The 2022 ASAA Division II State Hockey Championships moved into Friday action with the Soldotna Stars defeating Monroe in the consolation game 5-2.
The Stars advance to the 4th Place game on Saturday at noon at the Menard Arena in Wasilla.
SoHi 5 – Monroe 2
SoHi opened the scoring with a Dawson Lockwood goal at 2:50 of the first period. Monroe answered with a power-play goal for Dylan Bailey to tie the game at 1-1.
In the second period, Silas Larsen opened with a power-play goal just :34 seconds into the period. The Stars struck again at 2:54 with a Marshall DeReave goal for a 3-1 SoHi advantage. Miles Fowler drew the Rams to within a goal with a power-play goal for Monroe. Gehret Medcoff broke free for a SoHi goal at 14:32 to give the Stars a 4-2 lead.
Larsen extended the SoHi lead to 5-2 with his second goal of the game, netting a goal at 9:24 of the third period. In goal for the Stars Ayden See recorded 8 saves on 10 shots.
SoHi advances to play in the 4th Place game at noon on Saturday against the winner of the Kenai vs Juneau game.
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