Homer hockey launches into season with Palmer Showdown

Homer’s hockey team came out of the Palmer Hockey Showdown with a 1-2 showing last weekend at the MTA Events Center.

The team started off with a loss to Dimond on Thursday, before coming back in a Friday match against Wasilla, which the Mariners won 3-1. The team’s final game against Colony, the team that won the round-robin tournament, was a loss of 3-1.

Full results are below:

Thursday— Dimond 9, Homer 2

First period — 1. Dimond: Dolan (Porter, Hall) 12:30; 2. Homer: Arno (Gilliand, Green) 11:46; 3. Dimond: Christiansen (Graeber, Miknich) 8:04; 4. Dimond: Hall (Reed, Porter) 4:31.

Second period — 5. Dimond: Porter (unassisted) 10:41; 6. Homer: Stineff (unassisted) 7:18; 7. Dimond: Hoey (Anaruk) 4:11;.

Third period — 8. Dimond: Maxwell (Novak, Sliwinski) 11:04; 9. Dimond: Anaruk (Novak) 10:47; 10. Dimond: Hoey (Thompson, Graeber) 9:14; 11. Dimond: Hall (Porter, Reed) 4:00.

Shots on goal: Homer 5-6-2—11, Dimond 20-22-16—58; Saves: Homer- Warren 17-20-12—49, Dimond- Kattness 4-5-2—11.

Friday— Homer 3, Wasilla 1

First period — 1. Wasilla: Bouma (Goff, Matson) 0:31.

Second period — 2. Homer: Ross (Pitzman, Nevak) 10:06; 3. Homer: Weston (Gilliand, Nevak) 2:21.

Third period — 4. Homer: Nevak (unassisted) 6:06.

Shots on goal: Wasilla 15-12-6—33, Homer 4-12-5—21; Saves: Wasilla- Campbell 4-10-4—18, Homer- Warren 14-12-6—32.

Saturday— Colony 3, Homer 1

First period — 1. Homer: Lowe (Pitzman, Nevak) 2:35; 2. Colony: Reid (Jellich, Ewing) 1:08.

Second period — 3. Colony: Diltz (Reid, McLaughlin) 12:09.

Third period — 4. Colony: MacDonald (McLaughlin) 7:03.

Shots on goal: Colony 13-12-11—36, Homer 8-5-5—18; Saves: Colony- Marks 7-5-5—17, Homer- Warren 12-12-10—33.

The Homer hockey team will host the End of the Road Shootout this weekend starting today at the Kevin Bell Arena. Homer plays against Service at 7:30 p.m. tonight, plays Kenai at 7:30 p.m. Friday and faces off against Wasilla at 12:20 p.m. Saturday.