Nothing seemed to faze Anchorage’s Scott Gomez on the ice. Not even the Stanley Cup playoffs. As a rookie, he scored a goal in his first NHL playoff game and earned the primary assist in his second Finals game. By the end, Gomez appeared in the playoffs in 11 of his...
The old 3-in-3 gauntlet – a trio of hockey games in as many days – was certainly a staple of the Anchorage scene back in the day. Ah, the memories of the Bakersfield Fog or Victoria Salmon Kings facing the Anchorage/Alaska Aces back-to-back-to-back. Thursday night,...
The shutout Anchorage’s Jeremy Swayman posted Thursday night for the Boston Bruins in Nashville included no shortage of interesting numbers. The dynamite digits from the masked man: *His 42 saves in the 2-0 victory marked his career high, surpassing the 40 he made in...
Anchorage’s Hannah Hogenson seemed to have gloved everything last month so it figured she would nab WCHA Goaltender of the Month honors as well. The Bemidji State University sophomore earned the top honor from the top league in women’s hockey. The WHCA features four...
Angelina Ruiz, Grace Canterbury and Kaylee Merrill combined for an Alaska hat trick after each player from The Last Frontier bagged a goal in the same women’s college hockey game between Saint Michael’s and Potsdam. Ruiz and Canterbury found the back of the net for...
Anchorage's Clair DeGeorge was named our Alaska Athlete of the Week after delivering a five-point weekend for the Ohio State hockey team. The fifth-year senior furnished an assist in Friday’s 5-2 win over St. Lawrence in the D1 DC Tournament in Arlington, Va., then...
OK, what Clair DeGeorge of Anchorage is accomplishing lately is just ridiculous. The fifth-year senior center at Ohio State delivered a five-point weekend, which came on the heels of a seven-point weekend, which came on the heels of a four-point weekend, which came on...
Here’s one of many stupid ways stories come into existence: You run through your neighborhood at a ridiculously early hour one morning, and that’s a whole other stupid story, but anyhow you see a car getting towed and you think, bummer for that car owner, and hey,...
Anchorage’s Cam Hausinger delivered a helping hand in the ECHL the day after Thanksgiving. The Wheeling Nailers rookie forward furnished three assists – that’s called a playmaker in old-school rink rap – to spearhead a 7-4 victory at Iowa. Hausinger’s helpers gives...
Let’s play the Alaska/NHL birthday game! Anchorage’s Jeremy Swayman crushed on his 23rd birthday earlier this week, stifling 24 shots at Buffalo to backstop the Boston Bruins to a 5-1 victory. Very cool. But you know what’s even cooler? Playing a team that actually...
Driving down E. 16th Ave towards Ben Boeke Arena’s west-end lot near Mulcahy Stadium and Anchorage Football Stadium, an orange sign read “Ben Boeke Access” and directed traffic around Sullivan Arena to only enter on Gambell Street. As the Sullivan continued as a...