Alaska Anchorage Seawolves men's ice hockey

UAA began its ice hockey program in 1979, playing 8 of its 31 games against Division II Alaska–Fairbanks (winning all) 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.^[3]

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.^[4] 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 (the last such for UAA as of 2019). 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 lose 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.^[5] 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.

In 2020, the university announced plans to cut the hockey program, along with skiing and gymnastics, due to sharp reductions in state funding. The University of Alaska Board of Regents offered the hockey team a chance at reinstatement in September if they could raise 2 seasons worth of expenses, approximately $3 million by February 2021, so the hockey program as a whole went on hiatus and did not compete for both the 2020–21 and 2021-22 seasons as its future was being determined. The fundraising was divided into 2 parts: $1.5 million in cash and the remainder in firm pledges. As of December 2020, the team began fundraising for the needed money.^[6] On August 31, 2021, the university announced that enough donations had been received to save the program. The team returned to the ice for the 2022–23 season.^[7]

This article needs to be updated. (February 2024)

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As of completion of 2024–25 season. Records includes regular season and playoffs games.^[9]

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As of July 30, 2024.^[10]

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No.	Nat.	Player	Class	Pos	Height	Weight	DoB	Hometown	Previous team	NHL rights
2		Ethan Warrener	Freshman	D	6' 1" (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	2003-05-15	Calgary, Alberta	Trail Smoke Eaters (BCHL)	—
3		Joey Potter	Sophomore	D	5' 11" (1.8 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2003-05-09	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Union (ECAC)	—
4		Davis Goulker	Junior	D	6' 1" (1.85 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	2001-04-22	Atlanta, Georgia	Shreveport Mudbugs (NAHL)	—
5		Pavol Funtek	Freshman	D	6' 6" (1.98 m)	207 lb (94 kg)	2003-07-03	Bratislava, Slovakia	Minot Minotauros (NAHL)	—
6		Brandon Lajoie	Junior	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	2001-10-18	Eagle River, Alaska	St. Cloud Norsemen (NAHL)	—
8		Gunnar VanDamme	Sophomore	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	182 lb (83 kg)	2002-12-08	Pittsford, New York	Maryland Black Bears (NAHL)	—
9		Conor Cole	Junior	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)	183 lb (83 kg)	2001-10-28	St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador	Maryland Black Bears (NAHL)	—
10		Logan Acheson	Junior	D	5' 11" (1.8 m)	173 lb (78 kg)	2002-04-24	Edmonton, Alberta	Bemidji State (CCHA)	—
11		Dylan Contreras	Freshman	F	5' 7" (1.7 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	2003-05-23	Yorba Linda, California	Kenai River Brown Bears (NAHL)	—
12		J. P. Steele	Freshman	D	6' 2" (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2003-10-08	Franklin, Michigan	Maine Nordiques (NAHL)	—
14		Connor Marritt	Graduate	F	6' 1" (1.85 m)	174 lb (79 kg)	1999-03-14	Kelowna, British Columbia	Northern Michigan (CCHA)	—
16		Ryan Johnson	Freshman	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)	181 lb (82 kg)	2003-05-05	Calgary, Alberta	New Mexico Ice Wolves (NAHL)	—
19		Nolan Gagnon	Freshman	D	5' 10" (1.78 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	2003-04-18	Metcalfe, Ontario	Amarillo Wranglers (NAHL)	—
20		Adam Parsons	Freshman	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	2003-10-22	Port Moody, British Columbia	Trail Smoke Eaters (BCHL)	—
21		Ben Anderson	Sophomore	F	6' 5" (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	2002-03-01	Crystal, Minnesota	Wisconsin Windigo (NAHL)	—
22		Aiden Westin	Sophomore	F	6' 1" (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2002-02-06	Anchorage, Alaska	Anchorage Wolverines (NAHL)	—
23		Maximilion Helgeson	Senior	F	6' 1" (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2000-12-05	Anchorage, Alaska	Lindenwood (ACHA)	—
25		Will Schimek	Graduate	D	6' 2" (1.88 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	2001-05-22	Mendota Heights, Minnesota	Providence (USHL)	—
26		Dylan Finlay	Junior	D	6' 1" (1.85 m)	178 lb (81 kg)	2001-10-24	L'Île-Bizard, Quebec	Powell River Kings (BCHL)	—
27		Dimitry Kebreau	Freshman	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)	181 lb (82 kg)	2003-06-16	Silver Spring, Maryland	Maryland Black Bears (NAHL)	—
28		Matt Johnson	Junior	F	6' 1" (1.85 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	2001-11-25	Calgary, Alberta	Anchorage Wolverines (NAHL)	—
30		Tyler Krivtsov	Freshman	G	6' 2" (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	2003-12-02	Santa Clarita, California	Fairbanks Ice Dogs (AJHL)	—
31		Bryant Marks	Freshman	G	6' 0" (1.83 m)	174 lb (79 kg)	2004-03-12	Wasilla, Alaska	Kenai River Brown Bears (NAHL)	—
33		Greg Orosz	Sophomore	G	6' 3" (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	2002-08-28	Győr, Hungary	Odessa Jackalopes (NAHL)	—
39		Tanner Edwards	Graduate	F	6' 1" (1.85 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	2000-03-11	Anchorage, Alaska	Minnesota State (CCHA)	—
43		Karter McNarland	Sophomore	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	2003-02-10	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan	Powell River Kings (BCHL)	—
74		Alex Gomez	Junior	F	6' 4" (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2001-07-18	Parker, Colorado	New Mexico Ice Wolves (NAHL)	—
79		Porter Schachle	Senior	F	6' 4" (1.93 m)	194 lb (88 kg)	2000-11-22	Wasilla, Alaska	Danbury Jr. Hat Tricks (NAHL)	—
86		Jarred White	Graduate	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1999-05-21	Edmonton, Alberta	Western Michigan (NCHC)	—

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This is a list of Alaska Anchorage alumni were a part of an Olympic team.

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Name	Position	Alaska Anchorage Tenure	Team	Year	Finish
Mat Robinson	Defenseman	2005–2009	CAN	2018, 2022	Bronze, 6th

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As of July 1, 2024.

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