The offense stalled-out for the Kenai River Brown Bears on Thursday night in Fairbanks as the Brown Bears dropped the opening game of a three-game series against the Fairbanks Ice Dogs 7-2 at the Big Dipper Arena.
Fairbanks’ offense was on track scoring four, first period goals and building a 5-1 lead before allowing a Brown Bear goal by Jack Quinn midway through the second period. Max Helgeson added a second Kenai River goal, coming in the third period. Final Score: Ice Dogs 7, Brown Bears 2
The Midwest Division leading Ice Dogs (31-9-1-2) host the Brown Bears (24-14-2-3) on Friday and Saturday at the Patty Center in Fairbanks with game times scheduled for 7:30 p.m. each night.
The Ice Dogs lead the Ravn Cup Series standings 3-1.
Ice Dogs 7, Brown Bears 2
Kenai River 0 1 1 —2
Fairbanks 4 2 1 —7
Scoring by Period
| 1st | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 0:36 | FAI | Lucas Erickson (4) ASST: Luke Ciolli (17), Matt Koethe (27) |
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| 9:51 | FAI | Matt Koethe (14) ASST: Jack Johnston (23), Luke Ciolli (18) | |
| 10:58 | FAI | Andrew Garby (2) ASST: Mason Plante (16) | |
| 17:45 | FAI | Barak Braslavski (4) ASST: Bret Link (8), Emil Gabrielson (10) | |
| 2nd | |||
| 6:31 | FAI | Mason Plante (11) ASST: Tyler Deweese (12), Evan Junker (5) | |
| 8:12 | KNR | Jack Quinn (8) ASST: Connor Scahill (3), Skylar Gutierrez (11) | |
| 16:59 | FAI | Oliver Kjaer (17) ASST: Adam Eisele (23), Lucas Erickson (13) (PP) | |
| 3rd | |||
| 12:02 | KNR | Max Helgeson (14) ASST: Logan Ritchie (20), Preston Weeks (11) | |
| 16:13 | FAI | Parker Brown (15) ASST: Oliver Kjaer (23), Evan Junker (6) |
