Jeff Helminiak

With a basic pair of snowshoes, just about any hike on the Kenai Peninsula is accessible in the winter. (Clarion file photo)

Peninsula has plenty of places for snowshoes – or ice spikes

Kenai Peninsula Outdoor Club member Julie Williams, of Kenai, will tell you some of her favorite trails for snowshoeing on the Kenai Peninsula, with one… Continue reading

With a basic pair of snowshoes, just about any hike on the Kenai Peninsula is accessible in the winter. (Clarion file photo)

Series preview: Brown Bears vs. Ice Rays

The Kenai River Brown Bears enter a three-game series tonight with the Fairbanks Ice Dogs looking for a fresh start in the rivalry and wanting… Continue reading

Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion Austin Junger, Evan Butcher, Croix Evingson and Joey Sardina celebrate the Kenai River Brown Bears' 3-2  victory over the Springfield Jr. Blues on Friday, Jan. 22, 2016, at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex.

Brown Bears split with Jr. Blues

The Kenai River Brown Bears’ 3-2 victory over the Springfield Jr. Blues on Friday at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex was the first in 19… Continue reading

Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion Austin Junger, Evan Butcher, Croix Evingson and Joey Sardina celebrate the Kenai River Brown Bears' 3-2  victory over the Springfield Jr. Blues on Friday, Jan. 22, 2016, at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex.
Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion Kenai River Brown Bears captain Adam Kresl battles for the puck Jan. 15 against the Minnesota Wilderness at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex.

Brown Bears captain Kresl feeling right at home in Kenai

Kenai River Brown Bears captain Adam Kresl is from a small town of 1,300 with long and cold winters, short and mild summers, and hockey… Continue reading

Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion Kenai River Brown Bears captain Adam Kresl battles for the puck Jan. 15 against the Minnesota Wilderness at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex.

Series preview: Brown Bears vs. Springfield Jr. Blues

Under new coach Jeff Worlton, the Kenai River Brown Bears are planning ahead while being mindful of the present.“We want to win lots of games… Continue reading

Homer hockey escapes with OT win over SoHi

Saturday, the Soldotna hockey team defeated Colony 6-2 to knock the Knights out of a first-place tie in the North Star Conference.Tuesday at the Soldotna… Continue reading

SoHi’s Gibbs verbally commits to play football at Northern State University

Soldotna senior Drew Gibbs was on the field for the final few plays of a fourth-straight medium-schools state football championship in mid-October and Sunday verbally… Continue reading

Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion Kenai River Brown Bears forward Joey Sardina uses his long reach to try and secure the puck Friday against the Minnesota Wilderness at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex.

Wilderness ruin debut of new Brown Bears coach Worlton

The Minnesota Wilderness spoiled the debut of Kenai River Brown Bears head coach Jeff Worlton with a sweep Friday and Saturday in North American Hockey… Continue reading

Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion Kenai River Brown Bears forward Joey Sardina uses his long reach to try and secure the puck Friday against the Minnesota Wilderness at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex.

After tumultuous week, Brown Bears face defending Robertson Cup champions

Things have been extremely eventful since the Kenai River Brown Bears snapped a string of 30 North American Hockey League games without a win Saturday… Continue reading

Brown Bears remove Beauparlant as head coach, install Worlton

Nate Kiel, president and general manager of the Brown Bears, announced Monday night that Geoff Beauparlant has been replaced as head coach of the North… Continue reading

Seldovia’s Turner pours in 32 as Sea Otters topple CIA

Seldovia senior guard Olivia Turner had never beaten Cook Inlet Academy in her high school career, and neither had the Sea Otters.Friday at CIA in… Continue reading

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Seldovia's Aidan Philpot works his way around Kotlik's Juwan Akaran during their game at the 2015 March Madness Small Schools championships on Saturday March 14, 2015 in Anchorage, Alaska.

Peninsula Conference basketball season preview: In Class 1A, difference between state title and not fielding a team is small

At the Class 2A, 3A and 4A levels — or those schools 61 students and above — even the best basketball programs will have rebuilding… Continue reading

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Seldovia's Aidan Philpot works his way around Kotlik's Juwan Akaran during their game at the 2015 March Madness Small Schools championships on Saturday March 14, 2015 in Anchorage, Alaska.

Alumni hockey game set for Wednesday

Enthusiasm and talent are on the rise at the 20th Annual Kenai Central and Soldotna High Schools Alumni Hockey Game, which will be held Wednesday… Continue reading

SoHi hockey blasts Kenai

Tuesday’s 10-1 victory by Soldotna over rival Kenai in North Star Conference action at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex was similar to the first time… Continue reading

Scary injury overshadows Ice Dogs’ victory ove Brown Bears

The Fairbanks Ice Dogs’ 6-2 North American Hockey League victory over the Kenai River Brown Bears in front of 193 on Sunday at the Soldotna… Continue reading

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Kenai River Brown Bears' Charles Spetz looks for an opening during a game against the Fairbanks Ice Dogs on Friday Dec. 4, 2015 in Soldotna, Alaska. The Ice Dogs beat the Brown Bears 4-1.

Ice Dogs take 2 from Brown Bears

The Kenai River Brown Bears are streaking in the wrong direction. Facing one of their toughest foes, the Fairbanks Ice Dogs, the Brown Bears fell… Continue reading

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Kenai River Brown Bears' Charles Spetz looks for an opening during a game against the Fairbanks Ice Dogs on Friday Dec. 4, 2015 in Soldotna, Alaska. The Ice Dogs beat the Brown Bears 4-1.

Comeback comes up short as local Pop Warner squad loses exciting game in California

Head coach Sarge Truesdell isn’t entirely sure what his Kenai Peninsula Pop Warner Junior Midget team lost Saturday in Murrieta, California, but he is entirely… Continue reading

Friday: Ice Dogs start fast in defeating Brown Bears

Sometimes, life isn’t fair. The Kenai River Brown Bears wouldn’t have even been in Friday’s 4-1 North American Hockey League loss to the Fairbanks Ice… Continue reading

Photo provided by Fighting Saints Former Brown Bears head coach Oliver David prepares to take the bench as an associate head coach for the Dubuque (Iowa) Fighting Saints of the United States Hockey League earlier this season.

Former Bears coach David uses his Kenai River experience to help him ascend coaching ranks

Amidst the quickening pregame hubbub, Oliver David reclines in a bright red seat above center ice at the Resch Center, the sparkling, 2002-built, 9,000-seat venue… Continue reading

Photo provided by Fighting Saints Former Brown Bears head coach Oliver David prepares to take the bench as an associate head coach for the Dubuque (Iowa) Fighting Saints of the United States Hockey League earlier this season.

David’s influence still felt as Bears get set to take on Ice Dogs

Coming off having the North American Hockey League’s worst record last season and with the league’s record this season, the effects of the turnaround orchestrated… Continue reading