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Boreen nets winning goal for Hill-Murray in overtime versus South St. Paul

By Blaze Fugina, SportsEngine, 03/11/21, 4:30PM CST

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Freshman Chloe Boreen scored her 13th goal of the season for the Pioneers about two minutes into the bonus period.

Hill-Murray's Chloe Boreen (left) fires a puck on net Thursday during the third period against South St. Paul. Boreen ended the conference matchup with an overtime goal, helping her Pioneers to a 2-1 victory over the Packers. Photo by Korey McDermott, Spo

Hill-Murray's Chloe Boreen (left) fires a puck on net Thursday against South St. Paul. Boreen ended the conference matchup with an overtime goal, helping her Pioneers to a 2-1 victory over the Packers. Photo by Korey McDermott, SportsEngine

Hill-Murray didn’t have to wait long for a challenge following a two-week pause in its schedule due to COVID-19 concerns.

The Pioneers returned to practice this week, with games to follow against state-ranked opponents Wayzata and South St. Paul on Tuesday and Thursday, respectively.

So when the Pioneers finished off a 2-1 overtime victory at Doug Woog Arena against Metro East Conference rival South St. Paul Thursday, it’s no surprise members of the team expressed a sense of relief.

“It was a really good feeling, especially after these two weeks when we did not have any ice,” said Allie Franco, who scored the first goal for the Pioneers Thursday. “Tuesday was our first game back, and we are trying to get back to how we used to be.”

Hill-Murry's Grace Zhan stops one of the 25 shots she faced from South St. Paul at Doug Woog Arena Thursday. Zhan turned away 24 shots, helping her Pioneers to a 2-1 overtime victory. Photo by Korey McDermott, SportsEngine

Hill-Murry's Grace Zhan stops one of the 25 shots she faced from South St. Paul at Doug Woog Arena Thursday. Zhan turned away 24 shots, helping her Pioneers to a 2-1 overtime victory. Photo by Korey McDermott, SportsEngine

First Report

Freshman Chloe Boreen and Hill-Murray needed more than 51 minutes of regulation to pull out a 2-1 victory in a closely contested Metro East Conference matchup versus South St. Paul at Doug Woog Arena on Thursday.

A shot from Boreen worked its way to the back of the Packers’ net about 2 minutes into the overtime period to wrap the Pioneers’ closely contested battle with South St. Paul. Each team had 25 shots on goal heading into the overtime.

Hill-Murray’s first goal came on a second-period tally by junior Allie Franco, whose top-shelf wrist shot put the Pioneers (11-2-0) ahead 1-0. South St. Paul (11-6-1) responded in the third period after a long wrist shot from the side boards by Makenna Deering found the net to tie the game at 1.

Grace Zhan made 24 saves in goal for Hill-Murray, which is ranked No. 5 in the Class 2A coaches’ poll, while No. 6-1A South St. Paul’s Delaney Norman stopped 28 shots.

South St. Paul goalie Delaney Norman stops Pioneers forward Jessica Dochniak on the doorstep during play Thursday night at Doug Woog Arena. Norman made 28 saves in the Packers' 2-1 defeat. Photo by Korey McDermott, SportsEngine

South St. Paul goalie Delaney Norman stops Pioneers forward Jessica Dochniak on the doorstep during play Thursday night at Doug Woog Arena. Norman made 28 saves in the Packers' 2-1 defeat. Photo by Korey McDermott, SportsEngine

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