I like to kid myself and think I’m remotely on top of things – feel free to insert your joke here -- but digging around the series of tubes at home the other day looking for college hockey players from Alaska furnished a startling discovery.

Who knew the number of men’s and women’s college hockey programs in the U.S. totaled 220?

Trust me, it is so. I’ve got the tired eyeballs to prove it from scanning all of those rosters. (And I’m sure it is merely a coincidence a reminder from my eye guy that I'm due a checkup arrived in the mail today).

In any event, there are 64 men and women from Alaska playing U.S. college hockey.

The breakdown: 42 men, 22 women.

More breakdown: 23 men in Division I, 19 men in Division III, 12 women in Division I and 10 women in Division III.

One last breakdown for both Divisions combined (seriously, this is the last breakdown): 24 men and 8 women from Anchorage; 5 men and 9 women from Fairbanks; 5 men from Eagle River; 2 men and 2 women from Wasilla; 1 man and 1 woman from Palmer; 1 man and 1 woman from Sterling; 1 woman from Soldotna; 1 man from Willow; 1 man from Homer; 1 man from Kenny Lake; and 1 woman from Delta Junction. (Man, I hope that adds up to 64).

At least those are the counts I came up with by searching through rosters on www.collegehockeystats.net and www.uscho.com, though there were a few schools with rosters that looked a little thin in numbers. Anyhow, if you think someone is missing from the list, give a holler to dwoody@adn.com and we’ll update it.

Without further rambling, here’s the list by Division (I or III), gender, conference, team, year, position and hometown:

DIVISION I MEN

ATLANTIC HOCKEY

Air Force – Michael Mayra, Sr. D, Anchorage.
Army – Scott Warner, Fr. D, Anchorage.
Connecticut – Brad McInnis, Soph. G, Anchorage.

CCHA

UAF – Bryant Molle, Soph. D, Anchorage.
Derek Bradish, Fr. D, Fairbanks.
Trevor Hyatt, Sr. F, Anchorage.
Cody Butcher, Fr. D, Anchorage.
Dustin Molle, Jr. D, Anchorage.
Nothern Michigan – Billy Smith, Jr. F, Sterling.
Notre Dame – Jordan Pearce, Sr. G, Anchorage.
Ohio State – Hunter Bishop, Soph. F, Fairbanks.

COLLEGE HOCKEY AMERICA

Bemidji State – Graham McManamin, Jr. D, Anchorage.

ECAC

Brown – Matt Palmer, Sr. D, Anchorage.
Union – Jason Shaffer, Jr. F, Eagle River.

HOCKEY EAST

Providence – Nick Mazzolini, Sr. F, Anchorage.

WCHA

UAA – Shane Lovdahl, Sr. D, Anchorage.
Nick Haddad, Soph. F, Fairbanks.
Brian Bales, Jr. F, Anchorage.
Bryce Christianson, Soph. G, Anchorage.
Jeremy Smith, Sr. D/W, Anchorage.

Colorado College – Drew O’Connell, Sr. G, Anchorage.
Eric Walsky, Sr. F, Anchorage.

North Dakota – Evan Trupp, Soph. F, Anchorage.

DIVISION III MEN

ECAC EAST

St. Michaels – Tully LaBelle-Hamer, Soph. F/D, Fairbanks.

ECAC NORTHEAST

Fitchburg State – Aaron Tiernan, Sr. D, Anchorage.

Franklin Pierce -- Justin Adams, Fr. F, Homer.

Wentworth – Geric Brodt, Soph. F, Anchorage.

MCHA

Concordia (Wis.) – Erik Kroll, Soph. D, Anchorage.

Milwaukee School of Engineering – Michael Johnson, Jr. D, Eagle River.
Mike Marquette, Sr. D/F, Fairbanks.

Minnesota-Crookston – Spencer Syverston, Soph. D, Wasilla.

MIAC

Concordia (Minn.) – Sean Ranum, Fr. F, Willow.

Gustavus Adolphus – Isaiah Carlson, Fr. F, Kenny Lake.

St. Mary’s – Steve Murphy, Jr. F, Anchorage.

NCHA

St. Norbert – Sam Tikka, Jr. D, Soldotna.
Micah Wheeler, Fr. F, Eagle River.
Shane Wheeler, Jr. F, Eagle River.

Wisconsin-Eau Claire – Larry Kincaid, Fr. F, Wasilla.
Michael McCurtain, Fr. F, Eagle River.

Wisconsin-Stout – Jack Wolgemuth, Sr. D, Anchorage.

Wisconsin-Superior – Seth Reda, Sr. F, Palmer.
Mike Rosett, Jr. G, Anchorage.

DIVISION I WOMEN

COLLEGE HOCKEY AMERICA

Mercyhurst – Anna Johnson, Fr. D, Fairbanks.

Niagara – Kayla Colang, Fr. F, Fairbanks.

ECAC

Harvard – Cori Bassett, Jr. D, Anchorage.

Quinnipiac – Jordan Elkins, Fr. D, Wasilla.

Rensselaer – Amanda Castignetti, Fr. D, Anchorage.

HOCKEY EAST

Boston College – Brie Baskin, Sr. D, Wasilla.

Maine – Ashley Norum, Fr. D, Fairbanks.

Northeastern – Ginny Berg, Jr. D, Sterling.
Katy Applin, Jr. D, Palmer.

WCHA

North Dakota – Randi Motsko, Sr. F, Fairbanks.

Ohio State – Teal Bishop, Soph. D, Fairbanks.

St. Cloud State – Katie Kemmerer, Jr. F, Anchorage.

DIVISION III WOMEN

ECAC EAST

Salve Regina – Danika Williams, Soph. F, Fairbanks.

St. Anselm – Chelsea Fillingim, Soph. F, Fairbanks.

ECAC WEST

Oswego – Emi Williams, Soph. G, Anchorage.

MIAC

Augsburg – Annie Grossman, Fr. F, Delta Junction.

Hamline – Cortney Hansen, Sr. F, Anchorage.

St. Benedict – Katelyn Bounds, Fr. D, Anchorage.

NCHA

Adrian – Erin Winters, Fr. D, Fairbanks.

Wisconsin-River Falls – Cassi Campbell, Soph. G, Anchorage.
Melissa Deardorff, Fr. G, Anchorage.

Wisconsin-Stevens Point – Kayla Weber, Fr. F, Fairbanks.