ANCHORAGE - The Nanooks hockey team picked up a 4-1 win over Alaska Anchorage in game three of the Alaska Airlines Governor's Cup. With the win, the Nanooks are 2-0-1 against their in-state rivals and hold a 7-2 points advantage through three games.
How it Happened
The Nanooks opened the scoring up in the first period on a
Tommy Cronin goal.
Caelum Dick dished the puck to
Noah Barlage in the Nanooks defensive zone before snapping an up-ice pass to Cronin near the slot. The rookie turned and put a wristshot past UAA netminder Tyler Krivtsov to make it 1-0 6:41 into the first. That score lasted until the 4:50 mark of the second period when
Alexander Malinowski extended the lead to 2-0.
Cade Ahrenholz intercepted an errant pass by UAA and Malinowski fired a shot from the faceoff circle to the right of Krivtsov for the goal.
UAA would get one back as
Luke Johnson beat
Lassi Lehti on a breakaway opportunity, cutting the lead in half 17:37 into the second.
In the third, while on the power play,
Michael Citara scored the third goal for Alaska. His goal came 4:23 into the final period. Down the stretch, Alaska added one more.
Jhett Larson knocked the puck off of a UAA stick and tracked it down ice, scoring the unassisted empty-netter to make it a 4-1 victory for the Blue and Gold.
Inside the Numbers
- The Nanooks owned the dot tonight, winning 30 of 54 faceoffs. Dean Spak won nine of 13 bouts. Chase Dafoe followed with eight wins in 15 attempts.
- Lassi Lehti made 18 saves in the win tonight. He only saw four shots in the first before making seven saves in the second and third periods.
- Alaska blocked 14 shots tonight. UAA blocked 11 shots. Tommy Cronin led the way with three blocked shots.
- The Nanooks had 27 shots on goal tonight. They posted seven in the first and 10 in the second and third.
- Cade Ahrenholz, Noah Barlage, Chase Dafoe, Caelum Dick, and Nathan Rickey earned assists in the victory tonight.
- Alaska was successful in their lone power play tonight. They went 1-1 and UAA was 0-2 on the power play.
What's Next
The Nanooks and Seawolves face off again tomorrow night at 5 p.m. in the Sullivan Arena. Tune in on the UAA Seawolves YouTube channel to watch or listen to KSUA 91.5 FM for
Bruce Cech's call of the game.
Follow the 'Nooks
IG - @NanooksHockey
X - @NanooksHockey
FB - Alaska Nanooks Hockey
