The Palmer Moose pushed past the Soldotna Stars with four, unanswered goals in the third period for a 7-3 Railbelt Conference victory for Palmer as the Moose remain unbeaten in conference play.
Palmer 7 – SoHi 3
The first three combined goals were 5-on-5 with Palmer opening the scoring, SoHi answering with a Jace Applehans goal and Palmer responding with a goal for a 2-1 Moose lead.
The following seven goals were all penalty influenced with five power-play goals, a short-handed goal and a 4-on-4 goal.
The first period ended with Palmer leading 3-2 with a power-play goal by Elijah Von Gunten and a short-handed SoHi goal by Aiden Burcham.
SoHi tied the game 3-3 in the second period with a power-play goal scored by Dawson Lockwood.
Multiple penalties by the Stars and multiple power-play goals by the Moose in the third period accounted for four, unanswered Moose goals. A Ryan Martin power-play goal staked Palmer to a 4-3 lead early in the third period. Elijah Von Gunten scored three, straight goals for a four-goal hat trick including two power-play goals and a 4-on-4 goal.
SoHi committed eight penalties in the third period, attributing to all four Palmer goals.
Palmer improves to 3-0 in the Railbelt Conference; SoHi drops to 2-1.
Palmer faces Kenai on Friday and Saturday at the Kenai Multi-Purpose Facility. Friday’s game is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. and Saturday for a noon drop of the puck.
Both games will be broadcast on ESPN 1140AM, 96.9FM and streamed live at radiokenai.com
