The UAA hockey team is fighting for survival, and the Seattle Kraken are here to help
Seattle’s new NHL franchise is enlisting help from its fans in an effort to save the Seawolves.
Seattle’s new NHL franchise is enlisting help from its fans in an effort to save the Seawolves.
It’s the second straight state championship for the Mariners.
The title game will be a rematch of the 2019 state championship game.
The tournament continues Friday with semifinals and consolation games.
The three-day tournament begins Thursday at Wasilla’s Menard Memorial Center.
An unprecedented blast of winter hit Texas right when a handful of Alaska youth hockey teams got there. “You walk into the hotel room and you can see your breath,” one coach said.
A season like no other ends like the previous two — with South-Bartlett proving to be the cream of the crop.
Upstart CER will be looking to keep South/Bartlett from a three-peat when the two teams collide Saturday afternoon.
Winless coming into the girls high school championships, CER made a big splash Monday night.
South/Bartlett opens bid for three-peat by shutting out Dimond/West and Chugiak/Eagle River upsets top seed Service/East as competition heats up a truly frozen four tournament.
The newest NHL franchise is also challenging 10 other businesses or individuals to donate $100,000 to help save one of the few Division 1 college hockey programs in the Northwest.
Faceoff for the game is 3:30 p.m. Saturday at the outdoor rink near Ben Boeke Ice Arena.
The Save Seawolf Hockey group has a number of fundraisers planned for January.
Cam McDonald was one of 29 players invited to the weeklong training camp but he didn’t make the final roster.
“Our focus right now is to right this ship and make way for our survival,” Seawolves coach Matt Curley said.
Among the $850,000 in cash and pledges raised so far is a $25,000 donation from former player Brian Kraft.
Having a schedule doesn’t equal having games, but it’s a start, UAA coach Matt Curley said.
Cross-country skiing is spared, and the others can be too -- but only if they meet huge fundraising goals by February.
All 11 of the nation’s Division I men’s and women’s conferences, including the one UAA and UAF belong to, are postponing the start of the 2020-21 season.