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Friday hockey: Houston takes down Homer in nonconference play

Published 10:30 pm Wednesday, January 22, 2025

Homer's Zane Barth tries to poke the puck away from Houston's Daniel Matveev during an 8-2 loss to the Hawks Friday, Jan. 17, 2024, at the Menard Arena in Wasilla, Alaska. (Bruce Eggleston/matsusports.net)
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Homer's Zane Barth tries to poke the puck away from Houston's Daniel Matveev during an 8-2 loss to the Hawks Friday, Jan. 17, 2024, at the Menard Arena in Wasilla, Alaska. (Bruce Eggleston/matsusports.net)
Homer’s Zane Barth tries to poke the puck away from Houston’s Daniel Matveev during an 8-2 loss to the Hawks Friday, Jan. 17, 2024, at the Menard Arena in Wasilla, Alaska. (Bruce Eggleston/matsusports.net)

The Mariners fell to 1-12 with the Friday nonconference loss to the Hawks in Wasilla.

Reace Brothers made 45 saves for Homer, while Cohen Boyd and River Henry had goals for Homer.

Daniel Matveev had four goals for Houston, while Andrey Efimov had two and Zasim Konev and Daniel Kuzmin each had one. Dylan Shaffer made 13 saves.

Hawks 8, Mariners 2

Hom 2 0 0 —2

Hou 3 2 3 —8

First period — 1. Homer, Boyd (Pitzman, Pearson), 2:00. 2. Houston, Konev (McDonnell, Kuzmin), 4:57. 3. Houston, Efimov (Matveev, Konev), 8:47. 4. Houston, Matveev (Konev, Efimov), 11:00. 5. Homer, Henry (Pitzman, Barth), 12:22. Penalties — none.

Second period — 6. Houston, Kuzmin (Matveev), 3:28. 7. Houston, Efimov (Hunter, Matveev), 11:03. Penalties — none.

Third period — 8. Houston, Matveev (Konev, Efimov), 3:03. 9. Houston, Matveev (Konev, Efimov), 4:19. 10. Houston, Matveev (Efimov, McDonnell), 11:45. Penalties — none.

Shots on goal — Homer 6-4-5—15; Houston 22-16-15—53.

Goalies — Homer, Brothers (53 shots, 45 saves); Houston, Shaffer (15 shots, 13 saves).