Clayton Keller netted a hat trick to lead Shattuck St. Marys over the Benilde-St. Margarets Red Knights, 8-1.

Keller notched his first tally 12:41 into the first period. He then added goals at 15:44 into the second and at 14:54 into the third.

Shattuck St. Marys made Red Knights' goaltenders to work between the pipes, getting 39 shots and forcing 31 saves. Jalen Long made 25 stops and Ryan Bischel made six. Shattuck St. Marys' penalty kill was spotless, allowing no goals on four Benilde-St. Margarets power plays.

Shattuck St. Marys also got points from Colt Conrad, who also registered one goal and one assist, Anthony Petrella, who also tallied two goals and one assist, and Chase Phelps, who also had one goal and two assists. Roy Radke also scored for Shattuck St. Marys. More assists for Shattuck St. Marys came via Alex Rodriguez, who had three and Ryan Lindgren, Tyler Rockwell, Norman Norman, Larry Jungwirth, Alex Falconer, and Broydon Stufko, who contributed one a piece.

Benilde-St. Margarets averages 38.3 shots on goal per game, but only sent 20 pucks on net against Shattuck St. Marys. The Red Knights' offense operated below they season average. Benilde-St. Margarets puts an average of 4.8 pucks into the net per game.

The Red Knights were led by Nate Meyer, who scored the team's only goal. Meyer scored 2:01 into the second period to make the score 2-1 Shattuck St. Marys. Jack Lawton picked up the assist.

Shattuck St. Marys' Jeremy Brodeur stopped 19 shots out of the 20 that he faced. Shattuck St. Marys incurred 10 minutes in penalty time with five minors. Benilde-St. Margarets incurred 10 minutes in penalty time with five minors.