NEW ULM — Goaltender Willmar WarHawks Cooper Olson earned his third shutout of the season in Friday’s 4-0 NA3HL win over New Ulm Steel.

The Maple Grove goaltender made 23 saves in the win. He is 11-3-0 this season with a 2.06 goals-against average and .933 save percentage.

The WarHawks took a 3-0 lead after the first period with goals from Nolan Grier, Tyler Misialek and Anthony Foster. Foster scored another goal in the third.

Teams resume their weekend series at 7:10 p.m. Saturday at Willmar Civic Center Arena.

Willmar (24-14-1) 3 0 1 — 4
New Ulm (19-29) 0 0 0 — 0
FIRST PERIOD – (1) W: Nolan Grier 10 (Nickita Moiseev 1, Blake Keller 24), 2:36 … (2) W: Tyler MMisialek 13 (Mason Hendrickson 4, Tate Hammitt 24), 11:40 … (3) W: Anthony Foster 13 (Jeremiah Konkel 22, Ben Luedtke 22), 17:28. PENALTIES: (1) NU: Cooper Cole (kneeling-minor, 2 mins), 3:23.
SECOND PERIOD – No goals. PENALTIES: (2) NU: Landen Schwantes (high-minor sticking, 2 min), 17:18.
THIRD PERIOD – (4) F: Foster 14 (Michael Sweetland 18), 14:16 PP. PENALTIES:(3) W: Sweetland (minor cross check, 2 min), 1:25…(4) W: Elbridge DeKraai (minor fight, 5 min), 11:17…(5) NU: Lahoussine Salama (fight- major, 5 min), 11:17… (6) NU: Zachary Maret (cons-minor, 2 min), 12:48.
SAVED/SHORING KEEPERS – Willmar: Cooper Olson 23/23 … New Ulm: Zach Foster 54/58.