Boston Bruins goaltender Jeremy Swayman got the start in Game 1 of a Stanley Cup playoff series for the first time in his NHL career and delivered 35 saves, the most he's made in a playoff game. His performance in Saturday's 5-1 home-ice victory over the Toronto Maple...
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Around The Rinks (Pro Edition): Anchorage’s Drake Glover wears SPHL goal-scoring crown, big wins for Jeremy Swayman and Isaiah Saville, Nolan Walker still riding heater
With time winding down in regulation Saturday on the final night of the Southern Professional Hockey League regular season in Evansville, Ind., Birmingham Bulls forward Drake Glover of Anchorage was tied for the league lead in goals. The Bulls trailed 2-1 in the final...
Around The Rinks (USA Youth Nationals Championship Games Edition): Hockey Club Fairbanks 19U girls win Tier II title; Anchorage North Stars 18U boys finish runner-up (plus, notes on Alaskans)
The usual suspects – forwards Galilee Murray and Clara Creviston, and goaltender Gennesaret Halbert – spearheaded Hockey Club Fairbanks to the first national championship in program history on Sunday. HC Fairbanks’ 19U girls used a goal and an assist from Creviston,...
Around The Rinks (USA Youth Nationals Playoff Edition): Anchorage North Stars 18U boys, Hockey Club Fairbanks 19U girls march into Tier II championship games
Two Alaska teams, the Anchorage North Stars 18U boys and Hockey Club Fairbanks 19U girls, advanced to Tier II championship games Sunday on the strength of quarterfinal and semifinal wins Saturday at the USA Hockey National Championships. The North Stars (5-0-0) beat...
Around The Rinks (USA Youth Nationals Edition): Karissa Haimes and Alaska All Stars Tier II 19U girls pull off last-minute miracle, 5 of 7 Alaska teams advance to playoffs
The Alaska All Stars Tier II 19U girls found themselves in a tough spot midway through the third period of their final pool-play game in the 2A division Friday at the USA Hockey National Championships in East Lansing, Mich. The All Stars trailed the Mid Fairfield...
Around The Rinks (USA Youth Nationals Edition): 2 Alaska Tier II boys teams go 2-0 in pool play, Tier II 18-U Alaska All Stars girls post win (plus notes)
Buoyed by Joseph Christiansen’s hat trick and 23 saves from goaltender Zachary Blanton on Thursday, the Anchorage North Stars improved to 2-0-0 in the Tier II 18U 2A division at the USA Hockey National Championships in Delmont, Penn. The North Stars beat the Casco Bay...
Around The Rinks: All 3 Alaska youth Tier II boys teams start USA Hockey National Championships with wins
Alaska’s three youth boys teams ran the table Wednesday in tournament-opening games at USA Hockey’s National Championships around the country. The Alaska Wolves 14U team trailed the Idaho Steelheads by a goal through two periods, then used goals from Antonio Calvillo...
Around The Rinks (Juniors Edition): NAHL Midwest Division title within Anchorage Wolverines’ grasp; Kenai River and Janesville wreck goalie stats; Mac Swanson’s heater snapped at 12 games
The Anchorage Wolverines, courtesy of their searing 17-game point streak, have catapulted themselves into position to win their first North American Hockey League Midwest Division crown in their three-season existence. The Wolverines (37-13-6, 80 points) continued...
Around The Rinks (Mostly Masked Men Edition): Jeremy Swayman ties career high for wins; Michael Bullion bags bagel in return; Isaiah Saville strong in defeat
As the NHL regular season winds down, Boston Bruins goaltender Jeremy Swayman likely will get three chances at pocketing a career high for wins after he tied his best production with Saturday’s 3-2 shootout win at Washington. The 25-year-old from Anchorage seized his...
Around The Rinks (NCAA Tournament Edition): Anchorage’s David Carle has Denver in Frozen Four for 3rd time in 6 seasons as bench boss (plus, Sullivan Mack and Caleb Moretz notes)
Coach Carle keeps crushing. University of Denver bench boss David Carle of Anchorage has guided the Pioneers into the Frozen Four for the third time in his six seasons as the leader of one of NCAA men’s hockey’s most dynamic programs. The No. 3-ranked Pioneers on...
Around The Rinks (NCAA D-I Men’s Edition): Anchorage’s David Carle has Denver in national title hunt again; RIT captain Caleb Moretz of Fairbanks and Cornell’s Sullivan Mack of Anchorage also chasing dream
Bench boss David Carle of Anchorage, who guided the University of Denver to the 2022 NCAA Division I hockey title, has the Pioneers back in the title hunt again. Denver (27-9-3) won the National Collegiate Hockey Conference’s championship last weekend with a 3-1 win...