And now this dispatch from our Fairbanks hockey bureau, which is me sitting in an empty Sullivan Arena looking up a bunch of stuff on the computer. Why, yes, it is impressive.
In any event, hard times of late for the UAF Nanooks. They lost 3-2 to visiting Bowling Green in a WCHA game tonight and have lost five straight games since opening the season with five straight wins.
The Nanooks (5-5-0, 0-4-0 WCHA) didn't do themselves any favors by falling behind 3-0 inside two minutes of the second period. They rallied on goals 42 seconds apart from Marcus Basara and Garrick Perry midway through the second period -- Tyler Morley and Nolan Kaiser assisted on both goals -- but couldn't get over the hump even as they outshot BG 17-8 in the third period. Bowling Green's Tommy Burke stopped 36 shots.
In the NAHL, the Kenai River Brown Bears, who were pole-axed 9-1 by the Fairbanks Ice Dogs on Friday, owned a 4-3 lead over the Ice Dogs after two periods in Fairbanks tonight. Then the Ice Dogs pounced for five third-period goals and snatched an 8-5 win that marked their ninth straight victory.
Chandler Madry -- and now I wonder how many times I have incorrectly typed "Mabry,'' -- sorry, dude -- bagged two goals and two helpers for Fairbanks, Ethan Somoza went 2-1--3 and +4, and Hans Gorowsky furnished two goals.
Stick-tap to Tim Miller of akhockey.com for pointing out Madry leads the circuit in scoring with 9-22--31 totals in 21 games. Probably worth point out that those totals come after he went 8-17--25 in 48 games for Fairbanks last season, when the Ice Dogs won the league title.
Also, Somoza sits second with 11-14--25 totals in 21 games, a nice boost after his 10-11--21 totals in 46 games last season. Finally, checking in tied for fourth in league scoring is Odessa's Kenny Hausinger of Anchorage, who has furnished 10-14--24 totals in 18 games.