WATERTOWN SHAMROCKS (29-19-2-2) vs. ST. CLOUD NORSEMEN (18-28-5-0)
ST. CLOUD MUNICIPAL ATHLETIC COMPLEX | NAHL REGULAR SEASON | GAME #52 | MARCH 26, 2026
The Watertown Shamrocks will travel to play the St. Cloud Norsemen on Thursday at 7:00 p.m. at St. Cloud Municipal Athletic Complex. It will be the Shamrocks’ fiftieth-second regular-season game of the 2025-26 season. This is the third regular-season matchup between these two teams.
THIS SEASON:
So far this season, the Shamrocks have gone 2-2-2 against the Norsemen in their two games.
In the first set of games, the Shamrocks were defeated by the Norsemen in both rinks. On Friday night, the Shamrocks fell short in a 2-3 shootout loss. The Shamrocks started in front, but the Norsemen tied it up late to force overtime, then a shootout. After Owen Chartier’s lone shootout goal, the Norsemen clinched in their third and fifth tries. On Saturday night, Watertown was bested at home 3-7. The Shamrocks went down early in the first period and were unable to climb back.
In the second set of games, the Shamrocks split the series with the Norsemen. On Friday night, the Shamrocks defeated the Norsemen 3-2 in overtime. Neither team scored in the first period, but the Shamrocks scored a short-handed goal to start the second. In the third period, the Shamrocks went up 2-0, but two Norsemen goals sent the game to overtime. Joe Rice had the overtime winner to give the Shamrocks a 3-2 victory. On Saturday night, Watertown fell 2-4 to St. Cloud. After a scoreless first period, the Norsemen struck first, and the second period ended 1-2. A Norsemen goal to start the third and an empty net goal were too much for Owen Chartier’s goal, and the Norsemen took the game 2-4.
WATERTOWN AND ST. CLOUD:
These teams will enter Thursday after most recently playing each other. In the third set of games, the Shamrocks split the series with the Norsemen again.
On Friday night, the Shamrocks fell to the Norsemen in a 2-3 shootout loss. The Norsemen got the first and only goal of the first period. In the second, Owen Chartier and Daniel Halnonen both scored, but the Norsemen scored to keep the game 2-2. After a scoreless third period and overtime, the game went to a shootout, with the Norsemen taking it 2-3. On Saturday, the Shamrocks went up early with two goals, and the Norsemen finished the period with a goal. After a scoreless second period, the Shamrocks got two more in the third to take this one 4-1.
Watertown has won three of its last five games and currently sits in fourth place in the Central Division.
St. Cloud has won three of its last five games and currently sits in seventh in the Central Division.
PLAYERS TO WATCH:
SHAMROCKS:
- Zach Boren leads the team with 29 goals and 55 points. He scored a goal on Saturday night.
- Kyle Greene has 13 goals this season, and scored two on Saturday night.
- Joe Rice leads the team with 35 assists. He had three assists on Saturday night.
NORSEMEN:
- Mate Tardi has 22 points this season, and scored a goal and an assist this weekend.
- Riley Fast has 10 points this season, and had two assists this weekend.
- Christian Garrity has 13 points this season. He had a goal and an assist this weekend.
By Lily Schutzehofer
Photo by Sarah Cooper