Stars Hockey Tops Palmer In Overtime Conference Pairing

An overtime goal by Galen Brantley III at 7:52 of the overtime period pushed the Stars past the Palmer Moose 3-2 in Railbelt Conference hockey action on Wednesday at the MTA Center in Palmer.

SoHi 3 – Palmer 2 OT

SoHi broke a 2-2 tie in overtime after surrendering a 2-0 advantage to the Moose.

The Stars opened the scoring with an Alex Montague goal less than two minutes into the game.  SoHi increased the lead to 2-0 on a Galen Brantley III power-play goal early in the second period.  The Stars then allowed two, unanswered scores  and the conference showdown went to overtime tied 2-2.  Brantley’s overtime goal came off the opening face-off in the overtime period with Braxton Urban winning the draw and feeding Brantley for the game-winner.

Upcoming Schedule

Soldotna hockey continues play in the Valley with the Stars traveling out to Big Lake to face the Houston Hawks on Thursday and closing the road trip at the Menard Arena in Wasilla against the Colony Knights on Friday.  Kenai travels to the Valley for conference hockey games against Palmer and Houston on Friday and Saturday, January 11-12.  The Kardinals play Palmer at the MTA Center in Palmer on Friday; then play Houston at the Big Lake Recreation Center on Saturday.