The Wasilla Warriors will square off against the Lathrop Malemutes at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Wasilla sitting on four straight wins and Lathrop on three.
Wasilla is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Alaska's top teams: Kenai Central, who was ranked seventh at the time (Wasilla was ranked third). The Warriors came out on top in a nail-biter against the Kardinals on Thursday, sneaking past 2-1. That's two games straight that Wasilla have won by just one goal.
Makenna Hanson and Lainey Kroon scored both of Wasilla's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 18 goals.
Meanwhile, Lathrop won against North Pole on Tuesday with four goals and they decided to stick to that goal total again on Thursday. Everything went the Malemutes' way against Grace Christian as they made off with a 4-1 victory. Considering Lathrop have won three matches by more than two goals this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Wasilla's win bumped their record up to 9-1-1. As for Lathrop, their victory bumped their record up to 3-1.
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