Connor Sperry scored two goals in the final minute of play as the Eagle River boys hockey team rallied for a dramatic 6-5 win over Juneau at the End of The Road Shootout in Homer.

Sperry tied the game with 42.3 seconds left, then scored the game-winner with 19.7 clicks on the clock to complete a hat trick.

Dominic Thompson, Hunter Gally and Ben Russell also had goals for the Wolves, who outshot Juneau 56-17.

Eagle River tied Hutchison 5-5 in the first game of the Shootout on Thursday and face Homer today. Hutchison beat Homer 7-1 in Friday's other contest.

Eagle River 1 2 3 -- 6

Juneau 2 1 2 -- 5

First Period -- 1, Juneau, Champman (Woodby) 8:05; 2, Eagle River, Thompson (Russell) 11:32; 3, Juneau, Held, 11:39. Penalties -- Eagle River 0 for 0. Juneau 1 for 2.

Second Period -- 4, Eagle River, Russell (Younger) 2:44; 5, Eagle River, Sperry (Wood, Russell) 9:44; 6, Juneau, Kenyon (Budbill) 13:23. Penalties -- Eagle River 1 for 2. Juneau 1 for 2.

Third Period -- 7, Eagle River, Gally (Wescott) 6:38; 8, Juneau, Held (Carnahan, Mow) 8:51; 9, Juneau, Holbrook (Woodby) 12:32; 10, Eagle River, Sperry (Russell, Ghan) 14:18; 11, Eagle River, Sperry (Wood) 14:41.

Goalies -- Eagle River, Haken (5-3-4--12). Juneau, Cheeseman (18-18-14--50).

Service 6, Soldotna 1

Service got two goals each from Jeremy Smith and Bering Halloran Friday to take a 6-1 nonconference win over Soldotna at Ben Boeke Arena. Service, which outshot Soldotna 40-12, also got goals from Cody Hansen and Kyle Coryell.

Josh Kerkvliet had the lone Soldotna goal.

Service 0 1 5 -- 6

Soldotna 0 0 1 -- 1

First Period -- None. Penalties -- Service 2 for 4. Soldotna 0 for 0.

Second Period -- 1, Service, Halloran (Crabb, Deak), 9:06. Penalties -- Service 5 for 10. Soldotna 6 for 12.

Third Period -- 2, Service, Halloran (Deak), 12:38; 3, Service, Smith (Prestegard), 11:34; 4, Soldotna, Kerkvliet (Stone, Waters), 9:19; 5, Hansen (Cronin), 4:32; 6, Service, Smith (Prestegard), 3:19; 7, Service, Coryell (Munoz), :22 . Penalties -- Service 3 for 6. Soldotna 0 for 0.

Goalies -- Service, Gongora (4-3-4--11). Soldotna, Pearson (11-15-8--34).

South 2, Wasilla 1

Sage Welch scored an unassisted goal with less than two minutes remaining to lift South to a 2-1 win at Wasilla.

The Wolverines trailed 1-0 before a goal by Tayler Wells knotted the score midway through the third period. Welch then got the game-winner with 1:55 left on the clock.

Ryan Lund made 20 saves to pick up the win in net for South.

South 0 0 2 -- 2

Wasilla 1 0 0 -- 1

First Period -- 1, Wasilla, Wohlers 3:19.

Second Period -- No scoring.

Third Period -- 2, South, Wells (Onstott) 6:28; 3, South, Welch 13:05.

Goalies -- South, Lund (6-5-9--20). Wasilla, Yaskus (7-10-13--30).

Dimond 9, Kenai 1

Tyler Shamburg's hat trick and Tyler Andrews' two goals and one assist led Dimond to a 9-1 victory over Kenai.

The Lynx outshot the Kardinals 43-13.

Kenai 1 0 0 -- 1

Dimond 3 2 4 -- 7

First Period -- 1, Dimond, Robinson (St. John, Williams) 2:48; 2, Dimond, Clapper (Thompson) 4:18; 3, Dimond, Shamburg (Fairchild, Andrews) 10:24; 4, Kenai, Hendricks (Zulkanycz) 13:42. Penalties -- Dimond 0 for 0. Kenai 1 for 2..

Second Period -- 5, Dimond, Thompson, 11:07; 6, Dimond, Dunlap (Crew) 14:26. Penalties -- Dimond 1 for 2. Kenai 3 for 14.

Third Period -- 7, Dimond, Shamburg (Schnell, Fairchild) 2:07 (pp); 8, Dimond, Shamburg, 2:18; 9, Dimond, Andrews (Williams) 4:49 (pp); 10, Dimond, Andrews, 9:57.

Goalies -- Kenai, Kemsen (16-16-11--43). Dimond, Rubey (3-1-9--13).

West 5, West Valley 4, OT

An overtime goal by Alec Butcher kept West unbeaten with a 5-4 overtime win over West Valley in Fairbanks.

West Valley led 2-0 at the end of the first period. West scored the next four goals, taking a 4-2 lead in the third period before the host Wolfpack rallied to force overtime with two goals in the final 21/2 minutes of play.

Butcher finished with two goals in the contest. Dylan Wisthoff, Jack Petrino and Luc Johnson also scored for the Eagles (7-0-1).

Blake Mendenhall made 27 saves for the Eagles.

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