FAIRBANKS - The Alaska Nanooks made it five-straight wins on Friday, March 3. After falling behind early, the Nanooks rallied for four-straight goals for a 4-1 victory on home-ice. The win moved the Nanooks to 21-10-2 on the season and 9-2-1 on home ice.
Lindenwood got the scoring started 10:13 into the first period on an Adam Conquest goal from Mitch Allard and Coltan Wilkie. Conquest beat Nanooks' netminder Matt Radomsky from his right from inside the point for the 1-0. Their 1-0 lead stood through the first intermission. In the first, Alaska went 0/2 on the power play and managed to kill the lone Lindenwood opportunity in the opening 20 minutes. 2:50 into the second, the Nanooks found the equalizer. A.J. Macaulay scored his second-career goal off of a Kyle Gaffney shot that bounced in front of the net. After the puck was played from the crease, Macaulay put the goal away, making it 1-1.
Only 2:05 later, the Nanooks found the lead. Payton Matsui played the puck to Anton Rubtsov for a shot, after his shot was saved by Trent Burnham, the puck settled in the slot where Karl Falk sniped one by Burnham for the lead and game-winner. The Nanooks kept playing add-on as with just under 40 seconds remaining in the second, Brady Risk tallied the third of the period. Alaska went 0/1 on the power play in the second period. Alaska took a 3-1 lead into the third and 18:42 into the period, Harrison Israels put the icing on the cake with the fourth goal of the night. Brady Risk and Jonny Sorenson tallied the assists on the final goal of the night. On the night, Alaska managed to kill all five power-play opportunities for Lindenwood.
In net, Matt Radomsky finished with 12 saves, making three saves in the first, five in the second and four in the third. Alaska finished the night with 51 shots-on-goal and Burnham's 47 saves was the most since Atte Tolvanen of NMU made 48 saves on Feb. 11, 2017.
Alaska wraps up the Lindenwood series and regular-season tomorrow at 7:07 p.m. in the Carlson Center for Senior Night.
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