PALMER — Sean Muller took control of the play early in the overtime and now the Kenai River Brown Bears are in control of the race for the fourth and final North American Hockey League West Division playoff berth.

Muller beat three Alaska players and scored just more than two minutes into the extra period to give the Bears a 3-2 overtime win over the Alaska Avalanche at the MTA Events Center in Palmer on Friday.

Muller’s goal lifted Kenai River to 30-25-4 overall and with 64 points. The Bears now sit in a fourth-place tie with the Fresno (Calif.) Monsters.

WASILLA — Tom Berg likes to compare his team to a chocolate chip cookie.
Sure, everybody loves the chocolate chips. But there are other ingredients that also help make it a good cookie.
On Thursday, a few of the other ingredients in the Colony recipe helped ensure the Knights didn’t crumble.

PALMER — With his team locked in a battle with the Fresno (Calif.) Monsters in a race for the fourth and final postseason berth from the North American Hockey League West Division, Kenai River head coach Oliver David will take any point he can get.

And David is certainly loving taking three key points back to the Kenai Peninsula. Kenai River moved into a fourth-place tie with Fresno after a 5-2 win over the Alaska Avalanche at the MTA Events Center in Palmer.

ANCHORAGE — Mononucleosis couldn’t knock out Tyler Adams. Neither could a defending state champion.
In the lone match of the final round that featured two defending state champs, Adams edged Soldotna senior Auston Tennis 9-7 in the 145-pound final of the ASAA/First National Bank State Wrestling Championships at Bartlett High School in Anchorage.
The Wasilla senior earned a pair of near-fall points during the final seconds of the match to win his second straight state title, and block Tennis from scoring back-to-back titles.