Woody on Hockey

Alaska is hockey heaven -- the Alaska Aces are perennial ECHL contenders, the UAA Seawolves play in the nation's premier college league and NHL star Scott Gomez headlines a contingent of pros. Join the conversation about the Aces and Alaska hockey with Doyle Woody, who has covered the game here at all levels for 29 years.

Contact: dwoody@adn.com

Aces v. Idaho

Alaska's Zach Harrison races Idaho's Jace Coyle into the corner in the first period. The Alaska Aces played the Idaho Steelheads in Anchorage on Friday, January 20, 2012.

The Alaska Aces played the Idaho Steelheads in Anchorage on Friday, January 20, 2012.

Aces 3 Stockton 1

Lured out of retirement to aid his injury-depleted former team, Matt Shasby celebrates after scoring the first goal of the game for the Alaska Aces during first-period action against the Stockton Thunder Friday evening January 13, 2012 at Sullivan Arena. Shasby had last scored a goal April 24, 2009, and had last played a game June 5, 2009, the seventh game of the Kelly Cup finals.

Matt Shasby scores a goal and Jim Dahl earns an assist in a 3-1 Alaska Aces win over Stockton January 13, 2012 at Sullivan Arena.

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How The Hobey Finalists Did Against UAA

Four of the 10 finalists for the Hobey Baker Memorial Award as college hockey's best player competed against UAA this season, and we'll break down how they fared against the Seawolves.

First, though, here are the dudes: Bobby Butler, New Hampshire; Marc Cheverie, Denver; Blake Geoffrion, Wisconsin; Gustav Nyquist, Maine; Mark Olver, Northern Michigan; Chase Polacek, Rensselear; Rhett Rakhshani, Denver; Cody Reichard, Miami of Ohio; Ben Scrivens, Cornell; and Brendan Smith, Wisconsin.

The ten finalists were selected by voting from all 58 Division I college hockey head coaches and by online fan balloting at hobeybaker.com. The winner will be announced March 31.

Cheverie, DU's goalie: Went 1-0-0 against UAA with a 1.44 goals-against average and .940 save percentage.

Rakhshanie, DU's deadly winger: Went 3-2--5 and +2 in four games against the Seawolves.

Geoffrion, the Badger sniper: Went 3-3--6 and +4 in four games against the Seawolves.

Smith, the dynamic Badger defenseman: Went 0-5--5 and +1 in four games against the Seawolves.

Polacek, Rensselaer's center: Bagels against UAA, though he did have five shots -- UAA beat the Engineers, 3-0, at a tournament in Fairbanks.

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