Thursday’s prep hockey roundup

The Kenai Central hockey team won a second straight wild game, coming back in the third period to topple Bartlett in nonconference action Thursday in Anchorage.

The Kardinals trailed 7-4 in the third period before scoring four unanswered goals for the win.

The goals came from Levi Mese at 10 minutes, 4 seconds, Jordan Knuston at 8:21, Miles Marston at 3:23 and Mese again — completing a hat trick — at 1:06.

ADVERTISEMENT
0 seconds of 0 secondsVolume 0%
Press shift question mark to access a list of keyboard shortcuts
00:00
00:00
00:00
 

The Kardinals had gone up 2-0 in the game on goals by Tyler Lingafelt and Mese, but Bartlett had a 4-2 lead early in the second period. Goals by Nate Beiser and Knutson cut the gap to 5-4 at the end of the second period.

Ryan Williams made 34 saves for the Kardinals, while Guy Hendrickson stopped 16 for Bartlett. Kenai stays in Anchorage to face East at 4:30 p.m. today and Eagle River at 3:15 p.m. Saturday.

Eagle River 3, Soldotna 0

The host Wolves notched a shutout and a nonconference victory over the Stars on Thursday.

Each of Eagle River’s goals came late in the period. Josh Linn scored late in the first, Brooks Christian had a goal late in the second, and Linn added an empty-netter in the third.

Billy Yoder had 28 saves for the Stars.

Soldotna plays at Chugiak at 7:15 p.m. today and at Bartlett at 4:45 p.m. Saturday

Homer 6, East 4

The visiting Mariners scored the last three goals of the game to top the Thunderbirds in nonconference action.

Homer was down 4-3 in the third, but Robby Larson, Lee Lowe and Ethan Pitzman all scored to cement the win.

Lowe, Pitzman and Nevak all scored earlier in the game.

Hunter Warren had 23 saves for Homer.

Homer plays at West at 6:45 p.m. today and at South at 1 p.m. Saturday.

Thursday

Kardinals 8, Golden Bears 7

Kenai 2 2 4 — 8

Bartlett 2 3 2 — 7

First period — 1. Kenai, Lingafelt (Hagel), 0:58; 2. Kenai, Mese (un.), 2:04; 3. Bartlett, Mackin (un.), pp, 10:59; 4. Bartlett, Bell (un.), sh., 14:03. Penalties — Kenai 2 for 4:00; Bartlett 2 for 4:00.

Second period — 5. Bartlett, Bell (Mackin), 3:04; 6. Bartlett, Vandenboss (Mackin), 4:24; 7. Kenai, Beiser (O’Brien), 9:19; 8. Bartlett, Vandenboss (Bell), sh, 10:08; 9. Kenai, Knutson (un.), sh., 13:06. Penalties — Kenai 2 for 4:00; Bartlett 2 for 4:00.

Third period — 10. Bartlett, Bell (Mackin, Vandenboss), 1:10; 11. Bartlett, Bell (Ulrich-Mewborn, Abrego), 2:45; 12. Kenai, Mese (un.), 4:56; 13. Kenai, Knutson (Beiser), 6:39; 14. Kenai, Marston (un.), 11:37; 15. Kenai, Mese (Hagel), 13:54. Penalties — none.

Shots on goal — Kenai 9-5-10—24; Bartlett 14-18-9—41.

Goalies — Kenai, Williams (41 shots, 34 saves); Bartlett, Hendrickson (24 shots, 16 saves).

Wolves 3, Stars 0

Soldotna 0 0 0 — 0

Eagle River 1 1 1 — 3

First period — 1. Eagle River, Linn (McEnaney, Burton), 14:29.

Second period — 2. Eagle River, Christian (un.), 14:34.

Third period — 3. Eagle River, Linn (un.), en, 13:52.

Shots on goal — Soldotna 6-1-3—10, Eagle River 11-12-8—31.

Goalies — Soldotna, Yoder (30 shots, 28 saves).

Mariners 6, Thunderbirds 4

Homer 1 2 3 — 6

East 0 3 1 — 4

First period — 1. Homer, Lowe (Kuzmin), 12:23.

Second period — 2. East, Eddens (Solberg, Tosi), 0:30; 3. Homer, Pitzman (un.), 2:00; 4. East, Eddens (Hayes, Solberg), 4:40; 5. Homer, Nevak (Larson, Roderick), 13:29; 6. East, Hayes (Solberg, Eddens), 14:37.

Third period — 7. East, Eddens (un.), 4:23; 8. Homer, Larson (Pitzman, Lowe), 9:21; 9. Homer, Lowe (Kuzmin, Weston), 12:22; 10. Homer, Pitzman (Larson, Lowe), 14:38.

Shots on goal — Homer 4-6-12—22; East 10-9-8—27.

More in Sports

Martin Flora leads Jerry Parsons on the way to winning the Modified Dirty 30 on Saturday, July 19, 2025, at Twin City Raceway in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
Flora wins Modified Dirty 30 at Twin City Raceway

Martin Flora of Fairbanks won the Modified Dirty 30 on Saturday, July… Continue reading

tease
Janssen, Fallon win 1st 2 weeks of Salmon Run Series

The Salmon Run Series at Tsalteshi Trails just outside of Soldotna drew… Continue reading

tease
Results posted for Races 1 and 2 at Soldotna Cycle Series

The Soldotna Cycle Series held its first two races of the season… Continue reading

tease
Twins sweep road trip, win 14th straight game

Editor’s note: The story corrects the length of the Twins winning streak.… Continue reading

Daniel Steffensen bats against the Post 35 Road Warriors on Saturday at Coral Seymour Memorial Park as part of the 100th anniversary of American Legion Baseball in Alaska. (Jonas Oyoumick/Peninsula Clarion)
100 years of Legion baseball in Alaska celebrated Saturday

Twins defeated the Post 35 Road Warriors

Zac Cowan putts a golf ball into a hole during the Alaska Sign Source Pro Am at Birch Ridge Golf Course in Soldotna, Alaska, on Monday, July 14, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
Azzara, Moore win Birch Ridge Pro Am

The top four pros were rounded out by Zac Cowan with 78 and Bill Engberg at 84.

tease
1st Soldotna Cycle Series of the year draws 49

The first Soldotna Cycle Series race took place Thursday, July 10, at… Continue reading

Nick Varney
Reeling ‘Em In: Can things get even better?

The silvers are starting to get their finny freak on at our famous Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon.

Runners line up at the start for the Seldovia Salmon Shuffle 5K race on Friday, July 4, 2025, in Seldovia, Alaska. Photo courtesy Ecola Collier
255 do the Salmon Shuffle

The 5K race is held annually as part of Seldovia’s 4th of July celebrations.

Most Read

You're browsing in private mode.
Please sign in or subscribe to continue reading articles in this mode.

Peninsula Clarion relies on subscription revenue to provide local content for our readers.

Subscribe

Already a subscriber? Please sign in