The puck dropped on the opening contest in the newly-formed Railbelt Conference for high school hockey with the Homer Mariners over-powering Kenai 12-2 on Tuesday night at the Kenai Multipurpose Facility.
Homer scored six goals in the first period, added four in the second and two in the third period; while holding Kenai to a single goal in the second and a goal in the third period. Tyler Gilliland lead Homer with four goals.
The Mariners stand at 1-0 in conference play and 3-3-1 overall; Kenai falls to 0-1 in conference action and 0-7 overall.
Mariners 12, Kardinals 2
Homer 6 4 2 —12
Kenai 0 1 1 —2
First period — 1. Homer, Pitzman (Hatton), :22; 2. Homer, Gilliland (unassisted), 7:23; 3. Homer, Nevak (Pitzman), 9:21; 4. Homer, Gilliland (Pitzman, Nevak), PP, 10:30; 5. Homer, Ross (Nevak), PP, 11:32; 6. Homer, Arno (Reutov), 12:37. Penalties — Kenai 2 for 4:00.
Second period — 7. Kenai, Begich (Knudsen), 2:40; 8. Homer, Gilliland (Ross, Hatton), 7:40; 9. Homer, Arno (Pitzman), 9:29; 10. Homer, Ross (Nevak), PP, 11:58; 11. Homer, Ross (Pitzman), 13:20. Penalties — Kenai 2 for 4:00.
Third period — 12. Homer, Pitzman (Nevak), 3:08; 13. Kenai, Knudsen (unassisted), 7:20; 14. Homer, Gilliland (unassisted), :12. Penalties — Kenai 3 for 6:00; Homer 2 for 4:00.
Goalies — Homer, Warren (26 shots, 24 saves); Kenai, Cross (15 shots, 9 saves), Koppes (23 shots, 17 saves).
Shots — Homer 15-17-6—38; Kenai 10-6-10—26.
