The Soldotna hockey team defeated Kodiak 8-1 on Friday in Northern Lights Conference play at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex.
The Stars move to 11-10-2 overall and 5-4 league.
SoHi won the shot count 45-12, but Kodiak goalie Garrett Wood was able to keep things close for a while. Wood saved 37, while Brycen Clyde saved all seven for SoHi, and Fynley Holkko saved 4 of 5.
Daniel Heath got the Stars started with a goal on the power play in the first period, then Nathan Boatright made it 2-0 headed to the second period.
In the second period, Draiden Mullican, Marshall DeRaeve and Sylas Hughes scored to make it 5-0 headed to the second period.
In the third period, Peyton Williams, Heath and Hughes tacked on goals before Kevin Foster scored for Kodiak.
Friday
Stars 8, Bears 1
Kod 0 0 1 —1
Sol 2 3 3 —8
First period — 1. Soldotna, Heath (Zurfluh), pp, 5:57. 2. Soldotna, Boatright (Willis), 8:44. Penalties — Kodiak 2 for 4:00; Soldotna 1 for 2:00.
Second period — 3. Soldotna, Mullican (Williams, Hughes), 2:25. 4. Soldotna, DeRaeve (Hawkins, Crabtree), pp, 5:20. 5. Soldotna, Hughes (Heath, Crabtree), 7:50. Penalties — Kodiak 2 for 4:00.
Third period — 6. Soldotna, Williams (Mullican), 1:35. 7. Soldotna, Heath (Mullican, Perez), 7:06. 8. Soldotna, Hughes (Mullican), 11:43. 9. Kodiak, Foster (un.), 13:49. Penalties — Kodiak 3 for 6:00; Soldotna 2 for 4:00.
Shots on goal — Kodiak 3-4-5—12; Soldotna 13-16-16—45.
Goalies — Kodiak, Wood (45 shots, 37 saves); Soldotna, Clyde (7 shots, 7 saves), Holkko (5 shots, 4 saves).
