HOUGHTON, Mich. - The Nanooks hockey team fell to Michigan Tech 4-2 on Saturday, Oct. 17. Alaska is now 1-5-0 through three weeks of the 2026-27 season.
Michigan Tech scored first, taking a 1-0 lead into the first intermission. Noah Reinhart scored 14:51 into the first. The Nanooks found an equalizer 11:55 into the second period as
Jack Rogers scored his first goal with the Nanooks.
Max Rud and
Lukas Klemm earned the assists. The 1-1 tie stood into the third before
Rylen Roersma picked up his first goal of the season 4:37 into the third period. Roersma's goal was unassisted.
Less than three minutes later, the Huskies tied it back up at 2-2 on the power play. Luke Shipley made it 3-2 MTU 7:05 into the third stanza. Shipley followed up his first goal with a second 14:11 into the third. That goal was the eventual game-winner before Carson Birnie scored an empty-net goal 19:22.8 into the third for a 4-2 final score.
Inside the Numbers
- The Nanooks put up 32 shots on goal in game two. They posted 11 in the first, 11 in the second, and 10 in the third.
- Rylen Roersma won 12 of 23 faceoffs tonight to lead the Nanooks on the dot. As a team, Alaska won 30 of 71.
- Tyler Shea stopped 29 shots in net tonight for the Nanooks.
- Four Nanooks tallied a point tonight on Rogers' and Roerma's goals. Klemm and Rud tallied assists.
- Alaska was 0-2 on the power play tonight and 1-2 on the penalty kill.
What's Next
The Nanooks have a bye week next weekend before going on the road at Dartmouth and Stonehill to end October and open up November.
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