Hockey business picks up in the Cook Inlet Conference with two games Tuesday, the first of 12 contests featuring the league’s seven teams during the fourth week of the high school regular season.

Of the dozen scheduled games for the week, eight are of the non-league variety as both Bartlett and Eagle River will soon head out of town. The Golden Bears will play three times in Homer, beginning Thursday as part of the End of the Road Shootout. The Wolves are slated for a trip to The Rock and games at Kodiak on Friday and Saturday.

For the second consecutive season, the Lewis-Palmer High Rangers of Monument, Colo., will visit Southcentral and get in a pair of games. Chugiak welcomes the Rangers to Eagle River’s McDonald Center on Friday night while Service plays Alaska host on Saturday afternoon at Ben Boeke Arena.

Of the league clashes, two should be interesting. Both Chugiak and defending Division I First National Cup state-champion West are undefeated in the early going of CIC play. They faceoff Wednesday night Boeke. The week culminates Saturday with another showdown in the Dimond-South rivalry. Those teams have both had uneven starts to their respective campaigns.

CIC HOCKEY
Through Monday
CIC, Overall
West 2-0-0, 5-0-0
Chugiak 2-0-0, 4-1-0
Dimond 2-0-0, 2-3-0
South 1-1-0, 2-3-1
Bartlett (East) 1-1-0, 1-1-0
Eagle River 0-2-0, 0-2-0
Service 0-4-0, 0-4-0

Individually, two members of last season’s all-CIC team are off to hot starts as seniors. Bartlett’s Wyatt leads in scoring league-games with six points in two games. He scored a hat trick in the Golden Bears’ 5-1 victory over Service on Friday.

Chugiak goaltender Caylin Jones has stopped 23 of the first 24 shots she’s faced in two conference games, including 12 in a 2-1 loss to rival Eagle River on opening night (Nov. 1).

CIC STANDINGS

This Week’s Games
Tuesday
7:30 p.m. Eagle River vs. Service, Ben Boeke Arena
7:30 p.m. Colony vs. South, McDonald Center*
Wednesday
7:30 p.m. Dimond vs. Bartlett, Boeke
Thursday
7:30 p.m. Chugiak vs. West, Boeke
7:30 p.m. Bartlett vs. Homer, Kevin Bell Arena*
Friday
5:30 p.m. Bartlett vs. Soldotna, Bell
7 p.m. Eagle River vs. Kodiak, Baranof Park Ice Rink*
7:30 p.m. Lewis-Palmer (Colo.) vs. Chugiak, McDonald*
Saturday
10 a.m. Eagle River vs. Kodiak, Baranof*
11:30 a.m. Bartlett vs. Kenai, Bell
2 p.m. Lewis-Palmer (Colo.) vs. Service, Boeke*
4 p.m. Dimond vs. South, Boeke
* Nonconference

CIC LEADERS

Points (CIC Games Only)
Goals-Assists-Points
Wyatt Rust, Bartlett 3-3-6
Morgan Greniger, Chugiak 2-2-4
Gordon Jennings, South 0-4—4
13 tied with 3 points
Goaltending (CIC Games Only)
Record-GAA-SV%
Caylin Jones, Chugiak 2-0-0 0.50 GAA .923
Abby Blevins, Dimond 2-0-0 1.50 .909
Zane Parish, West 2-0-0 2.00 .891
Noah Nevin, South 1-1-0 2.50 .883
Rhon Pride, Eagle River 0-2-0 2.53 .891
Reece Morton, Bartlett 1-1-0 3.00 .887
Harlen McDonald, Service 0-2-0 5.00 .859
Tenneson Merritt, Service 0-2-0 7.00 .846