Senior Night for both the Soldotna Stars and the Kenai Kardinals ended better for the former than the latter.
The Stars shut out Kenai 6-0 on Saturday night recording SoHi’s fourth North Star Conference victory.
SoHi goalie Billy Yoder turned-away 17 shots for the shutout; Kenai’s Ryan Williams stopped 37 of 43 shots.
SoHi opened the scoring with a Cameron Knowlton power-play goal in the first period. Knowlton added a second goal just :07 seconds into the second period for a 2-0 SoHi lead. Jace Urban added a goal with 1:17 remaining in the second for a 3-0 Star lead. The third period included SoHi goals by Calvin Hills (4:22), Ethan Brown (PP 13:40) and Levi Hensley (5 on 3 14:51). SoHi, with a 4-6 NSC record, has secured the #4 seed for the North Star Conference tournament. Kenai will be the #6 seed.
The North Star Conference tournament is scheduled for Thursday through Saturday, February 4-6 at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex, hosted by Kenai Central High School.
North Star Conference Tournament Seeding: determined by regular season records
#1 Palmer Moose 9-0-1
#2 Colony Knights 7-2-1
#3 Wasilla Warriors 6-4-0
#4 SoHi Stars 4-6-0
#5 Homer Mariners 2-8-0
#6 Kenai Kardinals 1-9-0
The #1 and #2 seeds earn first-round byes
…#3 Wasilla vs #6 Kenai
…#4 SoHi vs #5 Homer
Thursday Hockey Result: Homer 7 – Kenai 2
The Kardinals faced-off against North Star Conference opponent Homer on Thursday night in Homer at the Kevin Bell Arena. Homer, on the strength of a four-goal, third period downed the Kardinals 7-2. Levi Mese scored both Kardinal goals, one in the first and one in the second period. Kenai and Homer were tied at 1-1 after the first period and 2-2 late in the second period.
The Kardinals own one conference win on the season; Kenai with a 6-5 victory over Homer earlier in the season.
