Play is under way in the North American Hockey League -- the Fairbanks Ice Dogs are 4-0-0, the Kenai River Brown Bears 1-3-0 -- so time to check out the Alaskans on the circuit.
Here goes (if I missed someone, kindly email at dwoody@alaskadispatch.com):
Amarillo Bulls -- F Joey DiBenedetti, 20, Anchorage.
Corpus Christi Ice Rays -- F Jake Garman, 17, Anchorage. (Also, while not an Alaskan, former UAA forward Rick Ellison, from way back in the day, is director of scouting and player development).
Fairbanks Ice Dogs -- F Cayden Cahill, 19, Anchorage; D Aaron McPheters, 19, Anchorage, and a UAA recruit.
Kenai River Brown Bears -- F Evan Butcher, 18, Anchorage; D Croix Evingson, 18, Anchorage; F Thomas Bowe, 19, Homer; F Sam Carlson, 20, Kenny Lake; F Ezekiel Estrada, 17, Homer.
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights -- Head coach is Tom Kowal, former UAA D, of Anchorage.