The University of Alaska (Fairbanks) locked up its 10th consecutive Governors Cup with a 6-1 victory over visiting rival Alaska Anchorage at the Carlson Center on Saturday night. The Nanooks had moved with one win of the title following a come-from-behind 5-2 victory over UAA on Friday night.
Steven Jandric tallied a natural hat trick for the Nanooks in the third period in the opener to break a 2-2 tie, after the visiting Seawolves had taken a 2-0 lead. The two rivals combined for a total of 48 separate penalties on the night.
UAA then jumped out to a 1-0 advantage on Saturday, only to have the Nanooks score six unanswered goals the rest of the way. Roberts Kaļķis notched two goals for Alaska and set up another, while Anton Martinsson stopped 49 of 52 shots on the weekend for the Nanooks.
Both Alaska schools qualified for the WCHA tournament, which features all its games played on member campuses at the site of the higher seed. Alaska (16-13-5 overall, 14-9-5-2 WCHA) finished in fourth place in the league standings and will host Bowling Green in a best-of-three series this weekend, while UAA (4-23-7, 4-18-6-3) will visit top-seeded Mankato State.
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