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Future WCHA playoff format changed, and it's a good thing

Just got off the phone with UAA athletic director Steve Cobb, who said athletics directors in what next season will be the revamped WCHA today voted to amend the league's playoff format, which was to have had UAA and UAF meeting in the first round of the postseason no matter where those teams ended...

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Former UAF blueliner Hendry back in NHL

Almost forgot to make mention of this -- former UAF defenseman Jordan Hendry, who won a Stanley Cup with the Chicago Blackhawks a few years back, is back in the NHL.
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Leinweber lighting it up across the pond (Alaska connections)

The Blog is so old he can't even remember what prompted him to look this up, or how he stumbled upon it tonight, but former UAA winger/defenseman Curtis Leinweber is killing it across the pond for the Edinburgh Capitals in the Great Britain-based Elite Ice Hockey League.
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NHL fines Dubinsky 10K for boarding major penalty

The NHL took a chunk out of Brandon Dubinsky's portfolio today -- the league fined the Columbus Blue Jackets winger from Anchorage $10,000 for his boarding major penalty against Los Angeles Kings defenseman Rob Scuderi on Tuesday night.
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Here's where the Aces sit at the two-thirds pole

Coming off a shootout loss and OT loss at Las Vegas -- and that makes three straight games beyond regulation for the Alaska Aces -- the Aces hit the two-thirds pole of the ECHL regular season (through 48 of 72 games) with the third-best record in their 10 ECHL seasons to this point.
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On UAA: Call the Seawolves Team Tie

Hey, it's probably been pointed out enough that the UAA Seawolves are riding a 14-game winless steak (0-11-3) that is the fourth-longest in the program's 34-season history.
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Aces defenseman Lafranchise headed back to AHL (UPDATED)

Good news didn't last long for the Alaska Aces: Defenseman Kane Lafranchise's return to the ECHL club lasted all of two games before he was summoned back to the AHL.
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Anchorage's Tim Wallace summoned to NHL (UPDATED)

Right winger Tim Wallace of Anchorage has been called up to the NHL by the Carolina Hurricanes, who tonight play at Toronto. (UPDATE: Wallace is in the lineup tonight).
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The Seawolves have a (5-minute) major problem

Look, we get that UAA coach Dave Shyiak feels strongly that physical play is being taken out of college hockey -- he's expressed that belief on many occasions.
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UAF falls; Nate Thompson scores (plus, pro notes)

The No. 20-ranked UAF Nanooks carried a seven-game unbeaten streak, the nation's third-longest entering the night, into No. 4 Miami (Ohio) tonight, but lost 4-1 -- was way closer because Miami racked two empty-net goals in the final minute.
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Former Aces winger Howes gets AHL deal (notes)

Former Alaska Aces winger Scott Howes, with three goals in the last three games for AHL Springfield, is off his tryout contract and has been signed to a standard AHL contract by the Falcons.