Wolverines sweep series with Butte

The Whitefish Wolverines scored four goals in the second period to shed a three-goal deficit and beat Butte 6-5 on Saturday at Stumptown Ice Den, sweeping the weekend series with the Cobras.

Chris Cutshall stemmed the Butte tide with a goal midway through the second, ending a streak of four straight goals.

Kieffer Helbing, who scored in the first period, scored the next two to tie the game and complete his hat trick.

Bryan Polmear scored the fourth of the period to give the Wolverines the lead. Cutshall capped the scoring with his second five minutes into the third period, netting what turned out to be the game winner on an assist from Brett Ferndandez.

Anton Zimmer had two goals and two assists to lead the Cobras.

Whitefish (6-12) beat Butte 5-1 on Friday, scoring the first five goals in the contest to seal the result entering the third period. Dillon Dodge and Evan Carter each scored two goals for the Wolverines.

Butte 0 4 1 — 5

Whitefish 1 4 1 — 6

First period—1, Whitefish, Kieffer Helbing (Danny Roe), 18:47.

Second period—1, Butte, Johan Lovestrom (Bogdan Shleev, Anton Zimmer), 2:51. 2, Butte, Zimmer (Nikita Polishchuk), 3:18. 3, Butte, Zimmer (Brendon Hanser), 8:40. 4, Butte, Bogdan Shleev (Johan Lovestrom), 8:40. 2, Whitefish, Chris Cutshall (Chase Ball), 9:51. 3, Whitefish, Helbing (Cutshall, Brett Fernandez), 13:23. 4, Whitefish, Helbing (Aleksei Garin, Bryan Polmear), 15:40 (pp). 5, Whitefish, Polmear, 16:15.

Third period—6, Whitefish, Cutshall (Fernandez), 5:13. 5, Butte, Chadd Lounder (Zimmer), 15:48.

Shots on goal—Butte 12-13-10—35. Whitefish 6-18-15—39. Power-play opportunities—Butte 0 for 5, Whitefish 1 for 3. Goalies—Butte, Justin Keener (39 shots-33 saves). Whitefish, Brendan Duff (35-30). T—2:40. A—275.

Friday’s game

Butte 0 0 1 — 1

Whitefish 1 4 0 — 5

First period—1, Whitefish, Evan Carter (Danny Roe), 18:23.

Second period—2, Whitefish, Kieffer Helbing (Chris Cutshall, Brett Fernandez), 5:01. 3, Whitefish, Dillon Dodge (Josh Schur, Sam Summers), 7:20. 4, Whitefish —Carter (Ian Wiens, Nathan Luznar-Purdy), 12:23. 5, Whitefish —Dodge (Bryan Polmear, Aleksei Garin) 15:27.

Third period —1, Butte, Bogdan Shleev (Clinton Hildebrand, Anton Zimmer) 9:07 (pp).

Shots on goal—Butte 11-8-11—30. Whitefish 12-13-19—44. Power-play opportunities—Butte 1 of 3, Whitefish 0 of 2. Goalies—Butte, Justin Keener (25 shots-20 saves), Reed Kinsey (19-19). Whitefish, Brendan Duff (30-29). T—2:25. A—205.