The Kenai River Brown Bears Junior hockey team defended home ice with a two-game sweep of the Wisconsin Windigo at the Soldotna Regional Sports Center, improving Kenai River to a tie for fourth place in the Midwest Division of the NAHL.
Kenai River 3 – Windigo 2
The Brown Bears, on Friday, opened with a goal in the first period, traded goals in the second period and scored a tie-breaking, game-winning goal late in the third period for a 3-2 victory over Wisconsin; breaking a four-game, road losing streak. Hayden Walters scored the final two goals for the Brown Bears.
Kenai River 3 – Wisconsin 1
The Brown Bears completed a sweep of the Windigo on Saturday with a 3-1 victory. Kenai River broke a 1-1 tie mid-way through the second period with a power-play goal by Ryan Finch. Jacob Zwirecki scored an insurance goal in the final minute of the second period for a 3-1 Brown Bears victory.
Kenai River return to the road, traveling for a two-game series against the Chippewa Steel on Friday and Saturday, February 3-4.
In the Club 49 Cup Standings, Kenai River still holds the third position with 7 points; the Anchorage Wolverines top the standings with 17 points and the Fairbanks Ice Dogs stand at 13 points. Kenai River stands at 3-5 against the Wolverines and 0-2 against the Ice Dogs.
Midwest Division Standings (as of Feb. 1)
Teams Games Wins Loss OTL SOL Total
| 1 | Fairbanks Ice Dogs | 41 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 49 |
| 2 | MN Wilderness | 39 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 49 |
| 3 | Janesville Jets | 41 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 45 |
| 4 | Kenai River Brown Bears | 41 | 21 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 44 |
| 5 | Wisconsin Windigo | 38 | 21 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 44 |
| 6 | Anchorage Wolverines | 37 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 40 |
| 7 | Chippewa Steel | 37 | 17 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 36 |
| 8 | Springfield Jr. Blues | 36 | 17 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 34 |
