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Brown Bears open season with victory

Published 10:30 pm Friday, November 6, 2020

By Jeff Helminiak

Kenai River Brown Bears forward Max Helgeson chases the puck along the boards against the Fairbanks Ice Dogs on Friday, Nov. 22, 2019, at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

Kenai River Brown Bears forward Max Helgeson chases the puck along the boards against the Fairbanks Ice Dogs on Friday, Nov. 22, 2019, at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

The Kenai River Brown Bears started the 2020-21 season with a 3-0 victory at the Chippewa (Wisconsin) Steel on Friday in Wisconsin.

Luke Pavicich made all 46 saves for the shutout in his debut for the Brown Bears.

After a scoreless first period, Laudon Poellinger scored the first goal of the season 5 minutes, 45 seconds, into the second period on assists from Drew Jeffers and Adam Szubert.

The game remained tight until Anchorage’s Max Helgeson scored with just 1:42 remaining in the third on assists from Theo Thrun and Jeffrey Lee. Less than 30 seconds later, David Vieten added the empty-net goal for the victory.

Kenai River plays Chippewa again Thursday at 4:10 p.m. AKST.

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