Hockey: Back-to-back wins for Glacier Nationals

CODY, Wyo. — The Glacier Nationals swept a two-game series with the Yellowstone Quake over the weekend, winning 4-2 on Friday and 4-3 on Saturday at Victor J. Riley Arena.

John Tesarek tied Saturday’s game at 3-3 with 32 seconds remaining in the second period, then netted the game-winner at 9:32 in the third with assists from Jacob Hayes and Chris Cutshall.

Hayes and Tanner Dodd also scored for Glacier (12-13) which remains in fourth place in the American West Hockey League with 24 points.

Goaltender Pierre Gustafsson stopped 28 shots to earn the win.

The Nationals host the Great Falls Americans at 7:05 p.m. on Thursday at the Stumptown Ice Den in Whitefish.

Saturday

Glacier 1 2 1 — 4

Yellowstone 2 1 0 — 3

First period

Yel - Tommy Toohey, power play (Jimmy Tich, Josh Neumann), 6:13

Gla - Jacob Hayes (Tyler Latimer), 16:55

Yel - Jaden Sveinson (Trent Carter, Neumann), 19:20

Second period

Gla - Tanner Dodd, power play (Jonas Svehn), 2:36

Yel - Sveinson (Carter), 14:40

Gla - John Tesarek (Brett Fernandez), 19:28

Third period

Gla - Tesarek (Hayes, Chris Cutshall), 9:32

Shots on goal - Glacier 49, Yellowstone 31; Saves - Glacier 28 (Pierre Gustafsson), Yellowstone 45 (Rocco Yapello); Power plays - Glacier 1-13, Yellowstone 1-2; Penalty minutes - Glacier 14, Yellowstone 57; Attendance - 285.

Friday

Glacier 1 1 2 — 4

Yellowstone 2 0 0 — 2

First Period

Yel - Sawyer Scanlan (Cosimo Yapello), 13:33

Yel - Mitchell Fehd (Jimmy Tich, Josh Neumann), 14:17

Second Period

Gla - John Tesarek (Tanner Dodd), 18:08

Gla - Jackson Schroeder (Padraic Ripple, Dodd), 14:13

Third Period

Gla - Chris Cutshall (Tyler Latimer), 12:50

Gla - Cutshall (Latimer, Tesarek), 19:13

Shots on goal - Glacier 48, Yellowstone 46; Power plays - Glacier 0-9, Yellowstone 0-3; Penalties in Minutes - Glacier 8, Yellowstone 20; Goalie saves - Glacier 44 (Ethan Wiese), Yellowstone 44 (S. Leahy); Attendance - 505.