Anchorage Wolverines

The Wolverines advance to play the winner of the Fairbanks Ice Dogs and Minnesota Wilderness in the Robertson Cup playoffs.

For the second straight night, the Wolverines broke a 1-1 tie with a third-period goal.

The Wolverines travel to Springfield, Illinois, for first-round NAHL playoff games starting Thursday.

The NAHL’s two northern-most members split their first series with the next meetings set for after the week of Thanksgiving at the Big Dipper Ice Arena.

Playing against his hometown team, Camden Shasby delivers the dagger in the second period of the Ice Dogs’ 3-1 win in the North American Hockey League.

The North American Hockey League clubs play Friday in what will be the first game between the junior teams in Alaska’s two biggest cities.

The North American Hockey League wing wasn’t drafted but now has 15 goals in 16 games.

The road win gave the expansion junior hockey franchise its first triumph over one of its Alaska rivals in the North American Hockey League.

The Kenai River Brown Bears got 35 saves from Bryant Marks of Wasilla to beat their new in-state rivals from Anchorage 4-1 in the first meeting of the North American Hockey League teams.

The Anchorage junior-league players improved to 7-4-1 as they belted the Springfield Blues 4-1 to cap a weekend home series.

The Anchorage Wolverines beat Springfield Jr. Blues 6-2 in front of a capacity crowd at Ben Boeke Ice Arena on Friday night.

Talon Sigurdson netted his second hat trick of the season in the 7-1 victory.

The teams play the third and final game of their series Saturday in Wisconsin.

The game was the first in a three-game North American Hockey League series in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin.

Anchorage is 2-3 in the North American Hockey League heading into a Saturday afternoon rematch.

The first-year team is on the road this week for two games against the Minnesota Magicians.

Talon Sigurdson notched his fourth goal in as many games for the Wolverines.

The Wolverines took a 1-0 win over the Wichita Warriors for their second straight victory.

The Wolverines moved to 1-1 on the season with a one-goal victory Thursday in Minnesota.

Talon Sigurdson notched a hat trick for Anchorage in the 4-3 loss.

The first-year North American Hockey League franchise stayed even in the first and third periods but gave up five unanswered goals in between.

The games are Sunday and Monday at 5:07 p.m.

The puck drops at 7:07 p.m. at the Royal Business Systems Ice Center on O’Malley Centre Drive.

The first-year franchise is confident it can thrive in Anchorage as it joins the Fairbanks Ice Dogs and Kenai River Brown Bears in the NAHL this season.