FAIRBANKS - The Alaska Nanooks hockey team picked up a second-straight exhibition victory over Simon Fraser on Saturday, Jan. 11.

How it Happened
Alaska opened the scoring on Saturday night with a pair of first period goals. Luke Johnson tallied both to make it 2-0 Nanooks 11:48 into the game. The first was redirected off of his skate on a Dean Spak shot. Johnson cemented himself out front of the net before angling the puck into the back of the net. Nearly seven minutes later he found the back of the net again. Spak found him once again and Johnson quickly made it 2-0 Nanooks. 

Simon Fraser struck back with a goal less than two minutes later, making it 2-1 going into the first intermission. 

Haden Kruse extended the lead to 3-1 4:22 into the second before Fyodor Nikolayenya and Brendan Ross made it 4-1 and 5-1 before the second intermission. In the third, SFU pulled to within two at 5-3 but with 54 seconds remaining, Bryce Monrean scored one final time, giving the Nanooks a 6-3 exhibition win. 

Inside the Numbers

• Alaska outshot SFU 35-32, one night after posting 55 SOG. Alaska put up 12 shots in the first, 10 in the second and 13 in the third.
• Simon Fraser had 11 in the first and second period before 10 in the third.
• Lassi Lehti got the start for the Nanooks. He made 20 saves in net before Cole Plowman played the final 28:21 of the contest. Plowman made nine saves, one in the second and eight in the third.
• Both sides had plenty of penalties. The Red Leafs had 10 called for 34 PIM while the Nanooks had nine called for 29 PIM. SFU went 1-6 on the power play and the 'Nooks went 1-8.
• The Nanooks dominated the faceoff circle again, winning 42 and dropping 24. Dean Spak went 14-4 in the circle. William Lawson-Body went 10-7.

What's to Come
The Nanooks are back in regular-season action next weekend for a single-game at UAA. 

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