WATERTOWN – The Aberdeen Wings collected a key 4-3 shootout win over the Watertown Shamrocks Saturday night at the Prairie Lake Ice Arena.
Jibber Kuhl scored the lone goal in the shootout as the Wings stayed four points ahead of St. Cloud for the final playoff spot in the Central Division. Aberdeen has four games remaining while the Norseman have five games left.
Aberdeen owned a 2-1 lead over the Shamrocks following the opening period thanks to goals from Nikolai Tishkevish and Kuhl. The hosts tied the game in the second period, before the Wings jumped back in front in the third period on a goal from Gustas Zemaitis. However, Watertown’s Joseph Rice scored in the closing seconds of the third period to force overtime.
Neither team was able to find the back of the net in the extra session, sending the contest to a shootout. Aberdeen missed a pair of shots, before Kuhl connected. Meanwhile, the Shamrocks missed all three of their attempts.
Aberdeen goalie Willum Braun finished with 22 saves in all, including three big ones in the shootout.
The Wings will close out the regular season with four home games in the next two weeks, two against Minot next weekend and two against North Iowa the following weekend. All games will have a 7:15 p.m. puck drop at the Odde Ice Center.
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