The Cloquet-Esko-Carlton hockey team got five goals from their first line on Thursday night on their way to a 5-0 home win over Buffalo.
Tyler Johnson finished with a pair of goals and three assists, Justin Jokinen added a goal and three assists and Victor Karlsson recorded two goals and two assists in leading CEC to the shutout win.
"I thought our first line played very well," commented CEC coach Dave Esse. "That first line finished around the net the way you'd like to see in hockey."
Despite no points from the other lines on the team, Esse did feel that they all played well.
"I thought our other lines moved the puck very well," mentioned Esse. "Those lines did get some good looks, so I was happy with the way they played."
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Johnson scored at 6:00 of the first period, with Jokinen and Austin Hatch assisting, and the second goal of the period came on a tap in by Victor Karlsson on an assist by Johnson and Jokinen at 14:43 on the power play.
Jokinen got the lone goal of the second with Karlsson and Johnson assisting to make it 3-0.
Johnson scored at 11:38 of the final period and Karlsson ended the scoring at 13:35 on the power play.
Matt Sundstrom made 19 saves for the Jacks while Bison goalie Jon Zitur had 36 saves on 41 shots.
The win was the ninth of the season for the Jacks who improved to 9-0.
Pine Journal sports reporter Kerry Rodd can be contacted at: kdrodd@aol.com .
