The Fargo Force swept the Buccaneers in Des Moines over the weekend. Fargo took down Des Moines 4-1 on Friday night. There were 4 different goal scorers in the win. Hampton Slukynsky saved 13 of the 14 shots he faced. The Game's 3 Stars were 1st Star Harper Bentz, 2nd Star Leo Gruba and 3rd Star Jake Fisher.
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Lee Parks gets his 30th goal of the season off a feed from Zam Plante and it’s 3-1 Force with 18:21 left to play in the third period pic.twitter.com/Jg2trspAFH
— xy - Fargo Force (@FargoForce) April 6, 2024
Saturday evening the Force escaped with a 5-4 victory. Zam Plante led 4 different goal scorers with 2 goals and 1 assist. Anton Castro saved 31 of the 35 shots he fielded in the crease.
TAKE A BOW pic.twitter.com/mTMgzkSzye
— xy - Fargo Force (@FargoForce) April 7, 2024
The win on Saturday night was Fargo’s 49th of the season, setting the new USHL single-season wins record. The 49 wins surpasses the 48 wins Des Moines had in 1998-99. Fargo has now become the first team to hit the century mark in the standings with 49 wins and two OT losses for thos 100 points. The only team record the Force cannot obtain is the best winning percentage which is still held by that 1198-98 Des Moines team who won an amazing .866 of their games that season.
Records are meant to be broken and tonight the @FargoForce have set a new USHL record for most single-season wins.
They defeat the Des Moines Bucs 5-4 and dethrone the 1998-99 Bucs team that won 48 games as well as an Anderson Cup!#StarsRise | #MakingHistory pic.twitter.com/AatKpjJq7e
— USHL (@USHL) April 7, 2024
The Force finish the regular season this weekend with a home and home series with Sioux Falls. The finale home game will be Friday April 5th and the season finale will be Saturday night in Sioux Falls. The Force have a first round bye in the USHL Playoffs with an opponent yet to be determined.