Alaska Anchorage Seawolves men's ice hockey


The Alaska Anchorage Seawolves men's ice hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college ice hockey program that represents the University of Alaska Anchorage. The Seawolves are a member of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association. They play at the Sullivan Arena in Anchorage, Alaska.

History

began its ice hockey program in 1979, playing 8 of its 31 games against Division II Alaska–Fairbanks before beginning a full D-II schedule the following season. The Seawolves rose quickly in the Division II ranks, narrowly missing out on the NCAA tournament in 1984 but promoted the team to Division I that summer when the entire D-II division collapsed.
Anchorage played as an independent for a year before being a founding member of the first west coast conference, the Great West Hockey Conference. The league was very short-lived, lasting only three seasons before the two non-Alaska schools dropped hockey entirely, but it did provide UAA with its first league title in 1987. The Seawolves were once again without a conference in 1988–89, but a year later they posted their first 20-win season at the D-I level and were selected to the NCAA Tournament.
The Seawolves dropped both games to Lake Superior State but returned the following year after another 20-win campaign and this time they were able to win their first NCAA round, defeating the Boston College Eagles. 1991–92 provided UAA with its best record, with the team going 27–8–1 and garnering a third consecutive NCAA berth. After one more winning season the Seawolves joined the Western Collegiate Hockey Association.
The stability of their new conference came as a double-edged sword, however, as the Seawolves would spend the next 20 years finishing with losing records. To make matters worse the team would lost both games in the opening round of the WCHA tournament most of the time and only twice could manage a First Round series win.
The college hockey world changed in 2013 when the Central Collegiate Hockey Association collapsed due to the formation of the Big Ten and the National Collegiate Hockey Conference. This caused the WCHA to replace many of its departing members with weaker teams but even in the new WCHA UAA was still a bottom-half team. After making the conference semifinals the first season the Seawolves missed the playoffs each of the next five years.

Season-by-season results

Head Coaches

As of completion of 2019–20 season. Records includes regular season and playoffs games.

Statistical Leaders

Career points leaders

PlayerYearsGPGAPtsPIM
1989–199263137200
1981–198470127197
1984–19877693169
1989–19927491165
1985–198854107161
1988–19917573148
1989–19925096146
1989–19917670146
1990–19947361134
1992–19954588133

Career Goaltending Leaders

GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average
Minimum 30 games
PlayerYearsGPMinWLTGASOSV%GAA
1998–199930169211135651.9202.31
2014–201812269732877143503.9083.01
2010–2014713850213921985.8883.09
2010–20148244992441102361.8863.15
1990–1993482688291161422.8833.17

Statistics current through the start of the 2018-19 season.

Roster

As of August 18, 2019.

Seawolves in the NHL

PlayerPositionTeamYearsStanley Cup|
Jeff BattersDefenseSTL1993–19940
Jay BeagleCenter', VAN2008–Present1
Rob ConnRight WingCHI, BUF1991–19960
Curtis GlencrossLeft WingANA, CBJ, EDM, CGY, WSH2006–20150
Justin JohnsonRight WingNYI2013–20140
Nathan LawsonGoaltenderNYI, OTT2010–20140
Gregg NaumenkoGoaltenderANA2000–20010
Mike PelusoLeft WingCHI, OTT, ', STL, CGY1989–19981
Duvie WestcottDefenseCBJ2001–20080