Last year, the Red Panthers' Savannah Duckett was a teammate of several of the players on the Black River Falls team at the U14 level, playing on a combined BRF-Tomah squad.

Tonight, the Point-Rapids freshman forward scored three times in the first period to help the Red Panthers past the hosts 9-3 on a foggy evening two days before Christmas at the Milt Lunda Memorial Arena.

It appeared that the Red Panthers were going to run away with the game as they bolted to a 3-0 lead ten minutes into the opening stanza.

Duckett scored just over a minute into the contest and then added a power play goal three minutes later for a two-goal lead. 

Hailey Ehr scored an unassisted goal in the middle of the period to extend the lead to 3-0 before the Tigers would dent the scoring column.

A few seconds later, a pair of Tigers skated in on a 2-on-1 odd-man rush and freshman Khloe Spors went high blocker to cut the lead to 3-1.

After a Tiger penalty, Duckett put back a rebound to give Point-Rapids a 4-1 lead.

Just when it looked like the guests were going to coast to the locker room with a three-goal lead, senior Destiny Muir deflated that idea with her rush down the right side.

She beat a defender and made the corner near the bottom of the right circle and flipped the puck over goalie Emily Bubla's left shoulder to make it 4-2 with 37 seconds left in the opener.

The home team held a 13-9 shot edge in the period.

The Red Panthers scored three times in the second and special teams played a part on the first goal.

Megan Nolan scored her first of two while on the PK to give Point-Rapids a 5-2 lead at 4:14 of the second.