JDHS Hockey Team Ends Ice Trip
The Juneau-Douglas Crimson Bears hockey team is shown in action against Kenai on Saturday. (photo courtesy JDHS)
Juneau, Alaska (KINY) – Juneau-Douglas High School: The Yadaa.at Kale hockey team ended their trip to the Kenai Peninsula with valuable experience and stiff competition, but three losses against opponents from the Railbelt Conference, notably against Soldotna 4-3 on Friday and 3-1 at Kenai on Saturday.
The statistics sheets for the Friday and Saturday games were not available at the time of publication. Look for a story and an interview soon on kinyradio.com. JDHS also lost to Soldotna 4-2 on Thursday. A story about this game is on kinyradio.com.
JDHS is 3-6-1 overall and 3-5-1 in the Railbelt Conference. The Crimson Bears lost to DI Wasilla, 8-3, on the road. In conference, the Crimson Bears beat Homer 4-2, tied Homer 2-2, lost to Homer 4-3 and lost to Kenai 5-4, all on the road. They beat Kodiak 6-2, 8-1 at Treadwell Arena. They lost to Soldotna 4-2 and 4-3 and Kenai 3-1, all on the road.
JDHS ends its season at home, hosting DII Railbelt Conference rival Palmer on January 14 and 15, Friday and Saturday; DII Aurora Conference, enemy of Tri-Valley from January 15 to 17, and DII Railbelt leader, Houston, from January 28 to 29 for the senior evening.
The DII State Hockey Championships will be held February 3-5 at the Curtis Menard Sports Complex in Wasilla. The top three teams from Railbelt and Aurora qualify automatically. The two general offers are decided from a group of fourth and fifth places in these conferences.
The winner of the DII tournament will compete at the DI State Hockey Championships February 10-12 in Wasilla.
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