The Beaver Dam High School girls hockey team opened up their 2025-26 season with a pair of wins at Arrowhead High School on Black Friday.
In the opener the Golden Beaver picked up a 3-1 victory over the host Arrowhead squad. After a scoreless first period, Emersen Damon scored an unassisted goal at 1:10 of the 2nd period to get BD on the board. The Warhawks countered quickly as Julia Miller evened things up at 2:24. Damon scored again with 1:37 left in regulation with an assist going to Addison Hoekstra. Freshman Macy Damon added an empty netter with :36 seconds left to seal the win. Junior goalie Dot Baker made 25 saves.
In the nightcap, junior Lilian Mansueto’s power play goal with :11 seconds left in regulation gave Beaver Dam the thrilling 3-2 win over Brookfield. The Glaciers jumped on BD early when Evelyn Groneck found the five hole to give her team a 1-0 lead just 1:28 into the 1st period.  BDHS sophomore Brenna Rhodes countered with a goal of her own off of a rebounded shot from Audrey Lont.  Brookfield went up 2-1 just :12 seconds into the 2nd period when Madeline Macleod stole a pass and scored unassisted. Rhodes evened the game at 2-2 with an unassisted goal at 1:37 of the third.   Mansueto’s game winner was assisted by Hoekstra and Rhodes.   Dot Baker tallied 11 saves on 13 shots while Arianna Wallce turned back all nine shots she saw.   Â
Saturday’s matchup with Lakeshore at Arrowhead on Saturday has been cancelled because of the impending snow. The two sides hope to schedule a makeup sometime this season. Beaver Dam (2-0) is next in action on Thursday night when they host Medford at the Family Center. You can watch that game on DailyDodge TV and hear it on 1430 ESPN Beaver Dam.
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