...Arctic Winter Games instead of the "Canadian Idol" TV show. Photo By Charlotte Nicolet Multitalented Bracken Burns, speed-skater of Northern Alberta, had to make a choice between skating with the Northern Alberta team at the Arctic Winter Games, or singing...

After not scoring in their previous three North Star Conference games, the Soldotna hockey team closed out the regular season with a 3-1 victory over Kenai Central on Friday at the Soldotna Sports Center. The Stars finished 4-2-4 in the North Star Conference, which will be good for the No. 2 seed when the conference tourney starts Thursday in the Matanuska-Susitna valleys. Soldotna wasted just 21 seconds in getting off of the NSC scoring schneid when Nick Wrobel found Jonas Perletti for a goal.

The Soldotna Stars found a way to play one more game of the hockey season by defeating West Valley 5-4 in overtime on Friday at the ASAA First National Cup state tournament at the Curtis Menard Sports Complex in Wasilla.

Soldotna came within one period of potentially taking home fourth-place honors at the ASAA First National Cup state tournament on Saturday, but before five minutes were up in the third period, Lathrop struck a blow to those chances.

...blistering invective I shot her way a week ago when she abruptly decided to turn our neatly plowed driveway into something a speed skater couldn't traverse without crampons. I mean, what's up with that?I'm starting to think Mother Nature has gone Sybil...

...below five power plays per game.Despite dressing only 17 skaters and two goalies due to injury, the Brown Bears mounted a charge...overtime this season in three tries.The Bears dressed only 16 skaters and two goaltenders for the game."There were also a couple...

...outshot Kenai 25-20 in the tie. The Knights beat Kenai 11-0 earlier this season.Ben Mills had 22 saves for Kenai.Wasilla skaters topple SoldotnaThe Wasilla hockey team jumped out to a 3-0 lead in defeating Soldotna on Thursday at the Soldotna Sports...

...lead the division with 50 points, while Fairbanks has 43, Kenai River has 32 and Fresno has 21. The Bears dressed only 16 skaters and two goaltenders for the game. Forward Dylan Meier was out with a concussion, while Albin Karlsson continues to be sidelined...

Playing with only seven skaters and a goalie finally caught...three lines of pretty good skaters and that Palmer rink's a...says he's an exceptional skater and that he made an impression...times, they had only five skaters and a goalie. "Pretty good...

...war paint before a battle, and all the skaters were dressed in the common Derby garb...Tape. Before the bout started, all the skaters lined up on the side of the track so the referees could check their pads. Some skaters had to replace pads that were too beaten...