Tag: Willmar WarHawks

Willmar WarHawks made a dramatic return to playoff hockey Thursday night traveling to Sauk Rapids for Game 1 against the Granite City Lumberjacks. Powered by a three-goal first period, Willmar held off the host team to win 4-3. Ethan Light opened scoring at the 7:21 mark of the first to give the WarHawks an early…

from-behind overtime victory in New Ulm 4-3. Currently in third place with 36 points, Willmar (18-17-0-0) are six points in front of fourth place Alexandria Blizzard. As things stand the WarHawks would meet the Granite City Lumberjacks while Alexandria would face the division leading North Iowa Bulls. The night on the road started well for…

For the first time since 2018, the Willmar WarHawks have clinched a playoff spot. Willmar finished off a week of four consecutive games by defeating the NA3HL West Division leading North Iowa Bulls 7-5. After two seasons of no playoff hockey, the WarHawks (17-16-0-0) secured their place on Sunday night with a thrilling victory over…

It was another historic night for Willmar WarHawks hockey as the team earned their first-ever regulation victory over the North Iowa Bulls. Dylan Gajewski scored a natural hat trick while Lukas Haugen stopped 30 of 32 shots in the 4-2 win in Mason City. Gajewski got the team off to a great start scoring just…

For the second straight game the Willmar WarHawks put over 50 shots on net – and lost the game. Sunday night saw the visiting Granite City Lumberjacks take advantage of every break in their 4-3 victory. Willmar came into the weekend finale after a frustrating defeat in Alexandria two days prior. Facing a hot goaltender,…

It was a frustrating early evening for the Willmar WarHawks who were hosting the Granite City Lumberjacks in a key NA3HL West Division clash. That all went away in the third period as the WarHawks score four times to complete a comeback victory 5-4. “Huge comeback!,” said coach Kirk Olimb. “Boys never gave up. Stayed…