Portage Northern 5 Kalamazoo Blades 2

Portage Northern jumped out to an early lead tonight and never looked back as they defeated their league rival Kalamazoo Blades, 5-2. Less than 2 minutes into the game, Northern's Kevin Campbell tipped a hard pass from Nicco Braganini into the goal. The Blades appeared to even the score shortly thereafter when Dan Merkle fired a wrister over the shoulder of Huskie goalie Barry Toornman. The