Connecting You with Alaska Athletes Visit Us! Become a Sponsor THE WEEK IN REVIEW Around The Rinks (NHL-AHL Edition): Jeremy Swayman’s busy week includes NHL All-Star Game nod; and Isaiah Saville’s continuing, and lucrative, adventures by Doyle Woody | Jan 14, 2024 | Cover Story, Hockey Boston Bruins goaltender Jeremy Swayman of Anchorage presumably slept well in the last week, given his relatively heavy workload on a four-game road trip in which every game went past regulation. Oh, and the Bruins touched four time zones on the journey from Boston to...Read More   Prep Hoops: West Valley wins Alaska Prep Shootout, improves to 8-0; Jamari Sims MVP by Van Williams | Jan 13, 2024 | Basketball, Cover Story After losing two all-state studs to graduation, the West Valley boys basketball team figured to be in rebuild mode. Turns out it was just a remodel. The Wolfpack have a new look but possess the same winning blueprint under coach Colten Growden, who has his team 8-0 on...Read More   Prep Hockey: No substitutes, no problem as Mat-Su Ravens best Service/East 13-6 by Chanda File | Jan 13, 2024 | Cover Story, Hockey No substitutes? No problem for the Mat-Su Ravens, who soundly defeated Service/East 13-6 on Friday at UAA’s Chuck Homan Ice Rink despite only having six players available. Because most of the girls play on multiple teams which creates competing schedules, Mat Su's...Read More   Mushing phenom Emily Robinson named Alaska Athlete of the Week by Alaska Sports Report | Jan 9, 2024 | Athlete of the Week, Sled Dog Racing Emily Robinson, a 16-year-old musher from Nenana, topped a stellar field to win the Knik 200 race on Sunday, garnering her our Alaska Athlete of the Week honors. Robinson, the two-time defending Junior Iditarod champion, was only allowed to participate because the... Read More   Around The Rinks (Juniors Edition): The Anchorage Wolverines strengthen playoff possibilities with road sweep of Fairbanks Ice Dogs (plus, NAHL-USHL notes) by Doyle Woody | Jan 14, 2024 | Cover Story, Hockey Few things are as sweet as a road sweep of a rink rival, which the Anchorage Wolverines savored over the weekend. The Wolverines took the broom to the Fairbanks Ice Dogs with Friday’s 4-2 win and Saturday’s 3-1 victory, all of which strengthened their push for a... Read More   College Hoops: Tyriq Luke and Demarcus Hall-Scriven stand out for UAF in 2OT loss; UAA beats Central Washington to run record to 12-3 by Van Williams | Jan 12, 2024 | Basketball, Cover Story There was no quit in the Nanooks on Thursday night. Not at the end of regulation, not in the first overtime and not in the second OT. And local starters Tyriq Luke of Fairbanks and Demarcus Hall-Scriven of Anchorage were in the middle of it all as each Alaskan took...Read More   Around The Rinks (College Edition): Eagle River’s Trent Burnham, the busiest masked man in NCAA Division I men’s hockey, comes up big in Lindenwood’s tie at No. 3 Wisconsin (plus, D-1 and D-III notes) by Doyle Woody | Jan 15, 2024 | Cover Story, Hockey Most goaltenders insist they would rather be busy than go long stretches between shots. Frequent shots, goalies say, keep them focused, engaged and sharp. That’s rink life these days for Lindenwood University junior masked man Trent Burnham of Eagle River, who faces...Read More   Anchorage’s Mary Parks balances life as a multi-sport athlete by Arielle Himelbloom | Jan 11, 2024 | Basketball, Cover Story, Track and Field From the hardwood to the oval to the cross country course, Anchorage’s Mary Parks is one of the few multi-sport athletes on the college scene competing year-round. Parks, a senior at Bethany College, got an early start in sports, picking up basketball in the second...Read More   Prep Hockey: West closes in on regular-season CIC title with 4-3 win over South; Service falls to Colorado team by Matt Nevala | Jan 13, 2024 | Cover Story, Hockey, Prep Spotlight Fourteen of the 19 uniformed West High players in Friday’s late afternoon Cook Inlet Conference hockey action also participated in last season’s Division I state championship contest. The Eagles came up empty back on that February day, and the regiment of returners... Read More   Pro Hoops: Kelsey Griffin inches closer to Lauren Jackson for 10th all-time in WNBL rebounds; Vante Hendrix drops 40 in Kazakhstan; 41-year-old Peter Bullock nets double figures in Norway by Van Williams | Jan 11, 2024 | Basketball, Cover Story Eagle River’s Kelsey Griffin will go down in the history as one of the greatest players of Australia’s Women’s National Basketball League. Where she'll finish in the pecking order is yet to be finalized because the 6-foot-2 forward is still playing, but the...Read More   Friday Flashback: The night 24 years ago that Regg Simon’s big brain and attention to detail helped UAA hockey forge a 1-1 WCHA tie at Mankato by Doyle Woody | Jan 12, 2024 | Cover Story, Friday Flashback, Hockey Regg Simon wasn’t a particularly big winger, though not tiny, either – UAA’s 1999-2000 roster listed him at 5-foot-11, 190 pounds. He wasn’t particularly fast, or overly skilled. His skating was, uh, a work in progress. But no one ever doubted his work ethic, or...Read More   College Hoops: Who are Alaska’s top scorers this season? We tracked 61 players to find out. Spoiler alert: Alissa Pili is No. 1 by Van Williams | Jan 10, 2024 | Basketball, Cover Story When it comes to scoring, nobody from Alaska does it better than Alissa Pili. In fact, few players do it better in the NCAA than the Utah All-American from Anchorage. Her 22.5-point average ranks seventh in women’s Division I basketball. Pili’s 37-point gem against...Read More     Join our Family of Sponsors The Alaska Sports Report is a non-profit entity owned by the 501(c)3 Alaska Sports Hall of Fame. We say "no" to paywalls and pop-up ads, "yes" to community partners. Make a tax deductible donation and we'll recognize you on our site, social media posts, and in this weekly review! Our Team Van Williams, Editor Doyle Woody, Reporter Arielle Himelbloom, Reporter Matt Nevala, Reporter Matias Saari, Reporter Beth Bragg, Reporter Chanda File, Reporter Stephanie Burgoon, Photographer Natalie Osborne, Web Development Shelley Romer, Dev. Director Harlow Robinson, Exec. 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