North Pole native Pheonix Copley turned aside 24 shots and earned the win in goal as the Washington Capitals beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-2 in overtime in Denver, Colorado. Making his third consecutive start for the defending Stanley Cup champions, the 26-year-old held the NHL’s top offensive team to just one goal for more than… Read more »
Felila Manu of Anchorage scored her first goal of the season for the Merrimack College women’s hockey team in a 5-0 win over Holy Cross during NCAA D1 action in Worcester, Massachusetts. It was the fifth career goal for the senior defenseman and her 20th career point. Manu, of East High fame, has collected 5-15—20… Read more »
Eagle River’s Andrew Shortridge turned aside 22 shots in a 4-1 win over American International College in his first start of the season for the Quinnipiac University hockey team. The junior goaltender reached a major milestone with his 1,000th career save. Shortridge improved to 24-17-2 with a 2.16 goals against average and .915 save percentage… Read more »
Anchorage’s Nolan Walker has really taken to his new gig in college hockey. The St. Cloud State University freshman has registered a point in each of his first five games in a Huskies sweater after bagging two goals in a 7-0 win over Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Walker has scored three goals on… Read more »
Anchorage’s Kenny Hausinger opened the first and third periods with goals, but it wasn’t enough to save the University of Massachusetts-Lowell men’s hockey team from a 5-4 overtime loss to Rochester Institute of Technology. The junior forward took four shots, won a faceoff and finished +1 in the nonleague game between Hockey East and Athletic… Read more »
Clair DeGeorge of Anchorage scored the first goal of her sophomore season for the Bemidji State University women’s hockey team in a 4-3 loss to Providence College in Providence, Rhode Island. The reigning All-WCHA Third Team forward bagged the game’s first goal early in the second period. It was her eighth career goal in 41… Read more »
University of Maine sophomore Jeremy Swayman of Anchorage is one of 20 NCAA D1 goaltenders named to the preseason watch list for the annual Mike Richter Award. He is the only Alaskan nominated and one of just four sophomores on the list. The Richter Award is in its sixth year and is named after former… Read more »
At 19, Nolan Walker of Anchorage will already see his hockey life come full circle. After leaving his hometown at age 14 to attend prep school in Indiana and chase his dream in junior hockey, he returns to Alaska next month with St. Cloud State University to face the University of Alaska Fairbanks in the… Read more »
There was never a question of whether Eagle River’s Cam McDonald would play college, just a matter of where. The all-star figured that out when he visited Providence College. “I went on an official visit and knew from the start it was something that I wanted to be a part of,” McDonald told me. “The… Read more »
One Hickel wasn’t enough for the Calgary Inferno. Two months after signing free agent Zoe Hickel, the Canadian Women’s Hockey League team drafted Tori Hickel. Calgary picked the 24-year-old defenseman in the fifth round of this week’s draft in Toronto, Ontario. She had played the previous two pro years with Swedish power Djurgarden, which she… Read more »
