Isaiah Fox scored 1:49 into overtime to give the Maine Nordiques a 2-1 victory over the Kenai River Brown Bears early Saturday morning in front of 1,036 fans at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex in Soldotna, Alaska.
Ethan Prout and Kevin Pitts had the assists.
Brandon Lajoie scored in the final two minutes of the first period to give the Brown Bears (22-12-5, 49 points) a 1-0 lead. Peter Morgan assisted on the goal.
Ignat Belov, a University of Connecticut commit, tied the game at 1-1 for Maine (16-22-2, 34 points) in the second period with an unassisted goal.
Goalie Wesley Mankowski stopped 35 shots for his second victory in a Nordiques sweater, while Danny Fraga made 41 saves for Kenai River in the losing effort.
Both teams were 0-for-1 on the man advantage.
The Nordiques go for the season sweep of the Brown Bears on Saturday night at 11:30 p.m.
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