ALASKA ANCHORAGE (16-14-4, 12-12-4 WCHA) at ALASKA FAIRBANKS ( 17-13-4, 14-12-2 WCHA)
March 13-14 & 15, 2014 at Carlson Center
Game Times: 7:07 p.m. AST

MEDIA
Live Stats: WCHA.com
Live Audio: KENI 650 AM / GoSeawolves.com ($)
Live Video Stream: America ONE Sports ($)
Television: GCI Ch.1 - Live in Anchorage, tape delayed at 10 p.m. for rest of state
Social Media: Facebook – Alaska Anchorage Seawolves
Twitter – @UAAHockey, #ANewDay, #GoSeawolves
Instagram – AlaskaAnchorage

TICKETS FOR WCHA FIRST ROUND
For sale at UAA: Tuesday, March 11, 12 p.m. - Wednesday, March 12, 5 p.m.
Single-Game Price: Reserved seats: $20

THIS WEEK: The Alaska Anchorage Seawolves – who ended the WCHA slate with their best ever league record – commenced the postseason with a best-of-three series against in-state rival Alaska Fairbanks, March 13-14 and March 15, if necessary, at the Carlson Center.

THE SERIES - UAA vs. UAF
OVERALL: UAA leads 84-56-11 AT UAF: UAA leads 35-34-6
LAST MEETING: March 8, 2014 (UAA won, 3-1) STREAK: UAA 1
NOTES: The Seawolves and Nanooks square off for the fifth, sixth and possibly seventh time this season … due to a conflict with the Arctic Winter Games at the Carlson Center, the first round WCHA playoff series was pushed up a day and will be the lone league series to start on Thursday ... the in-state rivals meet in the postseason following a weekend split, where UAF won 7-2 on March 7 and UAA won 3-1 on March 8 … UAA will make the trek back to Fairbanks in less than 74 hours after departing on March 9 … this weekend will mark the second time the teams have met in the postseason – the teams met March 7, 1992, with UAA winning, 4-3 in overtime at the NCAA Div. I Independents postseason tournament in Fairbanks … UAA is 6-39 overall in the WCHA First Round and hasn't played a postseason game in Alaska since 1992.

SCOUTING THE NANOOKS: Alaska (17-13-4, 14-12-2 WCHA) wrapped up a home playoff series and the league's No. 3 seed for the WCHA postseason after splitting the final two games of the regular season against rival UAA ... at the conclusion of the regular season, Cody Kunyk finished with the league lead in both goals (22) and points (42) for all games as he moved into 13th all-time on the program's career scoring list with 132 points ... other WCHA scoring leaders (all games) include Colton Beck and Tyler Morley who both rank in the top six. Beck is fourth with 36 points on 13 goals and a second-best 23 assists while Morley is tied for sixth with 34 points on 17 goals and 17 assists.

WCHA FIRST ROUND NOTES: After a dramatic final regular season weekend March 7-8 that saw Ferris State capture the conference championship and MacNaughton Cup by one point over runner-up Minnesota State, Bowling Green clinch the final home playoff spot and all four first-round pairings determined, the post-season promises even more excitement ... the four, best-of-three first round playoff series will feature No. 1 seed Ferris State hosting No. 8 Bemidji State, No. 2 seed Minnesota State entertaining No. 7 Northern Michigan, No. 3 seed Alaska hosting in-state rival and No. 6 Alaska Anchorage, and No. 4 seed Bowling Green taking on No. 5 Michigan Tech ... not making the postseason were Lake Superior State and Alabama Huntsville.

SEAWOLF BITES: In Fairbanks, UAA picked up its 16th win of the season – easily surpassing the win total from the last two years combined (13) ... with the win on March 8, UAA tied the 2010-11 team that set a program-best 16 wins as WCHA member ... UAA's 12 WCHA wins tied the 2010-11 season, the second most ever for a Seawolf team – the Seawolves posted a program-best 14 WCHA wins in 1993-94 ... at home, the Seawolves finished 11-3-2 (.75) – the UAA's best home record since joining the WCHA and the best since 1991-92 when UAA went 17-5-1 (.76) … UAA is 12-4-2 when scoring first, 10-0-0 when leading after the first and 10-0-1 when leading after the 2nd on Feb. 15, the Seawolves picked up their first win of the season when trailing after the second period ... on Nov. 9, the Seawolves registered a season-high six goals, including a season-high five power-play goals – just one shy of the school record … the four power-play goals in the third period broke the school record – the Seawolves managed three in a period against Northern Arizona in 1984 and Notre Dame in 1990 ... UAA is now 2-18-1 in WCHA openers since joining the league in 1993-94, compared to the program's 10-0-3 in season openers since 2001 ... the only UAA wins in WCHA openers came in 2008-09 and 1994-95 ... UAA started the season with a 3-1-0 record – its best since 2011-12 when the Seawolves started 3-0-1 … the Seawolves are now 5-0-3 in the last eight Kendall Classic games, and produced the program's first 2-0-0 start since the 1996-97 season … the victory over Air Force (Oct. 12) gave the Seawolves their own tournament title for the eighth time in 23 tries and marked their first-ever Kendall 'three-peat'.

PLAYER NOTES: Over the March 7-8 weekend, the Seawolves were led by their top line of senior F Matt Bailey, and juniors F Scott Allen and F Brett Cameron … the trio combined for the Seawolves' 8-of-13 points over the weekend … Bailey produced a three point weekend with a goal and two assists, while Allen posted a goal and two assists and Cameron contributed with two goals … Bailey leads UAA with 18 goals and 35 points – breaking 30 points for the first time of his career … Bailey – who was named to the Brice Alaska Goal Rush All-Tournament Team – leads all current UAA skaters with 45 career goals, good for a tie at No. 19 on the UAA all-time list … the last Seawolf to produce 45 points was Tommy Grant (2007-11) … Bailey's 91 career points rank No. 25 on the all-time UAA list as he strives to be the 23rd Seawolf to reach 100 career points … the Winnipeg, Manitoba, native has registered 25 points in the last 22 games ... with the game-winning goal on Feb. 15, Bailey is tied for No. 2 in the nation with 6 GWG … Allen, who missed five games with an injury this season, has 28 points this season – easily bypassing his junior season (19 pts) and tied with senior F Jordan Kwas for second among team … Allen's 16 goals this season is also a career high and second on the team, while he has nine points in the last six games (4-5–9) … following the weekend, Cameron has 20 points on the season, also a career high, having just furnished 13 during the 2011-12 season … Cameron's nine goals match his freshman and sophomore seasons combined … Cameron enters the weekend with a career-high three-game goal streak … scoreless over the weekend was Kwas – who was named the Kendall Hockey Classic's Most Outstanding Player ... Kwas is tied with Allen with a team high five power-play goals … Kwas has 86 career points, good for a tie at No. 30 on the all-time UAA list … additionally, the Seawolves received a goal on March 7 from freshman F Brad Duwe – his fourth of the season … picking up an assist on March 8 was junior D Austin Coldwell … Coldwell leads the UAA blueliners with 4-12–16 totals … also collecting a helper was sophomore F Blake Tatchell … UAA's leading scorer a year ago, Tatchell leads the Seawolves this season with a career-high 19 assists … splitting time in the crease against the Nanooks were senior goaltenders Chris Kamal and Rob Gunderson … Gunderson is 8-6-2 on the season, while Kamal is 6-6-1 … Kamal's shutout on Dec. 14 vs. LSSU gives him the second most all-time for a Seawolf (5), trailing Doug Teskey's seven from 1996-99.

UP NEXT: Should the Seawolves defeat the Alaska Fairbanks Nanooks in the best-of-three series, UAA will head to the WCHA Final Five for just the third time in program history, March 21-22, in Grand Rapids, Mich.