EAST ALTON — Mitchell Klug had things well in hand Thursday night for the Alton Redbirds hockey club - some 23 times, to be exact.

Klug, the Alton goalie, made 23 saves and the Redbirds shut out Collinsville 7-0 in a Mississippi Valley Club Hockey Association game at the East Alt0n Ice Arena. The victory raised Alton’s mark to 9-2 on the season, while Collinsville dropped to 5-5.

“It was a good win for us,” Alton coach Abram Henson said. “We played a solid game and came out on top.”

While Klug was stopping all the Kahoks’ shots, Alton’s Kain Henson was leading the way for the Redbirds. He scored three goals and Alton outshot Collinsville 36-23.

“Mitchell did a great job,” Henson said. “He made all of the key saves. He made ALL the saves - period.”

Kain Henson scored a pair of first-period goals and got it started with one at the 9:28 mark, off an assist from Christian Shank.

Three minutes later, Alex Rubin made it 2-0 with a goal off an assist from Jake Cunningham. Henson scored again at 2:07 unassisted to make it 3-0 and then assisted teammate Austin Erthal’s goal with 1.7 seconds remaining to make to 4-0 heading into the second period.

The Redbirds’ Brendan Lowe scored at 3:04 of the second period from assists by Ben Drake and Jake Bohn to make it 5-0. Henson’s third goal, assisted by Bohn, made it 6-0 at 2:45.

Cunningham scored the only goal of the third period at 11:38 to make it 7-0. He was assisted by Henson.

The Redbirds were whistled for six two-minute penalties, while the Kahoks were called for no penalties. Collinsv