Anchorage’s Steven Gustafson, Mike Curran and Dawson Ellingworth won an Alaska high school state championship with West High in 2015. They got the band back together at NAIA Aquinas and returned to the top of the charts. The trio of college freshmen helped the Saints claim the NAIA Hockey Tournament with a 5-1 victory over… Read more »

Maine goaltender Jeremy Swayman of Anchorage continued his mastery over New Hampshire when it mattered most, backstopping a pair of wins in the Hockey East first-round playoff series to highlight a Black Bears’ sweep. The freshman netminder turned aside 53-of-56 shots as Maine won the two games by a combined 7-3 score and advanced to… Read more »

Bemidji State senior Bailey Wright of Anchorage put the finishing touches on a 3-0 win over Minnesota Duluth in the final game of the WCHA playoff three-game series to propel the Beavers to the league’s Final Faceoff. The senior forward scored an empty-net goal in the final seconds of Game 3 and finished with two… Read more »

He was already the top playmaker on the Aquinas College hockey team, now Steven Gustafson of Anchorage has been recognized on a national level. The freshman defenseman and team’s leading scorer was named NAIA Hockey Coaches Association Defenseman of the Week. He dished out four assists and helped the Saints to a 2-0-1 record last… Read more »

One of Alaska’s greatest hockey players took center stage at the National Women’s Hockey League All-Star Game in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Anchorage’s Jordan Smelker of the Boston Pride collected a goal and two assists to help Team Ott beat Team Leveille 8-6. The 25-year-old all-star earned the primary assist on the goal that gave her… Read more »

Tristen Tolan of Anchorage broke a long scoreless streak while helping the Elmira Soaring Eagles extend the hockey team’s unbeaten streak. The freshman forward buried a goal in the second period as the nation’s third-ranked team earned a 6-0 win over Manhattanville during NCAA D3 action in Pine Valley, New York. Elmira is 8-0-2 over… Read more »

Anchorage’s Tanner Sorenson surpassed a major milestone recently when the third-year pro pucks player registered his 100th career point. The 24-year-old center with Kazakhstan power Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk leads his team is goals and is the only player to rank in the top three in points [30], penalties [74] and plus/minus [+11]. Sorenson is the top… Read more »

Merrimack defenseman Alex Carle of Anchorage set up a goal in regulation, but Maine goaltender Jeremy Swayman of Anchorage picked up the winning decision in a 4-3 OT victory in Orono, Maine. It was the latest NCAA D1 hockey game that featured a couple Alaskans facing off on the same ice. Carle set up the… Read more »

Wasilla’s Cheyenne Matson has full-time responsibilities on defense for Buffalo State, but her recent side job on offense has paid huge dividends. The 5-foot-5 sophomore earned her fourth assist of the season over the weekend in the first game of a two-game sweep of Oswego State in Buffalo, New York. Matson has been especially effective… Read more »

For 15 weeks, the Hockey East Conference has awarded three players with individual honors to reward prolific play. Five times Anchorage’s Jeremy Swayman has been named one of the three stars; that’s more than any other player in the league. The Maine freshman goaltender pushed his unbeaten streak to five games after backstopping the Black… Read more »