Regents eliminate UAA hockey, gymnastics and alpine skiing but offer each a chance at reinstatement
Cross-country skiing is spared, and the others can be too -- but only if they meet huge fundraising goals by February.
Hockey
Pandemic delays the start of the college hockey season
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.
Still stinging from proposed cuts, UAA athletes and coaches will make their case to regents on Monday
Public testimony will be taken by phone from 4-6 p.m. Monday.
UAF hockey team in quarantine after 6 players test positive for COVID-19
A number of players attended an off-campus party on Aug. 22, school administrators said.
Once the toast of the town, UAA hockey is toast, and it’s sad but not surprising
You could once call Anchorage a hockey town and get little argument about it. Saying it now sounds like a punchline.
Huge fundraising effort nets Alabama Huntsville hockey program a one-year reprieve
The Chargers, who play in the same conference as UAA and UAF, can play beyond 2020-21 if they come up with a five-year philanthropic funding plan
Alabama Huntsville, ally of UAA and UAF, drops college hockey
Along with the two Alaska schools, Huntsville would have been one of three teams left behind in a planned exodus of WCHA teams after the 2020-21 season.
At ‘Scotty’s House,’ two-time Stanley Cup winner Gomez will help you survive with laughter
The hockey star has posted a series of Instagram videos filmed while he was hunkered down in Anchorage.
As he waits to join the Boston Bruins, Anchorage goalie Jeremy Swayman trades pucks for peaks
A mountain a day in the Chugach front range keeps him busy, fit and happy.
Jeremy Swayman honored as college hockey’s top goalie and is runner-up for the Hobey Baker Award
The Anchorage goaltender recently signed an NHL contract with the Boston Bruins.
Anchorage goalie Jeremy Swayman’s big week includes signing an NHL contract
Swayman was named the Hockey East player of the year on Thursday.
Mavericks hammer UAA hockey team in opening game of WCHA playoffs
Minnesota State skated past the Seawolves 8-1 in the first game of the best-of-3 series.
College hockey teams leaving UAA and UAF behind choose an old name for their new league
Only three WCHA teams are not part of the new conference — the University of Alaska teams in Anchorage and Fairbanks, and Alabama Huntsville.
Low on skaters, high on offense, West Eagles head into state hockey tournament
The line of Chase Solberg, Matthew Patchin and Ian Keim has accounted for 103 of West’s 140 goals in 22 games this season.
State hockey tournament begins Thursday with West taking on Service
The game is one of four first-round contests at the Menard Center in Wasilla.
The physics of slapshots and mid-ice collisions
When two NHL hockey players collide, their pads and body tissues can absorb enough energy to power a 100-watt light bulb for a minute and a half.
Much-needed conference points slip away from UAA hockey team in overtime
The Seawolves grabbed a one-goal lead three times in the game against Bowling Green.
For the Alaska Heat high school hockey team, the player pool is geographically gigantic
The team draws players from Glennallen, Tok and Utqiagvik. Full-team practices are infrequent, but Snapchat keeps the players in touch.
Anchorage goaltender and his US teammates leave World Juniors without medals
Isaiah Saville and his teammates were eliminated with a quarterfinal loss Thursday in the Czech Republic.
Aces reunion hockey game nets more than $200,000 for charities
Organizers say fans can expect another hockey event, maybe as soon as 2020.