Hockey: Wolverines fall late to Seattle 6-5

WHITEFISH — Seattle scored three goals in the final three minutes of regulation to erase a two-goal Whitefish lead and deny the Wolverines their first home victory, the Totems winning 6-5 in a Western States Hockey League game on Friday at Stumptown Ice Den.

August Cnattingius scored the winning goal for Seattle with less than a mintue to play, adding to a pair of assists earlier in the game. The Totems evened the score on power play goals 22 seconds apart earlier in the period.

Kieffer Helbing scored a pair of goals in the second to give Whitefish a lead and assisted on a power play goal by Danny Roe five minutes into the third period to give the Wolverines a 5-3 advantage on the scoreboard. Aleksei Garin and Stosh Mroz scored for Whitefish in the first period.

The Wolverines continue the three-game set with the Totems tonight at 7:05 p.m. at Stumptown Ice Den.

Seattle 1 2 3 — 6

Whitefish 2 2 1 — 5

First Period—1, Whitefish, Aleksei Garin (Ian Wiens, Chris Cutshall), 1:07 (pp). 1, Seattle, Axel Martensson (Adam Alfoldy, August Cnattingius), 7:17 (pp). 2, Whitefish, Stosh Mroz (Tyler Latimer, Danny Roe), 18:56.

Second Period—2, Seattle, Tristen Ramaker, 15:33. 3, SWhitefish, Kieffer Helbing (Garin, Wiens), 16:14. 3, Seattle, Ramaker (Erik Danna), 18:32. 4, Whitefish, Helbing (Wiens, Garin), 19:37.

Third Period—5, Whitefish, Roe (Helbing, Wiens), 4:55 (pp). 4, Seattle, Martensson (Cnattingius, Nathan Carter), 17:10 (pp). 5, Seattle, Danna (Carter, Marek Nemec), 17:32 (pp). 6, Seattle, August Cnattingius (Martensson) 19:14.

Shots on Goal—Seattle 12-10-19—41. Whitefish 16-22-15—53. Goalies—Seattle, Alek Lazarski. Whitefish, Joakim Hidestrand. A—150. T—2:37.