The visiting Kenai River Brown Bears split a season-opening North American Hockey League series with the Chippewa (Wisconsin) Steel after losing 4-0 Saturday.<\/p>\n
“They got a power-play goal, a couple of turnovers and odd-man rushes, and they were able to capitalize,” Kenai River head coach Darren Banks said. “Give credit to Chippewa. They played well tonight.<\/p>\n
“We didn’t execute the same way we did last night on the goal-scoring front.”<\/p>\n
Jake Hutchen put the Steel up 1-0 after the first period.<\/p>\n
Kevin Lysohir scored twice in the second period, once on the power play with just 6 seconds left in the period.<\/p>\n
Banks said his squad didn’t quit after the late goal in the second period.<\/p>\n
“We battled all the way to the end,” he said. “I actually thought the start of the third period was probably our best hockey that we played tonight.”<\/p>\n
Lukas Bellinger had the final tally for the Steel.<\/p>\n
Alex Reedy had the 33-save shutout for Chippewa, while Mitchell Mccusker stopped 15 for the Bears.<\/p>\n
“We all just want to reset and get back to work,” Banks said. “We’ve got an off day tomorrow and we get back to work Monday.”<\/p>\n
The Bears stay on the road to face the Wisconsin Windigo on Saturday at 4:35 p.m. AKDT.<\/p>\n
Saturday<\/p>\n
Steel 4, Brown Bears 0<\/p>\n
Ken 0 0 0 —0<\/p>\n
Chi 1 2 1 —4<\/p>\n
First period — 1. Chippewa, Hutchen (Jalbert, Vogl), 2:01. Penalties — Kenai River 3 for 6:00; Chippewa 1 for 2:00.<\/p>\n
Second period — 2. Chippewa, Lysohir (Jalbert, Schulte), 16:45. 3. Chippewa, Lysohir (Jalbert, Schulte), pp, 19:54. Penalties — Kenai River 2 for 4:00; Chippewa 2 for 4:00.<\/p>\n
Third period — 4. Chippewa, Bellinger (Kindseth), 10:41. Penalties — Kenai River 2 for 4:00; Chippewa 2 for 4:00.<\/p>\n
Shots on goal — Kenai River 15-9-9—33; Chippewa 10-4-5—19.<\/p>\n
Goalies — Kenai River, Mccusker (19 shots, 15 saves); Chippewa, Reedy (33 shots, 33 saves).<\/p>\n
Power plays — Kenai River 0 for 4; Chippewa 1 for 6.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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