Saturday night nearly became known as the night the Kenai River Brown Bears defeated the Fairbanks Ice Dogs in a playoff series. However, central Peninsula residents are going to have to wait another 48 hours to see if they can do it.

The Kenai River Brown Bears snapped a four-game losing streak by defeating the Fresno (Calif.) Monsters 5-1 on Thursday at the Soldotna Sports Center. The same two teams drop the puck tonight and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at the sports center.

...Sullivan (Hartley), pp, 9:20; 11. Kenai River, Jackstadt (Butcher, Zulkanycz), pp, 11:24; 12. Kenai River, Duwe (Davidson, Walker), 19:55. Penalties - Wenatchee 6 for 12:00; Kenai River 6 for 12:00. Shots on goal...

...period - 3. Fairbanks, Meuller (Allison), 7:07; 4. Fairbanks, Allison (Birkinbine, Madry), 13:45; 5. Kenai River, Duwe (Butcher, Jackstadt), 16:57. Penalties - Kenai River 1 for 2:00; Fairbanks 1 for 2:00.Third period...

The Kenai River Brown Bears completed a two-game sweep of the Fairbanks Ice Dogs with a 5-2 victory Saturday at the Soldotna Sports Center in North American Hockey League action in front of 1,114 fans.

The Kenai River Brown Bears ended the first half of the North American Hockey League season by splitting a pair of games against the Wenatchee (Wash.) Wild on Friday and Saturday nights, taking a 5-3 win on Friday before suffering a 5-2 loss on Saturday at the Town Toyota Center in Wenatchee.

...Brown Bears 3 Kenai River 2 0 1 -3 1st period - 1. Wenatchee, Barber (Davis), shorthanded, 1:35; 2. Kenai River, Duwe (Seidel), 2:55; 3. Wenatchee, Kuchera (Roubos, Jones), 3:45; 4. Wenatchee, Barber (Davis, Abood...

...Fresno, Snyder (Herlofsky, Sherer), pp, 7:21; 5. Kenai River, Hodges (Walker, Butcher), 7:51; 6. Kenai River, Duwe (Kohls, Lazzaro), pp, 11:20; 7. Fresno, Wells (Fuller, Salituro), pp, 18:23. Penalties - Kenai...

...Fresno, Snyder (Herlofsky, Sherer), pp, 7:21; 5. Kenai River, Hodges (Walker, Butcher), 7:51; 6. Kenai River, Duwe (Kohls, Lazzaro), pp, 11:20; 7. Fresno, Wells (Fuller, Salituro), pp, 18:23. Penalties - Kenai...

The Kenai River Brown Bears got their road trip to Wenatchee (Wash.) off to a good start by defeating the Wenatchee Wild 5-3 on Friday night at the Town Toyota Center.