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Eskymos hockey defeats Grandville improves to 13-6

ESCANABA – The Escanaba boys hockey team rolled to a 5-1 victory over Grandville here Thursday.

Senior Nolan Bink led the way for the Eskymos as he scored the first goal with 1:42 in the first quarter on assists by Graham Johnson and Henry Sholten to put the Eskymos up 1-0 and scored again with 13:37 to go in the third period unassisted to put the Eskymos up 3-1.

“Nolan played a really good game for us,” Eskymos coach Andy Johnson said. “Graham did a good job of making good passes in the slot and getting the puck across ice and Nolan did a great job of executing.”

With 12:47 to go in the third period Chase Korpi scored on a nice pass from Owen LaBonte go it the zone dropped it back to Sholten who made the pass to set up the goal to put the Eskymos up 4-1.

“Chase got a nice pass from Owen and found the back of the net,” Andy Johnson said. “It was a complete team effort everyone played and contributed and we are proud of that to get a win over a team of that caliber feels great.”

The Eskymos will be back in action today as they travel to Marquette.

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