The Kenai River Brown Bears rang in the New Year, after a two week holiday break, with a similar result that closed-out 2021.
Kenai River dropped a pair of Midwest Division games to the Minnesota Magicians in-front-of a sparse crowd at the Springfield Ice Arena.
Magicians 5 – Kenai River 2
Kenai River managed a pair of third period goals in a 5-2 loss to the Minnesota Magicians on New Year’s Day. The Magicians built a 4-0 lead through two periods. Brown Bears Brendan Hill and Logan Kroyman recorded goals.
Magicians 5 – Kenai River 1
Down 6-0 late in the third period, Kenai River’s Cole Dubicki scored the Brown Bears only goal in a 6-1 loss to the Magicians on January 2nd. The Brown Bears were out-shot 39-20 in the loss.
Kenai River has lost four-straight divisional games and currently stand at 7-21-2-1 in the Midwest Division.
The Brown Bears face-off against the Janesville Jets on January 6-8 at the Janesville Ice Arena, a three-game series before Kenai River returns to Alaska for a pair of games in Fairbanks against the Fairbanks Ice Dogs on January 14-15.
The next homestand for the Brown Bears begins on January 21st against Janesville at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex.
| Midwest Division | Teams | GP | W | L | OTL | SOL | PTS | |
| 1 | 33 | 23 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 47 | ||
| 2 | 31 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 42 | ||
| 3 | 32 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 39 | ||
| 4 | 30 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 34 | ||
| 5 | 32 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 33 | ||
| 6 | 33 | 15 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 31 | ||
| 7 | 30 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 31 | 7 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 17 |
