Avalanche Improving Each Week

On Thursday, December 15th, the Monroe Avalanche Co-op Hockey Team traveled to the Mandt Community Ice Arena to face the Stoughton Vikings. Stoughton won, 8-5.
Monroe’s Travis Edmunds, assisted by Tyler Johnson, scored the first goal for the team early in the first period on a power play. Stoughton answered with two more goals, but near the end of the first period, Riley Jones scored again for the Avalanche.
Early in the second period, Travis Edmunds, assisted by Cade Martin, scored for the Avalanche, which was followed by a goal by Stoughton, but Monroe answered back with a goal by Colton O’Connor, assisted by Cade Martin and Tyler Johnson. At the end of the second period, the score was Stoughton 6, Monroe 4.
Stoughton scored twice in the third period, and Monroe’s Payton Stauffacher, assisted by Tyler Johnson and Cade Martin, hit the back of the net for their last goal of the night.
“We definitely keep getting better every game. This was another tough loss that could have gone either way. Every line played very well and our third line put in their first goal. We know what we need to work on and we’ve got some time to recoup,” said Coach Josh Smith.
The game against Waunakee on December 17th was postponed due to the weather. The Avalanche will host Milton on December 20th, and on December 22nd they will host Sauk Prairie. Both of those games will be played at the SLICE in Monroe, beginning at 7:00 p.m.