<\/a>Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé senior Luke Bovitz (4) battles for a goal against Wasilla juniors Evan Owen (21), goalie Carson Branholm (31) and Chase Malstrom (8) during the Crimson Bears’ 3-1 win over the Warriors at Treadwell Ice Arena on Saturday. (Klas Stolpe \/ Juneau Empire)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
The Crimson Bears only needed one stanza to work ice magic and they put three goals on target for the win.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
Bovitz tied the game at 1-1 with 7:37 left in the game, assisted by senior Matthew Plang.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
Junior Elliot Welch gave JDHS the lead with a goal unassisted with 3:19 left and Bovitz put an icing on the win with a score in the final seven seconds assisted by senior Emilio Holbrook.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
Senior goalie Caleb Friend stopped 25 shots in the contest and Wasilla’s Carson Branholm 20.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
“We got what we needed this weekend,” JDHS coach Matt Boline said. “We got two really big wins, three out of four wins…four games in two days is tough no matter what. Tonight looked like we had some tired players out there and I guess they should be tired, they played a lot of hockey.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
The night cap against Tri-Valley would be the last high school home ice for the Crimson Bears senior class and all 10 were listed in the line up although the ice time was divided among 37 high school different players in the four-game series.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
“It was kind of a letdown after the two big wins we had against Wasilla this weekend,” Plang said of the Tri-Valley nightcap. “But everyone is just really tired after those two big wins and I think everyone left it all out there on the ice and we had fun. It wasn’t the result we wanted but it’s OK.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
Sophomore Drew Cadigan-McAdoo put the Crimson Bears up against the Tri-Valley Warriors with 2:56 remaining in the first period assisted by classmates Bryden Roberts and Bovitz.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
Tri-Valley scored three goals in the third period. The first came on a power play by Quincy Hjorth unassisted with 13:52 left in the stanza. The second by Taylor Eddington with seven minutes left assisted by Hjorth and Owen Jusczak. The third by Hjorth came with 4:11 left in the stanza assisted by Jusczak.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
<\/a>Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé senior goalie Caleb Friend keeps the puck out of the net during the Crimson Bears’ 3-1 win over the Warriors at Treadwell Ice Arena on Saturday. (Klas Stolpe \/ Juneau Empire)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
Tri-Valley hit again with 10:56 left in the third period as Mike Renshaw found the net unassisted.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
The final goal of the home high school season would find a fitting honoree as Bovitz put his last career home score in the net unassisted with 6:57 left in the stanza.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
Bovitz would be named the player of the game for JDHS.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
“This was pretty special,” Bovitz said. “It’s the last home game I’ll ever play. It’s an honor. It’s something that you strive for, you have to work for it and it is great to win, but it can always go to multiple people throughout a game.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
The Crimson Bears had goalie Taylor Petrie minding the net and the sophomore stopped an admirable 20 shots as did Tri-Valley’s more experienced Elijah Graham.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
“It was a big deal,” JDHS senior Loren Platt said of the weekend series. “We all grew up here as little guys watching high school hockey. It is kind of the biggest thing here, there’s not juniors, there’s not professionals…high school hockey is a big thing around here in Juneau. It is really interesting being a little guy, coming to all the games, watching the big players and now standing in these shoes, my last game, at home.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
Platt said he noticed the little guys in the stands Saturday.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
“There are always little ones on the stands, pounding on the glass as you’re running out the gates,” he said. “They’re always there, fist bumping…you can see the big smiles on their faces every game.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t