High School Sports

Dimond maintains lead in CIC hockey race

Two Cook Inlet Conference hockey teams remained undefeated in conference play through the first weekend of December.

The Dimond Lynx (7-0) continue their conference lead with 14 points.

The South Wolverines (5-0) and West Eagles (5-1) were tied for second with 10 points going into Tuesday's matchup between the two squads.

But the Wolverines are the only team without a blemish on their record. South was undefeated overall at 9-0 heading into Tuesday. Dimond owns a 10-1 overall record.

The Wolverines and Lynx each boast two goalies with better than .900 save percentages in the CIC.

Dimond's Matthew Driskell and South's Alex Pavia lead the conference at .962.

South's Zane Anderson (.941) and Dimond's Gabi Gibson (.919) have also proven reliable in the net.

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Cook Inlet Conference hockey

Standings (through Dec. 4 games)

Dimond           7-0 (14 points)
South               5-0 (10)
West                5-1 (10)
Chugiak           3-3 (6)
Eagle River      2-4 (4)
Service             2-5 (4)
Bartlett            0-5 (0)
East                  0-6 (0)

Last week's scores

West 10, Bartlett 3
Chugiak 11, East 1
South 4, Service 1
Dimond 3, Eagle River 2
South 5, Chugiak 2
Dimond 8, East 3

This week's games

Tuesday — West vs. South, 6:30 p.m., Ben Boeke Arena

Wednesday — Bartlett vs. Eagle River, 6:30 p.m., Ben Boeke Arena

Thursday — East vs. West, 6:30 p.m., Ben Boeke Arena

Friday — Dimond vs. Bartlett, 6:30 p.m., Ben Boeke Arena

Saturday — South vs. East, 6:30 p.m., Ben Boeke Arena

Points leaders

Luke Momblow, Chugiak, 17
Gavan Hardy, Dimond, 16
Grant Epple, Chugiak, 15
Daniel Casey, Chugiak, 13
Blake Hausinger, Dimond, 13
Chase Schwamm, West, 12
Tyler Graeber, Dimond, 10
Connor Orr, South, 10
Hunter Schmitz, South, 10

Goaltenders (save percentage)

Matthew Driskell, Dimond (3-0 record), .962
Alex Pavia, South (1-0), .962
Zane Anderson, South (3-0), .941
Connor Batman, West (1-10, .922
Gabi Gibson, Dimond (4-0), .919
Ryan Gray, Eagle River (1-4), .904
Jordan Watson, Service (1-2), .896
Brendan Whetsell, Eagle River (1-0), .882

(Statistics and standings are based on information reported to the Cook Inlet Conference through Dec. 4)

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