UAA will have NAHL Janesville Jets forward Nils Rygaard of Sweden join them at the semester break to maintain depth after Luke McColgan apparently has decided to leave hockey -- injury concerns, we're told.
In any event, Rygaard, 20, owns 4-7--11 totals and a +11 rating in 15 games this season. He's a 6-foot-, 181-pounder -- energy-type guy, I hear.
Last season, Rygaard put up 15-12--27 totals and a +16 rating in 58 games, though that is somewhat misleading. He went just 2-1--3 and -1 in his first 23 games -- no doubt adjusting to small rinks in North America -- before going 13-11--24 and +17 in his final 35 regular-season games. He furnished four goals in nine playoff games.
The Seawolves, who are idle this weekend, have another recruit in Janesville in Kip Hoffman, 18. He's 1-2--3 and -4 in 11 games.
UAA next weekend entertains Ferris State in a WCHA series at Sullivan Arena.