ANCHORAGE - The Nanooks hockey team fell to the Alaska Anchorage Seawolves on Saturday, Feb. 3. The 4-2 loss drops the Nanooks to 12-10-2 on the year. 

Alaska scored first 7:22 into the opening period as Jonny Sorenson took a pass from Arvils Bergmanis and beat the UAA netminder. Sorenson put it past UAA's Jared Whale from the left side and made it 1-0. Payton Matsui tallied the secondary assist. The 1-0 lead stood through the first intermission. 

The Nanooks went 0-1 on the power play in the opening period and outshot UAA 8-7 in the first. 

In the second, UAA put their foot on the gas and picked up three unanswered goals to make it 3-1. 2:29 into the second, Aiden Westin scored the equalizer. 42 seconds later the Seawolves had the lead at 2-1; they capitalized on the power play. Ben Almquist scored the second goal. Just over eight minutes later, UAA picked up their third of the period. Connor Marritt made it 3-1 Seawolves heading to the third. The Nanooks went 0-2 on the power play in the second period while UAA went 1-2. 

The Nanooks only managed five shots-on-goal while UAA posted nine. 

The third period saw Dawson Bruneski score 9:10 in. The goal pulled Alaska to within one at 3-2 but that was all they managed. UAA tacked on an empty-net goal 18:26 into the third, making it a 4-2 final score. The Nanooks finished the game 0-3 on the power play and 1-3 on the kill. The Seawolves outshot the Nanooks 26-24. 

Alaska hits the road next week and will face the Arizona State Sun Devils on Feb. 9-10 in Tempe, Ariz. 

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