The Soldotna Stars and Homer Mariners hockey teams faced-off for a fifth time in the 2014-15 high school hockey season, with SoHi traveling to Homer for North Star Conference hockey on Tuesday at the Homer Ice rink.
SoHi held-off a late charge by the Mariners for a 3-2 NSC victory.
The Stars built an early lead with a pair of goals by BoBo Lott in the first period; the first goal scored on SoHi’s first shot-on-goal, an unassisted goal for Lott. Lott added a 4on4 goal late in the first period for a 2-0 SoHi lead. The Stars added a goal by Kenny Flanders just 2:35 into the second period for a 3-0 lead. That proved to be the Stars final goal of the night.
The Mariners charged back mid-way through the third period, scoring a pair of goals and outshooting SoHi 11 to 3 in the period.
For the game, Homer outshot SoHi 28-16. SoHi goalie Billy Yoder turned-away 26 shots. The Stars netted goals on two of the first three shots taken in the first period.
Final score: SoHi 3, Homer 2
The game will be broadcast on ESPN 1140Am and www.radiokenai.com on the web.
Current North Star Conference Standings
Palmer 6-1-0
Colony 5-1-1
Wasilla 5-2-1
Homer 2-6-1
Kenai 2-6-0
SoHi 2-6-1
