Alaska Anchorage scored three times in the final seven minutes of the first period and beat Lake Superior State 5-2 on Friday night at the Avis Alaska Sports Complex in Anchorage. Markus Loponen and Adam Belusko scored their first goals of the season for the Lakers, and Charles Savoie assisted on both in the opener of a two-game, non-conference series.
How the goals came
The Seawolves broke a scoreless game at 13:11 of the first period on Rhett Ravndahl’s goal, assisted by Jalen Bianchet and Ethan Neutens. Tye Spencer added a power-play goal 53 seconds later, and Oren Shtrom scored short-handed and unassisted with seven seconds left in the period for a 3-0 lead.
Lake Superior State answered 1:36 into the second when Loponen scored from Raoul Boilard and Savoie. Jacob Terpstra restored the three-goal cushion on another Anchorage power play at 5:07, but Belusko cut it to 4-2 at 7:50, with Savoie and Calem Mangone assisting. Neutens closed the scoring at 10:34 of the third.
In goal and on special teams
Anders Miller made 15 saves for the Lakers. Joey Rocha stopped 20 shots for Anchorage, and Lake Superior State outshot the Seawolves 22-20, including 7-3 in the third period. Special teams decided the night: Anchorage went 2-for-5 on the power play and added the short-handed goal, while the Lakers finished 0-for-5. Karter McNarland had three assists for the Seawolves, and Shtrom had a goal and two assists.
Savoie, who had five points on the opening weekend at Lindenwood, continues to drive the Lakers’ offense.
What’s next
The teams meet again Saturday at 3 p.m. Alaska time (7 p.m. Eastern), streaming on FloHockey. Lake Superior State then opens its home schedule Oct. 23-24 against Bowling Green at Taffy Abel Arena.
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