Английская Википедия:2022–23 Alaska Nanooks men's ice hockey season

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The 2022–23 Alaska Nanooks men's ice hockey season was the 73rd season of play for the program and the 38th at the Division I level. The Nanooks represented the University of Alaska Fairbanks and were coached by Erik Largen in his 4th season.

Season

With nearly half of the team's roster changing in the offseason, Alaska was a mystery when the season began. Senior transfer Matt Radomsky was given control of the crease but the rest of the team would take some time to sort out. Unsurprisingly, it took the offense a while to build some chemistry as the Nanooks averaged slightly more than 2 goals per game over the first two months of the season. That wasn't much improvement over the year before, however, whereas they had started out 1–12 the previous season, the 2023 Nanooks were in a much better position. The defense, led by co-captain Garrett Pyke, did a tremendous job insulating Radomsky and allowed an average of less than 25 shots against per game. The relatively light workload and Radomsky's strong play helped keep the team afloat in the early part of the season and they held a .500 record by mid-November.

Just before Thanksgiving, Alaska travelled south to take on #7 Penn State. Though they lost both games, each defeat was only by a single goal and demonstrated that the Nanooks could compete with the college hockey elite. After the winter break Alaska fulfilled that promise by splitting two consecutive weekends against ranked opponents, including then-#1 Denver. With a winning record and several impressive wins, the Nanooks were suddenly alive for the NCAA tournament berth, having risen up to 22nd in the national rankings. After a couple of weeks off, Alaska entered the stretch run of its season with 12 games remaining. Alaska had a fairly easy slate of games but this left them with catch-22; because they weren't going to participate in a conference tournament, Alaska would have to be at least #15 in the national rankings to make the NCAA tournament. To do that they needed to win, however, they wouldn't get much credit for wins over low-ranked teams. Of all their opponents in those final 12 games, only Arizona State was above 50 (out of 61 teams) and they were still in the bottom half. Because of this,Alaska would likely need to go undefeated, or very close to, to have any chance of getting into the top 15. With little room for error, that's exactly what the Nanooks did.

Over a 6-week span, Alaska's offense came into its own and helped the team go 11–1 to end the regular season. The streak gave the team its first 20-win season in 21 years and raised them up to #12 in the rankings. However, when the team finished its schedule on March 4, many other clubs still had games to play. Alaska had to wait and see how the rest of the teams fared before they could punch their ticket to the tournament. By mid-March they had been overtaken by Minnesota State and, as the conference tournaments progressed, they were pushed down to #15. Entering championship weekend, Alaska was in the final position for an at-large bid but were in a relatively good position. For various reasons, the winners of the Atlantic Hockey, Big Ten and CCHA tournaments would not affect the Nanooks. What Alaska needed was for each of the ECAC Hockey, Hockey East and NCHC to be won by a team that was ranked higher than the Nanooks. While Hockey East and the NCHC obliged, Colgate stunned three higher-seeded teams to capture the ECAC crown. That upset shrunk the at-large field to the top-14 teams, leaving Alaska out in the cold.

In spite of the misfortune at the end, this was still the best season for the Nanooks in 35 years, the final season of the Great West Hockey Conference.

Departures

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Jakob Breault	Forward	Шаблон:CAN	Left program (retired)
Antonio Di Paolo	Defenseman	Шаблон:CAN	Left program (retired)
Filip Fornåå Svensson	Forward	Шаблон:SWE	Transferred to Massachusetts Lowell
Gustavs Dāvis Grigals	Goaltender	Шаблон:LAT	Graduate transfer to Massachusetts Lowell
Didrik Henbrant	Forward	Шаблон:SWE	Transferred to Maine
Caleb Hite	Forward	Шаблон:USA	Graduation (retired)
Kristaps Jākobsons	Defenseman	Шаблон:LAT	Left program (retired)
Roberts Kaļķis	Defenseman	Шаблон:LAT	Signed professional contract (Iisalmen Peli-Karhut)
Matt McKim	Forward	Шаблон:CAN	Transferred to Acadia
Riley Murphy	Forward	Шаблон:USA	Left program (retired)
Jordan Muzzillo	Defenseman	Шаблон:USA	Graduation (signed with Wichita Thunder)
Austin Ryman	Goaltender	Шаблон:USA	Transferred to Bethel
Nátán Vertes	Forward	Шаблон:HUN	Signed professional contract (Fehérvár AV19)
Antti Virtanen	Defenseman	Шаблон:FIN	Graduation (signed with Tappara)
Ēriks Žohovs	Forward	Шаблон:LAT	Left mid-season; signed professional contract (Fehérvár AV19)

Recruiting

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Braden Birnie	Forward	Шаблон:CAN	21	Weyburn, SK
Kyle Gaffney	Forward	Шаблон:USA	21	Plymouth, MI
Will Hilfiker	Defenseman	Шаблон:USA	21	Middletown, NJ
Xavier Jean-Louis	Defenseman	Шаблон:USA	21	Miami, FL
Ricards Landmanis	Defenseman	Шаблон:LAT	20	Ventspils, LAT
Lassi Lehti	Goaltender	Шаблон:FIN	20	Espoo, FIN
T. J. Lloyd	Defenseman	Шаблон:CAN	22	Lloydminster, SK; transfer from Bowling Green
A. J. Macaulay	Defenseman	Шаблон:CAN	20	Bonnyville, AB
Cade Neilson	Forward	Шаблон:ENG	21	Lafayette, LA
Matteo Pecchia	Forward	Шаблон:CAN	22	Nobleton, ON; transfer from Western Michigan
Zachary Power	Forward	Шаблон:CAN	21	Glencoe, ON
Matt Radomsky	Goaltender	Шаблон:CAN	23	Winnipeg, MB; transfer from Holy Cross
Quinn Rudrud	Forward	Шаблон:USA	21	Farmington, MN
Jonny Sorenson	Forward	Шаблон:USA	22	St. Louis Park, MN; transfer from Minnesota

Roster

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Schedule and results

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Scoring statistics

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Шаблон:Sortname	F	34	10	18	28	19
Шаблон:Sortname	F	34	9	19	28	6
Шаблон:Sortname	F	33	13	10	23	22
Шаблон:Sortname	F	34	11	11	22	6
Шаблон:Sortname	D	34	4	15	19	40
Шаблон:Sortname	F	33	5	12	17	22
Шаблон:Sortname	D	34	3	13	16	10
Шаблон:Sortname	C	34	9	6	15	12
Шаблон:Sortname	F	33	5	8	13	13
Шаблон:Sortname	F	34	5	7	12	33
Шаблон:Sortname	RW	32	9	2	11	8
Шаблон:Sortname	D	34	3	8	11	16
Шаблон:Sortname	D	34	3	8	11	79
Шаблон:Sortname	F	19	3	6	9	24
Шаблон:Sortname	C	27	3	6	9	6
Шаблон:Sortname	D	33	2	7	9	12
Шаблон:Sortname	LW	29	1	7	8	83
Шаблон:Sortname	D	31	3	2	5	24
Шаблон:Sortname	F	16	2	3	5	19
Шаблон:Sortname	D	13	0	3	3	4
Шаблон:Sortname	C	18	0	2	2	8
Шаблон:Sortname	C	5	1	0	1	4
Шаблон:Sortname	D	5	0	1	1	0
Шаблон:Sortname	G	34	0	1	1	0
Шаблон:Sortname	G	1	0	0	0	0
Шаблон:Sortname	G	2	0	0	0	0
Шаблон:Sortname	C	4	0	0	0	5
Шаблон:Sortname	LW	4	0	0	0	2
Total			104	175	279	477

Goaltending statistics

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Шаблон:Sortname	34	1992:08	22	10	2	68	742	2	.916	2.05
Шаблон:Sortname	2	40:06	0	0	0	2	13	0	.867	2.99
Шаблон:Sortname	1	10:47	0	0	0	1	5	0	.833	5.56
Empty Net	-	16:59	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-
Total	34	2060:00	22	10	2	74	760	2	.911	2.16

Rankings

Poll	Week
	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27 (Final)
USCHO.com	NR	-	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	-	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	20	NR	NR	18	16	15	15	-	15
USA Today	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	19	15	15	15	15	15

Note: USCHO did not release a poll in weeks 1, 13, or 26.