September 13, 2026
Brookfield, WI
For immediate release
The Minnesota Wilderness completed their first ever road sweep of the Wisconsin Windigo this weekend in two
dominant performances in Brookfield, WI.
Minnesota exploded with a combined total of 17 goals in the 2-game series. On Friday, the Wilderness set a new
club record of goals in a single game in a 10-5 win. That was followed by 7-2 victory Saturday night.
The Wilderness applied a balanced offensive attack with nine different players lighting the lamp Friday and six on
Saturday. For the weekend, 12 players registered at least one goal and 16 recorded at least one point.
Jakeb Lynch and Kevin Lysohir led all scorers with five points, with Lynch generating four goals and one assist, and
Lysohir doing the opposite, posting one goal and adding four assists.
The Wilderness also executed strong special teams with the power play going 4-for-10, and penalty kill keeping
Wisconsin scoreless on eight chances.
Tobias Trieskey was the winning goaltender both nights.
The Wilderness will get a weekend off before heading to the NAHL Showcase Sept. 23-26. Minnesota will play
three games at the four-day tournament in Blaine, MN, starting with a matchup against the Johnstown Tomahawks
on day 1.
Friday: Wilderness 10, Wisconsin 5
Wisconsin took the lead three times before the Wilderness took charge in the middle of the second period. The Windigo opened the scoring 2:10 into the first period on a goal from Gabriel Braun. The Wilderness snuffed
out that lead thanks to a short-handed goal from Alfred Carlsson.
Robinson Djian set-up Carlsson’s tally. Djian pounced on a turnover by Wisconsin’s Jordan Stange on the right side.
Then skated to the right circle of the offensive and found Carlsson in front of the net where the veteran from
Sweden deposited the puck for his NAHL goal at the 4:15 mark.
Red lighters by Jack Templeton and Torii Schmidt followed to give Wisconsin a 3-1 advantage. After Schmidt
scored with 4:31 remaining in the first period, Minnesota responded by pulling starting goaltender Axel Kylin for
backup Tobias Trieskey, which appeared to light a fire for the entire team.
Minnesota followed with two markers before the opening frame ended. Jakeb Lynch struck first with 2:31
remaining when he pounded in a rebound of a shot from Frantisek Netusil, after Netusil was setup by Kevin
Lysohir. Jack Martens played a key role on that tally when he denied a Wisconsin effort to clear the zone as the
Wilderness were applying pressure.
Max Edwards then tied the game just 51 seconds later on a delayed penalty. The referee had raised to call a
hooking penalty when Braun dragged down Netusil, but he never had to enter the sin bin. Netusil quickly got back
to his feet and sent the puck to Brandon Vislay along the left boards who then maneuvered it cross-ice to Edwards
in the right-circle. Edwards then fired the puck in before Windigo goaltender Harry Byers could get into position for
the save.
The see-saw battle continued into the second period when Kale Bergante gave Wisconsin its third lead of the
contest at 4-3, 3:50 into the frame.
After that, Minnesota dominated, outscoring Wisconsin 7-1 over the remainder of the game.
The Wilderness tied the game at the 7:08 mark thanks to some crisp puck movement on the power play. First,
Netusil fed Lynch on a right circle to left circle pass, that led to Lynch then dealing the biscuit to Jackson Lackas at
the right post where Lackas managed to easily tap the puck into a wide open for his first goal with the Wilderness.
Minnesota followed with another power play goal for its first lead of the 26-27 season.
Carson McGinley made it 5-4 when he fired in his own rebound with 7:48 left in the middle frame. Assists on the
goal went to Lackas and Kash Crawford. The Wilderness then doubled its lead less than two minutes later. Adel Arlan got his name on the scoresheet when
he jammed in a rebound of a shot by Carlsson with 5:52 on the clock.
After Wisconsin notched its final goal of the game from Renner Stavroplos 30 seconds later, Minnesota struck two
more times before the second period concluded. Lynch notched his second goal of the game with an assist from
Lysohir with 4:45 left.
Then with three minutes remaining, River Freeman pounced on a loose puck in front to make the score 8-5, with
assists going to Arlan and Djian.
In the third period, tallies from Crawford and Davis Damrow moved the Wilderness to hit the ten-goal mark for the
first time in team history.
Crawford scored at the 7:30 mark with an unassisted goal.
Damrow posted his first goal in his first junior game on a slick passing play that was assisted by Vislay and Edwards.
After carrying the puck across the Windigo blue line on the left side, Damrow dropped the puck back to Vislay, who
swung it to Edwards in the right circle. Edwards then sent it to Damrow who was positioned by the left post,
where he one-timed a shot for the game’s final goal to make it 10-5 with 5:28 left in regulation.
The Wilderness outshot the Windigo 47-23.
Trieskey earned the win in goal, stopping 16 of 18 Windigo shots over 44:31. Kylin made two saves on five shots
over the 15:29 he spent in net. Byers took the loss with 31 saves on 41 shots for Wisconsin.
On special teams, the Wilderness penalty kill shined, keeping the Windigo scoreless on five chances, while going 2-
for-5 on its power play.
Saturday: Wilderness 7, Wisconsin 2
The Windigo scored first and last Saturday night, but in-between, it was all Wilderness.
After Artis Skrebels scored to give Wisconsin a 1-0 lead, Minnesota responded with three in the first period, two
more in the second and two in the third to complete the weekend sweep. River Freeman tied the contest with a power play goal with 11:19 remaining in the period. Alfred Carlsson and Max
Edwards assisted on Freeman’s second of the season.
The first of the season for defenseman Vladislav Tsapko gave Minnesota the lead with 9:21 left. After receiving a
pass from Davis Damrow along the left-wing wall, Tsapko skated to the high slot and ripped a wrister past
Wisconsin goaltender Luke Quinn to make it 2-1.
Jakeb Lynch added some insurance before the first period ended. The veteran forward deposited his third of the
weekend with helpers going to Kash Crawford and Owen Smith with 3:44 on the clock.
Minnesota then made it a 3-goal lead near the middle of the second period. Jack Martens went top shelf on a blast
from the right face-off circle on a play set up by Max Edwards and Cayden Neice at the 8:44 mark.
The score then moved to 5-1, thanks to Kevin Lysohir’s first of the year. Lysohir appeared to use his linemates as a
decoy when they skated in on a 3-on-1. While approaching the goal, Lysohir glided to the bottom of the right circle
before deciding to send the puck through Quinn’s five-hole. Frantisek Netusil earned the assist on the goal which
came with 8:51 left in the second period.
Third period tallies from Carson McGinley and Lynch rounded out the Minnesota scoring.
McGinley posted his second of the season on the power play 1:37 into the final frame, with apples going to
Damrow and Jackson Lackas.
Lynch’s second of the game and fourth of the season was assisted by Lysohir less than two minutes later and
extended the Wilderness advantage to 7-1.
The Windigo would get one more when Daniel Greenbaum converted on a breakaway with 7:36 left in the game.
Tobias Trieskey made his first junior career start in net and earned his second victory. The rookie from Lebanon,
PA, denied 12 of 14 Wisconsin shots to improve his record to 2-0.
Quinn faced 30 Wilderness shots and made 23 saves in the loss for Wisconsin.
As it did Friday, the Wilderness power play scored twice on five chances. The Windigo were again denied a goal on
their power play, going 0-for-3.