Alaska Anchorage Seawolves men's ice hockey

The Seawolves began their ice hockey program in 1979, playing 8 of its 31 games against Division II Alaska–Fairbanks, of which they won all of them, 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. The team was promoted to Division I that summer following the collapse of Division II hockey.^[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.

A year later in 1990, they posted their first 20-win season at the D-I level and were selected to the NCAA Tournament, where they would be swept by Lake Superior State. They returned to the national tournament the following year after another 20-win campaign. This time they were able to win their first NCAA playoff game, sweeping Boston College, before being swept themselves by Northern Michigan. The 1991–92 season provided UAA with its best record in program history, with the team going 27–8–1 and garnering a third consecutive NCAA berth, a 3–7 loss to Lake Superior State. This would mark the Seawolves most recent NCAA playoff 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 frequently lost both games in the opening round of the WCHA tournament, losing their first 20 consecutive WCHA playoff games. The 2003–04 season proved to be a surprising one, as despite finishing 8th in the WCHA, the Seawolves made it all the way to the WCHA semifinals.

College hockey underwent a major re-alignment in 2013, when the CCHA collapsed due to the formation of the Big Ten, leading many WCHA members to leave and create the NCHC.^[5] This caused the WCHA to replace many of its departing members with former CCHA teams but even in the new, weaker WCHA, the Seawolves were still a bottom-half team. After finishing with a winning record and making the conference semifinals in the first season, the Seawolves would miss the playoffs each of the next five years.

Beginning in the 2019–20 season, the Seawolves began playing in the 800-person capacity on-campus Avis Alaska Sports Complex, rather than their old home of the Sullivan Arena. The university announced this move would save an approximate $200,000 per year.^[6] Further financial issues would crop up, as 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 if they could raise two seasons worth of expenses, approximately $3 million by February 2021. 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. In December 2020, the team began fundraising for the needed money,^[7] and on August 31, 2021, the university announced that enough donations had been received to save the program.

The team returned to the ice in the 2022–23 season^[8] as an Independent program, following the collapse of the men's side of the WCHA after the CCHA's revival in 2021. Additionally, the Seawolves performed several upgrades on the small Avis Alaska Sports Complex to improve the fan and player experience. In 2023–24, the Seawolves posted their best season in a decade, with a 15–17–2 record. The team is currently pursuing plans to build a new arena.^[9]

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As of completion of 2025–26 season. Records includes regular season and playoffs games.^[11]

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As of August 27, 2025.^[12]

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No.	Nat.	Player	Class	Pos	Height	Weight	DoB	Hometown	Previous team	NHL rights
2		Ethan Warrener	Sophomore	D	6' 1" (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	2003-05-15	Calgary, Alberta	Trail Smoke Eaters (BCHL)	—
3		Joey Potter	Junior	D	5' 11" (1.8 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2003-05-09	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Union (ECAC)	—
4		Isaac Ménard	Freshman	D	5' 10" (1.78 m)	174 lb (79 kg)	2004-04-08	Trois-Rivières, Quebec	Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)	—
5		Pavol Funtek	Sophomore	D	6' 6" (1.98 m)	207 lb (94 kg)	2003-07-03	Bratislava, Slovakia	Minot Minotauros (NAHL)	—
6		Brandon Lajoie	Senior	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	2001-10-18	Eagle River, Alaska	St. Cloud Norsemen (NAHL)	—
8		Oren Shtrom	Freshman	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2004-09-28	Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Quebec	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)	—
9		Conor Cole	Senior	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	Senior	D	5' 11" (1.8 m)	173 lb (78 kg)	2002-04-24	Edmonton, Alberta	Bemidji State (CCHA)	—
11		Dylan Contreras	Sophomore	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	Sophomore	D	6' 2" (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2003-10-08	Franklin, Michigan	Maine Nordiques (NAHL)	—
13		Luke Helgeson	Freshman	D	6' 0" (1.83 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	2004-11-03	Anchorage, Alaska	Colorado Grit (NAHL)	—
14		Henry Bartle	Junior	F	6' 2" (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2003-06-03	Blaine, Minnesota	Michigan Tech (CCHA)	—
15		Dominic Foglia	Junior	D	6' 1" (1.85 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	2002-04-09	Tinton Falls, New Jersey	Colgate (ECAC)	—
16		Ryan Johnson	Sophomore	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)	181 lb (82 kg)	2003-05-05	Calgary, Alberta	New Mexico Ice Wolves (NAHL)	—
17		Bryce Monrean	Sophomore	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	2003-05-28	Anchorage, Alaska	Alaska (NCAA)	—
18		Judah Makway	Freshman	F	6' 3" (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	2004-09-28	Trail, British Columbia	Trail Smoke Eaters (BCHL)	—
19		Nolan Gagnon	Sophomore	D	5' 10" (1.78 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	2003-04-18	Metcalfe, Ontario	Amarillo Wranglers (NAHL)	—
20		Adam Parsons	Sophomore	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	2003-10-22	Port Moody, British Columbia	Trail Smoke Eaters (BCHL)	—
21		Ben Anderson	Junior	F	6' 5" (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	2002-03-01	Crystal, Minnesota	Wisconsin Windigo (NAHL)	—
22		Aiden Westin	Junior	F	6' 1" (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2002-02-06	Anchorage, Alaska	Anchorage Wolverines (NAHL)	—
25		David Jesus	Junior	D	6' 4" (1.93 m)	187 lb (85 kg)	2002-05-30	Toronto, Ontario	Windsor (OUA)	—
27		Dimitry Kebreau	Sophomore	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)	181 lb (82 kg)	2003-06-16	Silver Spring, Maryland	Maryland Black Bears (NAHL)	—
28		Tanyon Bajzer	Junior	F	6' 1" (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	2002-08-25	Shaker Heights, Ohio	Miami (NCHC)	—
29		Tye Spencer	Freshman	F	5' 8" (1.73 m)	150 lb (68 kg)	2004-06-27	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan	Wenatchee Wild (WHL)	—
30		Tyler Krivtsov	Sophomore	G	6' 2" (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	2003-12-02	Santa Clarita, California	Fairbanks Ice Dogs (AJHL)	—
31		Bryant Marks	Sophomore	G	6' 0" (1.83 m)	174 lb (79 kg)	2004-03-12	Wasilla, Alaska	Kenai River Brown Bears (NAHL)	—
33		Greg Orosz	Junior	G	6' 3" (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	2002-08-28	Győr, Hungary	Odessa Jackalopes (NAHL)	—
37		Luke Johnson	Senior	F	5' 9" (1.75 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	2001-10-15	St. Cloud, Minnesota	Alaska (NCAA)	—
43		Karter McNarland	Sophomore	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	2003-02-10	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan	Powell River Kings (BCHL)	—

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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, 2025.

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  Jay Beagle
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  Curtis Glencross
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  Mike Peluso

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