The Kenai River Brown Bears look for a first home victory with the first-year Wisconsin Windigo coming to the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex on Friday and Saturday, October 21-22 for the second, home series for the Brown Bears. Game time are scheduled for 7:30 p.m. for both games.
Kenai River dropped a pair of Midwest Division games to the Fairbanks Ice Dogs last weekend with the Ice Dogs downing Kenai River 5-4 in overtime on Friday and 3-1 on Saturday. The Ice Dogs take a 2-0 advantage in the year-long Alaska Cup Series, an in-state series between the Brown Bears, Ice Dogs and the Anchorage Wolverines.
Game Recaps
Fairbanks Ice Dogs 5 – Kenai River 4 OT
The Ice Dogs scored on a three-on-three break-away :23 seconds into the overtime period. The Ice Dogs tied the contest at 4-4 with less than 3:30 remaining in regulation time. In the game, Soldotna’s Parker Lockwood gave the Brown Bears a 4-3 advantage.
Kenai River outshot Fairbanks 53-36.
Fairbanks Ice Dogs 3 – Brown Bears 1
Fairbanks recorded a second-straight victory over the Brown Bears on Saturday with a 3-1 victory, Fairbanks built a 2-0 lead in the second period before Kenai River’s Bryce Monrean, from Anchorage, scored on the power play for the Bears.
Kenai River, after a six-game road win streak, fall to 9-4-1-0 and stand in first place in the Midwest Division; the Ice Dogs, improve to 9-5-0-0 and move up to second place in the Midwest.
Midwest Division Standings
| 1 | Kenai River Brown Bears | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 19 |
| 2 | Fairbanks Ice Dogs | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 3 | Janesville Jets | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 17 |
| 4 | Chippewa Steel | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 5 | MN Wilderness | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| 6 | Anchorage Wolverines | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| 7 | Springfield Jr. Blues | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 8 | Wisconsin Windigo | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
