to score the rest of the way.
D.C. Everest (2-3-1 overall), which was playing its Wisconsin Valley Conference opener, will be back in action Thursday at Wausau West. The game, at the Marathon Park Ice Arena in Wausau, starts at 7:30 p.m.
Raiders 3, Evergreens 3
D.C. Everest 0 1 2 – 3
Wisconsin Rapids 0 3 0 – 3
Second period: 1. WR, Josh Dekarske (Carsen Gause), 4:57; 2. DC, Adam McKaig, 7:56; 3. WR, Dekarske, 8:44; 4. WR, Gause (Dekarske), sh., 16:16.
Third period: 5. DC, Ethan Whitmore (Brett Schulz, Shaeden Fogelberg), 7:03; 6. DC, McKaig (Thomas Passineau), 7:56.
Records: D.C. Everest 2-3-1, 0-0-1 Wisconsin Valley Conference; Wisconsin Rapids 1-1-1, 0-1-1 Wisconsin Valley Conference.
