Staff photo by Ari Selvey New Ulm’s Hunter Larson (21) skates through traffic during a Big South Conference boys hockey game against Redwood Valley during New Ulm Hockey Day Saturday at the New Ulm Civic Center.

NEW ULM — The New Ulm Eagles boys hockey team jumped to a 4-0 lead after the first period and used that to down Redwood Valley 7-2 Saturday night in a Big South Conference hockey game at the New Ulm Civic Center.

Hunter Larson and Brody Nordby each scored two goals for New Ulm, now 8-6 overall and 5-2 in conference play. Carson Uecker, Brecken Neuman and Josh Forstner each added a goal.

Uecker added three assists, with Larson, Ian Brudelie, Mason Buegler and Ben Alfred each adding helpers.

Kilen Cilek had both goals for Redwood Valley (2-11, 1-7).

Eagles netminders Jayden Grunst and Graham Glaser split time in goal, with each stopping seven of eight Cardinals shots.

Jacob O’Halloran stopped 40 of 47 New Ulm shots.

The Eagles, who host Big Nine opponent Albert Lea Tuesday night, got on the board when Uecker fired a shot from just inside the blue line to beat O’Halloran at the 7:47 for an unassisted goal.

Larson followed that up with two goals just over a minute apart, with Uecker earning the assist on Larson’s first goal.

Neuman’s power-play score — with assists to Buegler and Brudelie — made it a 4-0 lead as New Ulm outshot Redwood Valley 17-5.

A Nordby goal at the 2:25 mark of the second period off of an assist from Uecker had the Eagles in control at 5-0 before Cilek got his first goal of the game a the 4:20 mark to cut the Eagles lead to 5-1 going into the final period.

There Forstner gave New Ulm some breathing room at 6-1 at the 4:02 mark of the third period with Alfred getting the helper.

Cilek earned his second goal on the power play for the Cardinals to make it a 6-2 score before

Nordy took scored the Eagles final goal of the game on an assist from Uecker to wrap up Hockey Day in New Ulm.