Janesville and Anchorage each won a shootout 3-2 at the Janesville Ice Arena in North American Hockey League play on Friday and Saturday.
In both games, the Wolverines opened the scoring before the Jets scored the next two goals to go up 2-1. Anchorage equalized both nights to force a scoreless overtime period.
Christian Venticinque had a goal in Friday’s game for Janesville (15-10-2-1, 33 points) before scoring the winner in a six-round shootout and added an assist Saturday.
Jake Merens and Nick Sajevic each had a goal in Saturday’s game after both recorded assists Friday night.
Matthew Alberti got the start in net in both games, making 27 saves Friday and 42 on Saturday.
RESULT FRIDAY
JANESVILLE 3, ANCHORAGE 2 (SO)
Anchorage 0 1 1 0 0 — 2
Janesville 0 0 2 0 1 — 3
SECOND PERIOD
A — Bryce Monrean (Oliver Salo, Cole Christian), 14:21.
THIRD PERIOD
J — Christian Venticinque (Conner Brown, Nick Sajevic), 1:19. J — Ryan Williams (Jake Merens, Ethan Begg), 8:06. A — Salo (Kade Shea, Christian), 15:01.
Saves — Liam Beerman (A) 34, Matthew Alberti (J) 27.
Janesville won shootout 1-0.
RESULT SATURDAY
ANCHORAGE 3, JANESVILLE 2 (SO)
Anchorage 0 1 1 0 1 — 3
Janesville 0 1 1 0 0 — 2
SECOND PERIOD
A — Salo (Brock Devlin, Beerman), pp, 18:12. J — Merens (Haden Kruse, Garrett Frazer), 19:29.
THIRD PERIOD
J — Sajevic (Frazer, Venticinque), 11:08. A — Salo (Shea, Christian), 14:36.
Saves — Beerman (A) 35, Alberti (J) 42.
Anchorage won shootout 2-0.
Sign up for our Sports Update email newsletter!
Get the latest sports news delivered right to your inbox six days a week.
