North Star Conference hockey showdowns opened on Thursday with the three teams from the Valley traveling to the Central Peninsula for conference games against Soldotna and Kenai Central High School.
Palmer 3 – SoHi 2
The Soldotna Stars rallied for two late, third period goals to force overtime against the Palmer Moose in Thursday’s opening contest; the Moose winning 3-2 in the overtime period on a contested goal, which appeared to enter the goal through a hole in the back of the SoHi goal. After deliberation by the game officials and under protest from the SoHi players, the goal was upheld and the Moose earned a 3-2 NSC victory. Galen Brantley III scored both SoHi goals.
Side note: Official rule regarding legal goal states… (a) A goal shall be scored when the puck has completely crossed the goal line between the posts and under the cross bar. The who has legally propelled the puck into the opponent’s goal (or last attacking to play the puck in cases where the puck entered the goal as a result of the actions of the defending team) shall be credited with the scoring of the goal.
Colony 8 – Kenai 0
The Kenai Kardinals were shutout by Colony 8-0 in NSC hockey action on Thursday. Kenai trailed 1-0 after the first period; allowed three goals in the second and four goals in the third period.
Homer 4 – Wasilla 1
The Homer Mariners downed the Wasilla Warriors 4-1 in North Star Conference play at Homer.
Schedule For Valley Swing
Friday, Dec. 1
SoHi vs Wasilla 5:45 p.m. Soldotna Regional Sports Complex
Kenai vs Palmer 7 p.m. Kenai Multi-Purpose Facility
Saturday, Dec. 2
SoHi vs Colony 1:00 p.m. Soldotna Regional Sports Complex Game time change!
Kenai vs Wasilla 2:00 p.m. Kenai Multi-Purpose Facility Game time change!
All three SoHi vs Valley contests will be played at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex; all three KCHS vs Valley games will be hosted at the Kenai Multi-Purpose Facility.
