The University of Alaska (Fairbanks) Nanooks claimed
their seventh consecutive Governor’s Cup with a 3-2 victory over in-state rival
Alaska Anchorage on Friday night at the Carlson Center in Fairbanks. For good
measure on Saturday night, they posted another 3-2 victory while also claiming
the final Western Collegiate Hockey Association playoff spot and ending the Seawolves’ 2015-16 season.
Peter Krieger's third-period power-play goal with
just over five minutes remaining in regulation Friday stood up as the
game-winner for Alaska (10-20-4 overall, 8-16-4 WCHA), while Davis Jones made
28 saves for the Nanooks. Jones finished with 19 stops on Saturday, and made an
early third-period score by Justin Woods stand up as the decisive marker shortly
after UAA (11-20-3, 8-18-2) had forged a 2-2 tie. Woods sat out last season
while being treated for Ewing’s Sarcoma.
Alaska is 3-3-0 in its last six outings overall following a
five-game losing skid. The Seawolves, meanwhile, lost 13 of their final 16 games to fall
out of playoff contention. UAA needed just two points over the weekend to
advance to the postseason, and also went 0-3-1 overall against the Nanooks this season.
Alaska will now face top-seeded and 13th-ranked
Michigan Tech in a best-of-three WCHA series beginning on Friday in Houghton,
Mich. The Huskies defeated the visiting Nanooks on Feb. 26-27 by 6-5 and 3-2
scores. Alaska missed the playoffs last season due to NCAA sanctions.
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