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Goaltending Galore: Jeremy Swayman extends point streak in painful way, Isaiah Saville can’t catch a break, and other masked Alaskans
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...
CIC Hockey: Chugiak carries 19-game unbeaten streak into this week’s 54th conference tourney
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...
CIC Cross-Country Skiing: West High shines at Skiathlon
The West High nordic ski teams made an all-around impression at the Skiathlon at Anchorage's Kincaid Park on Saturday. Classic and skate, girls and boys: The Eagles crushed it. The event, hosted by the Nordic Ski Association of Anchorage and West High, rewards...
Hockey: Games in hand could help Wolverines, who hit the road after 6-3 home win over Fairbanks in NAHL
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...
College Hoops: Moses nets 29 for No. 1 CSI; Pickard goes for 30 for No. 7 Collin; Miller steady for No. 9 EAC; Jackson has career-high 9 dimes for Pima
Mo Buckets lived up to his nickname Saturday. Isaiah Moses of Anchorage dropped in 29 points to lead College of Southern Idaho to an 86-77 victory over Salt Lake in a matchup between top ranked NJCAA men’s teams. The former Alaska Gatorade Player of the Year pumped...
UAF’s Mariel Pulles and Kendall Kramer ski to 1-2 finish at the World University Games to lead AK contingent
The final day of the World University Games was like a storybook ending for UAF teammates Mariel Pulles and Kendall Kramer. The two Nanooks were eager to finish strong, as both skiers had at least four races under their belt, including preliminary rounds. Kramer, a...
Around The Rinks: Pheonix Copley racks career-high 45 saves; Bret Link and Mac Swanson bag 4-point nights (plus, minor pro, junior, NCAA notes galore)
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...
College Hoops: UAF to retire Brad Oleson’s No. 24 jersey Saturday at halftime of UAA game
There will never be another Brad Oleson and so it makes sense the UAF men’s basketball program will retire his No. 24 jersey. His story of rags to riches is one for the ages, going from a high school kid out of North Pole who never made the all-state team to a...
College Hoops: Chugiak’s Nicole Pinckney buries OT game-winner to lift UAA women over Simon Fraser 73-71
Call it a Pinck & Pop. Chugiak's Nicole Pinckney swished a 17-foot go-ahead jumper off a pick-and-pop play with 2.5 seconds remaining in overtime to propel the UAA women's basketball team to a 73-71 victory over Simon Fraser at the Alaska Airlines Center....
Pro Hoops: Williams hangs 37 in Portugal; Hebard scores 29 in Hungary; Abdul-Bassit nets 17 in Qatar; Chalmers heads to Philippines
Anchorage’s Travante Williams was a model of efficiency in the Portuguese League, pouring in a season-high 37 points on just 21 shots for Sporting in a 95-71 victory over Ovarense in a matchup between top four teams. He drained a career-best nine 3-pointers and...
Freeride Skiing: Anchorage 16-year-old Paul Melchert places 7th at World Juniors in Austria
Paul Melchert poled out of the start area onto the steep Quellspitze mountain and within seconds launched off a boulder, sticking the landing. The 16-year-old from Anchorage was just getting started in his debut at the Freeride World Junior Championships in Kappl,...
Hockey History: Swayman, Copley become Alaska’s first masked men to win road games on same night
Given that Jeremy Swayman of Anchorage and Pheonix Copley of North Pole are two of only three Alaskans to tend goal in NHL history, they’re bound to make hockey history. They added another piece Tuesday night, when they became the first Alaskans to win NHL road...
Prep Hockey: Dimond/West girls shine on Senior Night, beats Bartlett/South 5-1 to extend 7-game win streak
When the puck dropped, the Dimond/West girls hockey team sprang into action, weaving around opponents and looking to extend its undefeated streak. Dimond senior Khenzie Connick led her team in more ways than one, recording both an assist and a goal in the first...
AK Hoops Report: ‘Uhila takes over 2nd quarter; Hepa surpasses 600 points; Yockey back in mix; Wolgemuth nets 24; plus more notes
Mia ‘Uhila of Anchorage took over the second quarter for Portland State, scoring 10 of her 14 points on 5-of-6 shooting in a 65-64 victory over Weber State in the Big Sky Conference. The 14 points matched her second-highest scoring effort in 44 career games,...
Grace Christian hoops standout Sloan Lentfer earns Alaska Athlete of the Week accolades
Grace Christian basketball player Sloan Lentfer was named Alaska Athlete of the Week after playing a key role in the Grizzlies' stunning upset of California powerhouse Heritage Christian in the Alaska Airlines Classic championship. The senior scored 17 points and...
Track & Field Roundup: Gomez-Prosser performs in season opener; Osowski and Brantley III secure wins
The last time Santiago Gomez-Prosser raced, he was standing atop the podium with his NAU teammates at the national championships. This time, the sophomore sped to a top-3 finish in the mile at the Lumberjack Team Challenge, held in Flagstaff, Arizona....
Ketchikan pro runner Isaac Updike wins his indoor track season debut and savors a fleet finish
SEATTLE – Isaac Updike’s prospects for posting a fast time in Saturday’s 3,000 meters at the University of Washington Invitational were diminished one-quarter of the way through the race – uneven pacing by the rabbit squelched that possibility – so the 30-year-old...
Goaltending Galore: Jeremy Swayman extends point streak in painful way, Isaiah Saville can’t catch a break, and other masked Alaskans
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...
CIC Hockey: Chugiak carries 19-game unbeaten streak into this week’s 54th conference tourney
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...
CIC Cross-Country Skiing: West High shines at Skiathlon
The West High nordic ski teams made an all-around impression at the Skiathlon at Anchorage's Kincaid Park on Saturday. Classic and skate, girls and boys: The Eagles crushed it. The event, hosted by the Nordic Ski Association of Anchorage and West High, rewards...
Hockey: Games in hand could help Wolverines, who hit the road after 6-3 home win over Fairbanks in NAHL
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...
College Hoops: Moses nets 29 for No. 1 CSI; Pickard goes for 30 for No. 7 Collin; Miller steady for No. 9 EAC; Jackson has career-high 9 dimes for Pima
Mo Buckets lived up to his nickname Saturday. Isaiah Moses of Anchorage dropped in 29 points to lead College of Southern Idaho to an 86-77 victory over Salt Lake in a matchup between top ranked NJCAA men’s teams. The former Alaska Gatorade Player of the Year pumped...
UAF’s Mariel Pulles and Kendall Kramer ski to 1-2 finish at the World University Games to lead AK contingent
The final day of the World University Games was like a storybook ending for UAF teammates Mariel Pulles and Kendall Kramer. The two Nanooks were eager to finish strong, as both skiers had at least four races under their belt, including preliminary rounds. Kramer, a...
Around The Rinks: Pheonix Copley racks career-high 45 saves; Bret Link and Mac Swanson bag 4-point nights (plus, minor pro, junior, NCAA notes galore)
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...
College Hoops: UAF to retire Brad Oleson’s No. 24 jersey Saturday at halftime of UAA game
There will never be another Brad Oleson and so it makes sense the UAF men’s basketball program will retire his No. 24 jersey. His story of rags to riches is one for the ages, going from a high school kid out of North Pole who never made the all-state team to a...
College Hoops: Chugiak’s Nicole Pinckney buries OT game-winner to lift UAA women over Simon Fraser 73-71
Call it a Pinck & Pop. Chugiak's Nicole Pinckney swished a 17-foot go-ahead jumper off a pick-and-pop play with 2.5 seconds remaining in overtime to propel the UAA women's basketball team to a 73-71 victory over Simon Fraser at the Alaska Airlines Center....
Pro Hoops: Williams hangs 37 in Portugal; Hebard scores 29 in Hungary; Abdul-Bassit nets 17 in Qatar; Chalmers heads to Philippines
Anchorage’s Travante Williams was a model of efficiency in the Portuguese League, pouring in a season-high 37 points on just 21 shots for Sporting in a 95-71 victory over Ovarense in a matchup between top four teams. He drained a career-best nine 3-pointers and...
Freeride Skiing: Anchorage 16-year-old Paul Melchert places 7th at World Juniors in Austria
Paul Melchert poled out of the start area onto the steep Quellspitze mountain and within seconds launched off a boulder, sticking the landing. The 16-year-old from Anchorage was just getting started in his debut at the Freeride World Junior Championships in Kappl,...
Hockey History: Swayman, Copley become Alaska’s first masked men to win road games on same night
Given that Jeremy Swayman of Anchorage and Pheonix Copley of North Pole are two of only three Alaskans to tend goal in NHL history, they’re bound to make hockey history. They added another piece Tuesday night, when they became the first Alaskans to win NHL road...
Prep Hockey: Dimond/West girls shine on Senior Night, beats Bartlett/South 5-1 to extend 7-game win streak
When the puck dropped, the Dimond/West girls hockey team sprang into action, weaving around opponents and looking to extend its undefeated streak. Dimond senior Khenzie Connick led her team in more ways than one, recording both an assist and a goal in the first...
AK Hoops Report: ‘Uhila takes over 2nd quarter; Hepa surpasses 600 points; Yockey back in mix; Wolgemuth nets 24; plus more notes
Mia ‘Uhila of Anchorage took over the second quarter for Portland State, scoring 10 of her 14 points on 5-of-6 shooting in a 65-64 victory over Weber State in the Big Sky Conference. The 14 points matched her second-highest scoring effort in 44 career games,...
