Bob Kuehl, co-head coach of Mound Westonka/Watertown-Mayer/Southwest Christian, summed up his team's Class 1A quarterfinal pretty well.
Mound Westonka's barrage of shots beats Mankato East/Loyola in girls' hockey
White Hawks took a record 73 shots, and needed them to top Mankato East/Loyola
![Mankato East's Evie Johnson (4) put the puck past Mound Westonka's goalie Taylor Smith in the third period. ] Shari L. Gross • shari.gross@startribune.com Mound Westonka defeated Mankato East 4-2 in a Class 1A quarterfinal game of the MSHSL hockey tournament on Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019 at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn.](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/HDMOBWOMRMNLGOCEL4P7NG33QM.jpg?&w=712)
"When's the last time you had 73 shots on goal,'' he said, "and you were still worried about the outcome?"
The White Hawks peppered Mankato East/Loyola goaltender Andrea Schreiber with 73 shots, with four of them finding the net in a 4-2 victory Wednesday at Xcel Energy Center to remain undefeated (23-0-5). Schreiber, a senior, made a record-breaking 69 saves.
Schreiber said afterward she knew she could handle the task of so many shots.
"I tried my hardest to keep it a low-scoring game because I knew that's what we needed to potentially win," Schreiber said.
The No. 3-seeded White Hawks took a 3-0 lead through two periods with goals from senior Lauren Burris, freshman Kailey Niccum and eighth-grader Gretta Pioske before the Cougars came back to get within one with 8 minutes, 12 seconds left in the game.
Despite the deficit, Schreiber came up with plenty of saves throughout to keep the Cougars in contention.
"It was actually pretty frustrating, but I just knew that their goalie was playing really good," Niccum said.
Madison Davis scored first for the Cougars (18-8-2) with her 36th goal of the season with 12:34 to play. Teammate Evey Johnson made it 3-2 a few minutes later with a backhander.
The White Hawks' Sydney Hules added a power-play goal in the game's final minute.
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