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TM 2017-18 Alaska Hockey Game Notes | Dec. 8-9 at Alaska Anchorage| @NanooksHockey Schedule/Results Th is Weekend’s Series Where’s It At? Overall: 5-11-2 WCHA: 3-8-1-1 Nook Notes..................................................................1 Home: 3-5-1 Away: 2-6-1 Neutral: 0-0-0 Quick Facts & Staff Info.............................................2 SEPTEMBER Roster Breakdown.......................................................3 Series History...............................................................4 29 SIMON FRASER^ W, 6-0 National Polls/WCHA Standings/Misc....................5 OCTOBER Team/Individual Stats...........................................7-12 6 AIR FORCE L, 3-2 7 AIR FORCE OTT, 1-1 Broadcast Information Live Stream: WCHA.tv 13 at St. Cloud State L, 6-3 Alaska 5-11-2 (3-8-1-1 WCHA) | UAA (1-9-4, 1-4-3-3 WCHA) 14 at St. Cloud State OTL, 5-4 Live Stats: WCHA.tv or collegehockeystats.net 20 at Alaska Anchorage W, 6-2 Games 19 & 20 | Dec. 8-9 | Fairbanks, Alaska Radio: ESPN 820AM 21 ALASKA ANCHORAGE W, 3-2 Series at a glance 27 at Bowling Green * L, 2-1 #NookNotes (Cont.) 28 at Bowling Green * OTT, 2-2 Series Overall: Alaska Trails 64-89-12 NO TIME TO WASTE NOVEMBER Friday marks the fourth time this season that the Nanooks at UAA 26-49-6 | at UAF 38-40-6 | Neutral 0-0-0 have taken a 3-0 lead over their opponent and the second time 3 BEMIDJI STATE * OTW, 4-3 First Meeting: Nov. 16, 1979 (3-13 Loss) they have done so before the conclusion of the fi rst period. Th e 4 BEMIDJI STATE * L, 3-2 Nanooks are 2-2 when leading by three goals throughout the Last Meeting: Oct. 21, 2017 (3-2 Win) 2017-18 campaign, following Oct. 13’s 6-3 loss at St. Cloud, 10 at Ferris State * L, 3-1 Oct. 20’s 6-2 victory over Alaska Anchorage, Nov. 24’s 5-3 loss 11 at Ferris State * L, 5-3 against Michigan Tech and Friday’s 5-3 win at Lake Superior 17 NORTHERN MICHIGAN * L, 5-3 #NookNotes State. 18 NORTHERN MICHIGAN * W, 4-1 SHARING THE WEALTH LAST TIME OUT 24 MICHIGAN TECH * OTL, 5-4 In last Friday’s victory, nine of Alaska’s 18 skaters who dressed Th e Alaska Nanooks earned a WCHA split on the road last weekend, defeating the appeared on the scoresheet with three players posting a multi- 25 MICHIGAN TECH * L, 5-1 Lake Superior State Lakers 5-3 on Friday (Dec. 1) before falling to the home team 4-1 point night. Th roughout the season, of Alaska’s 27 players DECEMBER on Saturday (Dec. 2) in Sault Ste. Marie. Both the Nanooks and the Lakers earned who have appeared in at least one game for the Nanooks, 24 three big league points throughout the conference series. 1 at Lake Superior State * W, 5-3 have registered at least one point. Four players (Hope, Leiter, Woods, Jandric and Frye) have tallied double-digit points 2 at Lake Superior State * L, 4-1 WCHA STANDINGS throughout the season Th e Nanooks are currently tied for seventh place in the WCHA standings with Lake 8 at Alaska Anchorage * 7:07 p.m. Superior State, each team collecting 11 points throughout the conference regular 9 at Alaska Anchorage * 7:07 p.m. A NEW HOPE season. Th e Nanooks sit with a 3-8-1-1 mark in conference games with their WCHA Sophomore forward Kylar Hope currently leads all Alaska JANUARY victories coming against Bemidji State (Nov. 3), Northern Michigan (Nov. 18) and players in scoring, boasting a team-best 14 points thanks to six Lake Superior State (Dec 1). 5 ALABAMA HUTNSVILLE * 7:07 p.m. goals and eight assists. Hope ranks fi rst among his teammates in points (14), P/GP (0.78), plus (20), shots on goal (62) and 6 ALABAMA HUNTSVILLE * 7:07 p.m. ALL-TIME SERIES shots on goal per games played (3.44) and is tied for fi rst in Th e Alaska Nanooks trail the Seawolves 64-89-12 in the rivals’ all-time series records 12 MINNESOTA STATE * 7:07 p.m. power play assists with two. Over the past seven games, Hope with the fi rst meeting between the two teams coming as a 13-3 loss for the Nanooks has tallied four goals and three assists for seven points, includ- 13 MINNESOTA STATE * 7:07 p.m. on Nov. 16, 1979. In Anchorage, Alaska is 26-49-6. Th e Nanooks are currently on a ing two multi-point eff orts. 19 at Michigan Tech * 3:07 p.m. fi ve-game winning streak over their Anchorage counterpart, with their last contest 20 at Michigan Tech * 3:07 p.m. coming as a 3-2 victory on Oct. 21 in Fairbanks. WOODS LEADS NATION IN DEFENSIVE SCORING Redshirt-senior defenseman Justin Woods currently leads all FEBRUARY Individually, 24 of Alaska’s 27-man roster have played in at least one game against the men’s ice hockey NCAA Division I defensemen in goals with Seawolves throughout their career. Specifi cally, seven of Alaska’s skaters have played 2 FERRIS STATE * 7:07 p.m. eight in 18 games played this season. Woods also leads all 10-or-more games against UAA, led by redshirt-senior defenseman Justin Woods, men’s DI blueliners in goals per games played, averaging 0.44. 3 FERRIS STATE * 7:07 p.m. who has appeared in 16 games against UAA. Woods and senior forward Tayler Mun- Among conference defensemen, Woods ranks fi rst in goals, G/ 9 at Northern Michigan * 3:07 p.m. son are tied for a team-best seven points against Alaska Anchorage throughout their GP, plus (19) and goals per shots on goal (.170). Th e Nanooks 10 at Northern Michigan * 3:07 p.m. career in Fairbanks, with each also tallying two game-winning goals. are currently 3-2-2 when Woods posts a goal and enters the week on a fi ve-game point streak with fi ve points (2G, 3A). 15 at Bemidji State * 4:07 p.m. #AKGOVCUP 16 at Bemidji State * 4:07 p.m. When it comes to the Alaska Airlines Governor’s Cup, the Nanooks hold the all-time JANDRIC LEADS CONFERENCE ROOKIES record over the Seawolves 12-8, winning consecutive titles in 2010, 2011, 2012, 23 ALASKA ANCHORAGE * 7:07 p.m. Freshman forward Steven Jandric currently leads all league 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 but vacated the 2010, 2011 and 2012 titles due to rookies in assists with 11 on the season. Jandric’s 11 assists 24 ALASKA ANCHORAGE * 7:07 p.m. the NCAA infractions sanctioned prior to the 2014-15 season. Th e Alaska Airlines and one goal rank him third in the WCHA in points with Governor’s Cup fi rst appeared during the 1993-94 season and has been determined ~ - Exhibition Game *-WCHA Game ^ - Governor’s Cup Game 12 through 18 games. Currently, the Prince George, British by a shootout on eight diff erent occasions.Aft er sweeping the Seawolves in a non- Columbia native also leads all conference freshmen in plus All times in Alaska Standard Time and are subject to change conference series earlier this season (6-3, 3-2), the Nanooks hold a 2-0 advantage in (19) and plus/minus (+7). All home games played at Carlson Center the #AKGovCup standings with six points over Alaska Anchorage heading into the weekend. SCOUTING THE OPPONENT- ALASKA ANCHORAGE Despite only earning one win on the season, the Alaska What is a Nanook? 42 SECONDS Anchorage Seawolves have earned a reputation this season by Last Friday, Woods, along with sophomore forwards Colton Leiter and Troy Van Nanook is a derivation of nanuq, the Inupiaq word for forcing their opponent to play extra hockey. Th e Seawolves Tetering each tallied a goal against Lake Superior State within the same minute. Th e have gone into overtime on six diff erent occasions this polar bear. UAF’s very fi rst basketball teams had been trio combined for a three-goal eff ort in a matter of 42 seconds over the Lakers to give season, posting a 0-2-4 record in games that have gone over nicknamed the Polar Bears, but aft er 1963, the Polar Bears Alaska a 3-0 lead within the fi rst 10 minutes of the fi rst period. Th e program record 60 minutes. Of their four regulation ties, the Seawolves have became known as the Nanooks, which has since applied to for the quickest three goals is from Oct. 10, 2003 where Alaska scored three goals in won in two shootouts and one 3-on-3 overtime and only 28 seconds to defeat UAA 5-3 in Fairbanks. all UAF sports teams. dropped one shootout loss to North Dakota on Oct. 6. UAA currently sits in 10th place in the conference standings with HATS OFF nine WCHA points. Th e Seawolves are led by senior forward Sophomore forward Troy Van Tetering netted his fi rst career hat trick in last Friday’s Austin Azurdia, who has collected seven goals and fi ve assists 5-3 win at Lake Superior State. Van Tetering’s becomes the fi rst Alaska player to reg- for 12 points in 14 games this season. UAA is backstopped by ister three goals in a single game since Brandon Morley (’17) in Alaska’s 4-3 victory senior netminder Olivier Mantha, who has collected a .917 over Bemidji State on Nov. 13, 2015. Van Tetering becomes the sixth player in the save percentage in 14 games this season with a 3.03 goals WCHA to register a hat trick throughout the 2017-18 season.