The start of the new year has been a happy one so far for International Falls’ girls hockey team with all victories.

“We’re playing probably the best hockey we’ve played all year, which is what we want to do right now,” said Falls head coach Gerald Bolstad. “Going into the playoffs, we want to start peaking and everything’s starting to come together.”

Falls’ season record is now 12-6 after winning four in a row this month and three games since last Friday.

On Friday, the Broncos won at Park Rapids Area, 5-2.

Jordan Bright scored Falls’ first goal 29 seconds after the opening faceoff assisted by Abbey Fox and Bailey Bernard.

Alyssa Bergstrom scored Falls’ second goal assisted by Fox and Bright with 14:12 left in the second period. The Broncos pulled in front 3-0 with 4:43 left in the period when Fox scored assisted by Amy Auran.

Park Rapids narrowed Falls’ lead to 3-2 with 11:26 to play following unassisted goals by Alex Pederson in the second period and Hannah Williams in the third period.

The Broncos closed out the game with a goal by Sydney Raboin assisted by Auran with less than 6 minutes to play and an empty net goal by Auran assisted by Hillary Fox in the closing seconds.

Sophomore goalie Keanna Carlson recorded 20 saves for the Falls.

I. Falls 5, Brainerd/LF 2

The Broncos recorded another 5-2 victory after defeating Brainerd/Little Falls on Saturday afternoon at Bronco Arena.

Falls, which outshot the Flying Warriors, 34-25, led 4-0 after the opening period following a pair of goals from Abbey Fox and single goals from Kaitlin Van Heel and Bernard.

After a scoreless second period, Abbey Fox scored the Broncos’ final goal on a power play assisted by Auran with 7:18 to play.

The Flying Warriors scored both of their goals with less than 3 minutes left.

“(Saturday) I think we got a little tired towards the end because of the back-to-back games and the long trip (Friday) night,” said Falls head coach Gerald Bolstad. “But we played good. We played with good energy.”

Carlson made 25 saves to record the win in goal.

I. Falls 7, LOW 0

On Tuesday night, Falls shut out Lake of the Woods, 7-0, at Bronco Arena.

“Mentally, we were probably a little off — we made some poor decisions with the puck — but I thought we played hard, and it was a good win,” Bolstad said.

The Broncos ended up outshooting the Golden Bears, 40-11, as Carlson recorded the shutout in goal.

Hillary Fox made the first of her two goals for the game 2:23 into the opening period assisted by Raboin and Auran.

The Broncos took a 2-0 lead 3:48 into the first period when Kayley Wallen scored the first goal of her varsity career on an assist by Rebekah Ford.

Falls held a 4-0 lead after two periods following goals by Raboin and Jessica Ringhofer.

The Broncos scored three more times in the third period on goals by Hillary Fox, Auran and Abbey Fox.

Falls next plays Friday at Silver Bay.

I. Falls 5, Park Rapids 2

I. Falls 1 2 2 — 5

Park Rapids 0 1 1 — 2

I. Falls 5, Brainerd/LF 2

B/LF 0 0 2 — 2

I. Falls 4 0 1 — 5

I. Falls 7, LOW 0

LOW 0 0 0 — 0

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