The Kenai Kardinals and Soldotna Stars enter the final game of the 2017 Peninsula Ice Challenge hockey tournament looking for their first victory of the season; one will be rewarded Saturday afternoon in the final game of the round-robin tournament.
The Stars and Kards drop the puck in the 4 p.m. game at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex. Service and Monroe play for the tournament trophy at 1:30 p.m.
Follow the game on ESPN 1140AM and www.radiokenai.com with the Sweeney’s Pregame Show beginning at 3:50 p.m. Saturday.
Friday Game Results
Monroe 8 – Kenai 1
The Monroe Rams defeat Kenai 8-1 on the strength on a six-goal, second period. Nate Bieser scored late in the third period for the Kardinals only goal.
Service 9 – SoHi 2
The Stars started strong but faded in a 9-2 victory for Service. SoHi and Service were tied at 1-1 late in the first period; however, the Stars twice allowed four goal runs by the Cougars.
SoHi goals included a power play goal for Alex Montague assisted by Galen Brantley III, and a Brantley goal assisted by Braxton Urban and Montague.
