Weekend wrapup: Max Rider's hat trick pushes St. Louis Park past No. 6 Orono in boys hockey

Max Rider scored all the goals that mattered Saturday for St. Louis Park.

He scored all of them. Every one mattered.

Rider, a junior forward, recorded a natural hat trick and led St. Louis Park's boys hockey team to a 3-2 upset of visiting Class 1A, No. 6 Orono.

After the Spartans (10-5) scored in the first period, Rider tied the score with an even-strength goal 4:17 into the second period. He gave the Orioles the lead 4:22 later with a power-play goal. Griffin Krone assisted on both goals.

"Max had a great game," St. Louis Park coach Tyler Brodersen said. "He was engaged. He was physical and didn't shy away from anything."

The Orioles (6-9) were clinging to a 2-1 lead and had two players in the penalty box when Rider hit the open net with 1:04 left to complete the hat trick and secure the victory.

"We have a lot of respect for them," Brodersen said. "Our kids play against them growing up in youth. They swept us last year. We talked about [their high ranking]."

The Andover girls hockey team also knocked off a top-ranked team, taking care of Class 2A, No. 1 Hill-Murray 6-2 at Polar Arena.

The Class 2A, No. 3 Huskies (12-3-3) got two goals from Cailin Mumm. The second came in the second period, after Hill-Murray (17-2) had rallied from three goals behind to one back.

The Edina boys hockey team, ranked fifth in Class 2A, took the first punch Saturday but rallied to defeat Buffalo 3-2 on the road.

Barrett Dexheimer scored the winning goal for the Hornets with 3:13 left.

Buffalo (4-8-1) took a 2-0 lead with goals from Coy Meyer and Brandon Rodenwald 1:02 apart late in the first period.

Max Varner finished with 40 saves for the Bison, including 18 in the third period.

It took about a minute for Warroad to separate itself from Hermantown and lay claim to the No. 1 ranking in Class 1A boys hockey.

Warroad, ranked second, scored goals 57 seconds apart in the first period on the way to a 4-1 road victory over Hermantown, ranked first.

The first-period goals came from Draydin Johnson and Ryan Shaugabay. Murray Marvin-Cordes scored two second-period goals to help the Warriors (14-3) pull away.

The Hawks (10-3-2) got a goal from Henry Peterson late in the first period but could not solve Warriors goaltender Ben Norris the rest of the way.

5: Points by Cooper Siegert (four goals, one assist) in a 10-0 Shakopee boys hockey victory over Farmington.

5: Points by Ayla Puppe (four goals, one assist) in a 7-3 Northfield girls hockey victory over Owatonna.

5: Points by Gracie Hanson (three goals, two assists) in a 7-1 Lakeville North girls hockey victory over Eagan.

5: Points by Lizzy Hamel (three goals, two assists) in Benilde-St. Margaret's 10-0 girls hockey victory over New Prague.

5: Points by Rio Treharne (two goals, three assists) in Eden Prairie's 6-0 boys hockey victory over St. Michael-Albertville.

47: Saves by Buffalo's Ava Joran in a 7-0 girls hockey loss to Edina.