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D3 Hockey Sweeps Grand Valley In Weekend Games
Posted: Oct 12, 2025

D3 Hockey Sweeps Grand Valley In Weekend Games

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OVERVIEW – Grand Valley 

SCORE: Northwood Timberwolves 2, Grand Valley Lakers 1 / Northwood 2, Grand Valley 1 

RECORDS: Northwood (5-1-0-0, 1-1-0-0 MCHC (MI) East), Grand Valley (3-0-1-0, 0-0-0-0 MCHC (MI) West) 

LOCATION: Griff's Georgetown Ice Arena – Hudsonville, Michigan / Midland Civic Center – Midland, Michigan 

RECAP: The Division 3 hockey team swept Grand Valley over the weekend, earning a 2-1 road win on Friday night (October 10) followed by a 2-1 victory at home on Saturday evening (October 11). 

GAME ONE HIGHLIGHTS 

  • The Lakers opened the scoring early, finding the net within the first five minutes to take a 1-0 lead. 

  • The score remained level through the rest of regulation, sending the game overtime. There, Carter Kemp set up Connor Stempky for the game-winner, giving the Timberwolves a 2-1 victory. 

GAME ONE STATS 

  • Shots: Northwood 24, Grand Valley 33 

  • Power Plays: Northwood 1/2, Grand Valley 0/2 

TOP NU PERFORMERS 

  • LaRose: Goal (1) 

  • Stempky: Goal (1)  

GAME TWO HIGHLIGHTS 

  • The game started quietly, with no goals scored in the first period. 

  • Northwood broke the deadlock ten minutes into the second period when Noah Pearen found the back of the net, assisted by Cade Sanborn and Ryan Zwick, giving the Timberwolves a 1-0 lead. The Lakers responded five minutes later with a power-play goal to even the score at 1-1. 

  • With just three minutes remaining in regulation, Konnor White scored the game-winning goal for Northwood, assisted by Aidan French, securing a 2-1 victory. 

  • Goaltender Schultz had another strong performance, stopping forty of the forty-one shots he faced. 

GAME TWO STATS 

  • Shots: Northwood 20, Grand Valley 41 

  • Saves: Northwood 40 (Schultz), Grand Valley 18 

  • Power Plays: Northwood 0/4, Grand Valley 1/3 

TOP NU PERFORMERS 

  • Pearen: Goal (1) 

  • White: Goal (1) 

UP NEXT 

Northwood will host Adrian College on Saturday afternoon (October 18) at 2:30 p.m. at the Midland Civic Arena, before traveling to face the Bulldogs at the Arrington Ice Arena on Sunday afternoon (October 19) at 1:00 p.m.