The Kenai River Brown Bears, on a two-game win streak against the Anchorage Wolverines, will again host the Wolverines in a two-game series Friday and Saturday, December 2-3 at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex to close-out the Brown Bears extended home stand in NAHL hockey.
Friday Night is Hillcorp Fill The Net Night with free admission with the donation of two food items or $5 food purchase for the Kenai Peninsula Food Bank. Saturday is Operation Children First Night with free admission with a donation of a teen gift or $5 gift card.
Kenai River defeated the Wolverines 4-2 and 2-1 in a pre-Thanksgiving series and return for a pair of games in the Alaska Cup series. The current Alaska Cup standings have the Wolverines with 10 points, Fairbanks Ice Dogs, 9 points and the Brown Bears with 5 points.
Following the weekend series with Anchorage, the Brown Bears next home stand is scheduled to open n January 27, 2023 against the Wisconsin Windigo.
The Fairbanks Ice Dogs hold-down first place in the Midwest Division with 33 points and the Minnesota Wilderness, 8-2 in their last ten games, jump into second place with 32 points. The Brown Bears are currently third with 31 points.
Midwest Division Standings (as of Nov. 8)
Teams Games Wins Loss OTL SOL Total
| 1 | Fairbanks Ice Dogs | 27 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 33 |
| 2 | MN Wilderness | 24 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 32 |
| 3 | Kenai River Brown Bears | 25 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 31 |
| 4 | Janesville Jets | 26 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 30 |
| 5 | Chippewa Steel | 25 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 28 |
| 6 | Wisconsin Windigo | 25 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 25 |
| 7 | Anchorage Wolverines | 24 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 23 |
| 8 | Springfield Jr. Blues | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
