Alaska Anchorage will return to Fairbanks this weekend for the final game of the Alaska Airlines Governor's Cup Saturday. UAF leads this years series 3-2.
Series
Alaska Anchorage leads the all-time series against Alaska Fairbanks 93-80-14 but trails the series in Fairbanks 40-47-6.
Alaska Airlines Governor's Cup
The Alaska Airline's Governor's Cup started in 1993 with the Seawolves winning the yearly competition between the two schools eight times.
Coach Shasby
Head coach
Matt Shasby enters his third season leading the Seawolves. The Anchorage, native has a 28-55-7 mark as the UAA bench boss. Shasby will be assisted this season by
Chris Kamal,
Aaron McPheters and
Vincent Pietrangelo.
Point Streak
Freshman
Ryan Johnson scored a power-play goal in game one and recorded an assist on Max Helgeson's power-play goal in game two of last weekend's series at UAF. The Calgary, Alberta, native leads the team with 11 goals and ranks second on the team with 17 points.
Freshman
UAA has five players who have 10 or more points this season, three of which are freshmen,
Dimitry Kebreau,
Ryan Johnson and
Dylan Contreras.
Saturday Success
Alaska Anchorage is 5-7-3 on Saturday's and 1-12-1 on any other day of the week this season.
Road Warriors
The Seawolves have a 4-11-1 road record and a 1-7-3 mark at home this season.
Second Period Lead
UAA is 5-4-4 when leading or tied after the second period and 0-14-0 when trailing after the second period.
Powerplay
UAA is 5-4-2 this season when it holds their opponent scoreless on the powerplay and 0-15-2 when they allow a power-play goal.
Last Time Out
Alaska Fairbanks won both games in Fairbanks last weekend 3-1, 5-1.
Looking Ahead
Alaska Anchorage will hit the road for the last time this season with three games on the East Coast.