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Appleton United boys hockey loses regular-season finale to WSN Storm

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APPLETON – The Appleton United boys hockey team wrapped up its regular season with a 9-2 loss to the WSN Storm (Whitefish Bay Co-op) on Thursday at the Appleton Family Ice Center.

The Storm (9-13-1) scored three times in the first period and added five more in the second to cruised past Appleton (4-19).

Henry Heathman and Gage Rowe scored goals for Appleton, which lost its 10th-straight game.

Appleton will play a WIAA Division 1 regional semifinal at Bay Area at Ashwaubenon on Tuesday.

Storm 9, United 2
WNS   3   5   1   –   9
Appleton   0   1   1   –   2
First period: 1. WSN, Henry Kramer (Samuel Williams), 2:30; 2. WSN, Ryan DeLuca (Harrison Kaczor), 12:28; 3. WSN, Kaczor (Will May), 15:34.
Second period: 4. WSN, Henry Krupski, 1:59; 5. WSN, Kabiaru Njoroge (Owen Burke, Kaczor), 8:53; 6. A, Henry Heathman (Owen Ciardelli, Marek Zimmerman), 9:04; 7. WN, Krupski (Taylor Dugan, May), 10:52; 8. WSN, Kaczor (Burke), 12:28; 9. WSN, Jack Merk, 15:21.
Third period: 10. WSN, Williams (Kramer), 5:27; 11. A, Gage Rowe, 11:34.
Saves: WSN, Brady Bendrickson 36; A, Brady Boldt 10, Nolan McClelland 11.
Records: WSN 9-13-1; Appleton 4-19.