There are enough Alaskans playing college hockey – 67 by our count on the NCAA Division I and Division III men’s and women’s circuits – that someone from the 49th state is busting out a big performance basically every weekend. Saturday was Zach Krajik’s turn in the...
After the human explosion of sticks, gloves and helmets took to the air before falling to the ice, followed by a few meaningful hugs, the Chugiak Mustangs briefly turned attention to their fans on the other side of the Ben Boeke Arena plexiglass. The laughter,...
After getting stymied in the first period, the Soldotna Stars found their groove in the second period with two goals in a span of 3:31 to secure a 2-1 victory over Juneau-Douglas in the ASAA Division II/First National Cup final at the Patty Center in Fairbanks. Jace...
The SUNY-Potsdam NCAA Division III women’s hockey team trailed Morrisville 3-1 midway through the third period Friday night. That is not a prime position. Especially on home ice. Enter Wasilla’s Kaylee Merrill. Problem solved. Merrill scored two goals to force...
At the upper levels of his hockey career – UAA and Long Island University in NCAA, Rapid City and Norfolk in the ECHL – forward Tanner Schachle of Wasilla has generally racked modest numbers. But even grinders grab glory sometimes. Schachle furnished an assist for...
Those with a taste for invigorating Cook Inlet Conference tournament hockey can once again thank South and West for satiating all those interested. Wolverines junior goaltender Cooper Kinnear stopped 69 shots in an exhausting yet star-making turn, and sophomore...
This time last year, the Cook Inlet Conference championships signified the conclusion of the high school girls hockey season, doubling as the unofficial state championships. A year later, the Dimond/West team topped the conference again after defeating South/Bartlett...
Boston Bruins goaltender Jeremy Swayman on Saturday night extended his streak of NHL games unbeaten in regulation to a career high-tying 10 games, but he did so in just about the most emotionally painful way possible. Florida’s Aleksander Barkov scored the game-tying,...
The last time Chugiak laid claim to the Cook Inlet Conference regular-season championship, the NHL’s New Jersey Devils and their neutral-zone trap defensively, er, dazzled the hockey universe. The Mustangs earned their first title since the 1994-95 season and only the...
During a jam-packed hockey weekend in Anchorage, the town’s junior squad created a little cushion of sorts with a resounding victory Saturday night. As long as it can continue to post wins. Alaskan Cam Morris opened the evening’s scoring while local products Aiden...
Prior to this hockey season, North Pole’s Pheonix Copley had started 26 NHL games across four different seasons in a seven-season span that began with the 2015-16 season. He pocketed 16 wins in that long stretch. Mostly, he made his living in the American Hockey...