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Houston and Palmer are the top two seeds in the ASAA Division II First National Cup, which starts Thursday in Fairbanks.
Houston, the defending state champion, returns as the No. 1 seed. The Hawks face eighth-seeded Delta Thursday at 2 p.m. Palmer, the 2022 state runner-up, is seeded second. The Moose meet seventh-seeded North Pole Thursday at 7:30 p.m.
Houston capped its regular season with a pair of wins over North Pole over the weekend in the Interior. The Hawks opened with a 5-0 win on Friday and beat the Patriots 3-1 the following day. Brody Richard and Brayden Spain each scored twice on Friday. Anfim Konev also scored. Ari Burnside earned the 17-save shutout.
Spain, Afansy Efimov and Domnin Efimov scored on Saturday.
The Hawks finished the regular season 22-1-1.
The Moose ended their regular season with a weekend sweep at Kodiak. Palmer beat Kodiak 7-0 on Friday and 4-2 on Saturday. Mason O’Rourke scored twice Friday. Chase Ringler, Xander Logan, Cooper Frank, Bradford Heard and Brandon Horacek also scored. Keagon O’Bryan made 21 saves in the shutout.
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