Alaska Anchorage will host Long Island in three games this week at the Avis Alaska Sports Complex.
Series
Alaska Anchorage trails the all-time series with Long Island 3-4-0, but has split the two games played in Anchorage in 2024. The Sharks enter the weekend on a two-game winning streak against the Seawolves.
Coach Shasby
Head coach
Matt Shasby enters his fourth season leading the Seawolves. The Anchorage, native has a 32-73-9 mark as the UAA bench boss.
Chris Kamal and
Aaron McPheters return as assistant coaches for the Seawolves, while Anchorage native
Evan Trupp has joined the staff as an assistant coach.
Points Leader
Junior
Karter McNarland tallied his team-leading 11th point of the season with an assist on a goal by
Aaron Reierson at UAF last week. The Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, native leads the team in both assists (10) and points (11).
Point Streak
Sophomore
Pavol Funtek tallied his first point of the season with an assist at No. 3 Wisconsin on Jan. 10th and followed up with an assist on
Aaron Reierson's goal at UAF on Jan. 16th.
New Guys
Freshmen
Aaron Reierson and
Jacob Terpstra joined the team at the semester and have made an offensive impact for the Seawolves. Reierson tallied an assist in his first game for Alaska Anchorage with an assist at Arizona State and scored his first goal in the 1-1 tie last week at Alaska Fairbanks.
Jacob Terpstra scored a goal for his point in last week's 4-1 loss at Alaska Fairbanks.
Power-Play Chances
UAA tied its season-high for power-play chances this season with six at UAF on Jan. 16th.
Shots
UAA out-shot their opponent for the second time this season when they out-shot UAF 30-29 in the 1-1 tie last week. Alaska Anchorage out-shot Brown 37-33 on Nov. 19th.
Road Success
All three of the Seawolve's wins this season have come on the road.
Last Time Out
Alaska Anchorage recorded a tie (1-1) and a loss (4-1) at Alaska Fairbanks in the first two games of the Alaska Airlines Governor's Cup.
Looking Ahead
Alaska Anchorage will host in-state rival Alaska Fairbanks in games three and four of the Alaska Airlines Governor's Cup Feb. 6-7.
