All six teams in the North Star Conference for high school hockey battled in the Valley to open the final month of the high school hockey season; Kenai, Soldotna and Homer challenging Valley opponents Colony, Palmer and Wasilla.
North Star Conference Standings
The Colony Knight and Wasilla Warriors sweep the weekend; Colony moves into first place in the North Star Conference with a 7-1 record.
The Homer Mariners opened the week in first place at 5-0. Homer will now regroup after dropping games to Colony and Wasilla. The Mariners stand at 5-2 and the Warriors at 6-2 in conference play.
The Soldotna Stars (1-7) opened with a 3-1 victory over Palmer recording the Stars first conference victory. Kenai (1-7) finishes Valley play without a victory.
Hockey Game Results
Saturday, January 13
SoHi 1 – Colony 6
SoHI allow two goals in each period to the Colony Knights. The Stars scored a lone goal by Alex Montague. SoHi goalie Corbin Wirz turned away 35 of 41 shots.
Kenai 1 – Wasilla 4
The Kardinals allow four power-play goals to the Warriors in a 4-1 NSC loss. Josh Tree recorded 49 saves and Levi Mese scored the Kards lone goal.
Friday, January 12
SoHi 0 – Wasilla 9 Porter Schachle lead Wasilla with three goals and two assists
Kenai 4 – Palmer 5 OT
…Kenai tied the contest in the third period only to lose in overtime 5-4 to Palmer. Palmer opened with a 3-0 lead in the first; Kenai tied the game 4-4 in the second period. Kardinal goals were recorded by Nate Beiser, Levi Mese, Matt Hagel and Jakob O’Brien.
Thursday, January 11
SoHi 3 – Palmer 1
…SoHi records first NSC victory with 3-1 win over Palmer. Dylan Walton, Jose Montague and Wyatt Medcoff scored goals for SoHi.
Kenai 1 – Colony 12
…Kenai’s Levi Mese scored the lone goal for the Kardinals in a 12-1 loss to the Knights.
