Doubleheader hockey, at split venues, opened a three-day high school hockey weekend with the Kenai Kardinals defeating Railbelt Conference opponent Houston 3-1 and the Soldotna Stars falling to the Division 1 Colony 2-1 on Thursday.
Kenai 3 – Houston 1
The Kardinals and Hawks played scoreless hockey through two and 2/3 periods, then the teams combined for four goals in about a minute to close the third period.
Kenai opened the scoring on a Miles Marsten goal with five minutes remaining in the third period for a 1-0 Kenai lead. Houston answered with a goal off the center-ice face off just :10 seconds later for a 1-1 tie. Then, Kenai’s Malston scored just seconds later and the Kardinals lead 2-1. Add in a Nate Beiser goal for Kenai and all four goals were scored in the course of about a minute. Final Score: Kenai 3, Houston 1
The Kardinals improve to 2-2-1 in the Railbelt.
Schedule Change: The Kenai vs Palmer game on Friday has been moved to 9:30 p.m. at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex. The game will be broadcast on ESPN 1140AM and streamed live at www.radiokenai.com
SoHi 1 – Colony 2
The Stars and Knights battled through three evenly-played periods with the Knights coming out on top 2-1 with a power-play goal in the third period.
SoHi opened the scoring with a Journey Miller goal at 9:22 of the first period with an assist by Trent Powell. Colony’s Dane Jellich tied the game at 1-1 late in the first (13:35).
Following a scoreless second period, Jellich recorded the game-winner on a power-play goal at 5:57 of the third period. Final Score: Sohi 1, Colony2
Goaltending carried the day with SoHi’s Corbin Wirz recording 24 saves on 26 shots and Colony’s Roman Shepard recording 23 saves on 24 shots.
Kenai Hockey Schedule
Friday, January 10: Kenai vs Palmer 9:30 p.m. Time Change SRSC KSLD 1140AM and www.radiokenai.com
Saturday, January 11: Kenai vs Colony 2 p.m. Kenai Ice KSRM 920AM and www.radiokenai.com
Soldotna Hockey Schedule
Friday, January 10: SoHi vs Houston 7:15 p.m. SRSC ESPN 1140AM and www.radiokenai.com
Saturday, January 11: SoHi vs Palmer 5:15 p.m. SRSC ESPN 1140AM and www.radiokenai.com
All hockey games are streamed live at www.radiokenai.com
