It just may take some driving. The Nanooks definitely will be coming through the area. They will play at Bowling Green and Miami which are both in Ohio. I don't know about BG, but I was at one game at Miami and it appeared tickets were readily available. Their ice arena has seating on one side only.
Seats are very close to the ice and it was a good place to watch the games.
The UAF fans there seemed much louder than the Miami fans. We also had a number of parents and former UAF students and Fairbanksans at the games. Also reachable from Ohio next year are Notre Dame and Western Michigan although the drive isn't real short. Sort of a small bowl with a good view of the action from all around. Tickets for Michigan State are impossible to get at the game.