Palmer 2, Homer 1, OT

The Moose notched an overtime victory over the Mariners last Thursday at the MTA Event Center in Railbelt Conference play.

Homer dropped to 4-7-1 overall and 3-2-1 in the league.

Brock Barth, assisted by Owen Pitzman and Matfey Reutov, put Homer up 1-0 in the second period, but Stuart McQuillin had things square by the end of the period.

With 4:32 left in overtime, Gavin Gore scored unassisted for the game-winner for the Moose.

Keegan Strong saved 28 for Homer, while Joshua Horacek stopped 11 for Palmer.

Moose 2, Mariners 1, OT

Homer 0 1 0 0 —1

Palmer 0 1 0 1 —2

First period — none. Penalties — Homer 1 for 2:00; Palmer 3 for 6:00.

Second period — 1. Homer, Barth (Pitzman, Reutove), 1:38; 2. Palmer, McQuillin (K. Greco), 13:12. Penalties — none.

Third period — none. Penalties — none.

Overtime — 3. Palmer, Gore (un.), 3:28. Penalties — none.

Shots on goal — Homer 3-2-7—12; Palmer 10-9-10-1—30.

Goalies — Homer, Strong (30 shots, 28 saves); Palmer, Jo. Horacek (12 shots, 11 saves).

Houston 5, Soldotna 2

The Houston hockey team defeated Soldotna 5-2 last Thursday in Railbelt Conference action at the Big Lake Rec Center.

Daniel Matveev dominated the game for the Hawks, scoring all five goals to drop the Stars to 7-5 overall and 2-1 in the league. Houston also had defeated Soldotna 5-0 on Saturday in the final of the Big Lake Lions Classic.

After a scoreless first period, Matveev opened up the scoring with 10:59 left in the second period. A little over five minutes later, Matveev would have a hat trick and the Hawks would have a 3-0 lead.

Soldotna battled back, starting with a goal by Josh O’Lena, assisted by Kyle Howell, with 47 seconds left in the second period. With 8:14 left in the game, Dylan Dahlgren scored unassisted to cut the gap to 3-2.

Matveev then got going again to finish things off, scoring at the 5:25 and 1:21 marks.

Ari Burnside had 12 saves to record the win for the Hawks, while Ayden See stopped 32 for the Stars.

Thursday

Hawks 5, Stars 2

Soldotna 0 1 1 —2

Houston 0 3 2 —5

First period — none. Penalties — none.

Second period — 1. Houston, Matveev (Reutov), 4:01; 2. Houston, Matveev (Richard), 7:03; 3. Houston, Matveev (Konev, Kuzmin), 9:13; 4. Soldotna, O’Lena (Howell), 14:13. Penalties — Soldotna 4 for 8:00; Homer 2 for 4:00.

Third period — 5. Soldotna, Dahlgren (un.), 6:46; 6. Houston, Matveev (Efimov), 9:35; 7. Houston, Matveev (un.), sh, 13:39. Penalties — Soldotna 1 for 2:00; Houston 3 for 6:00.

Shots on goal — Soldotna 4-4-6—14; Houston 7-21-9—37.

Goalies — Soldotna, See (37 shots, 32 saves); Houston, Burnside (14 shots, 12 saves).