2016–17 Alaska Anchorage Seawolves men's ice hockey season

The 2016–17 Alaska Anchorage Seawolves men's ice hockey season was the 38th season of play for the program, the 35th at the Division I level and the 24th in the WCHA conference. The Seawolves represented the University of Alaska Anchorage and were coached by Matt Thomas, in his 4th season.
==Season==
After two subpar years, Alaska Anchorage was hoping to get back into the playoff picture. Unfortunately, the team got off to a dreadful start; the Seawolves won just one of their first 14 games and found themselves at the bottom of the WCHA. The team's outlook began to brighten in December when they won games in three separate weekends, including against ranked Bemidji State.
Alaska Anchorage continued to show improvement in the second half of the season, playing .500 hockey for two and a half months. After taking four points in their series against Lake Superior State, the Seawolves were just 5 points out of a playoff spot with four games to play. Their offense, however, failed down the stretch and the team was swept by Ferris State. With only two games against arch-rival Alaska remaining, the Seawolves had to win both games to have any chance at extending their season. When the Nanooks won the first match, it ended any postseason hopes for Anchorage and a second defeat gave UAF their 8th consecutive Governor's Cup.
==Departures==
Anthony Conti 	Forward/Defenseman		Signed professional contract (Mississippi RiverKings)
Jared D'Amico 	Forward 		Left program (retired)
Tanner Dusyk 	Forward 		Left program (retired)
Wyatt Ege 	Defenseman 		Transferred to Ohio State
Evan Hauser 	Goaltender 		Transferred to Wisconsin–Stout
Blake Leask 	Defenseman 		Graduation (retired)
Luke McColgan 	Forward 		Left program (retired)
Zack Rassell 	Forward 		Left program (retired)
Austin Sevalrud	Defenseman 		Graduation (signed with Fort Wayne Komets)
Blake Tatchell 	Forward 		Graduation (signed with Lake Erie Monsters)
Chris Williams 	Defenseman 		Graduation (signed with Norfolk Admirals)
==Recruiting==
Aleksi Ainali 	Forward 		21	Vihti, FIN
Mason Anderson 	Defenseman		21	Anchorage, AK
Conor Deal 	Forward 		23	Anchorage, AK; transferred from Gustavus Adolphus
Tomi Hiekkavirta 	Defenseman		20	Helsinki, FIN
Nolan Nicholas 	Defenseman		21	Thunder Bay, ON
Rasmus Reijola 	Goaltender		23	Vantaa, FIN; graduate transfer from St. Cloud State
Jonah Renouf 	Forward 		22	Mississauga, ON; transferred from Quinnipiac
Nathan Renouf 	Forward 		22	Mississauga, ON; transferred from Quinnipiac
David Trinkberger	Forward 		20	Landshut, GER
==Roster==
==Standings==
==Schedule and results==
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==Scoring statistics==
 	LW 	34	5 	17 	22 	20
 	LW 	32	5 	14 	19 	8
 	D 	34	5 	10 	15 	51
 	LW 	31	12	2 	14 	73
 	LW 	33	3 	6 	9 	12
 	D 	34	3 	6 	9 	18
 	LW 	24	1 	8 	9 	18
 	F 	30	4 	4 	8 	29
 	F 	27	2 	6 	8 	20
 	C/RW	28	4 	3 	7 	0
 	D 	31	3 	3 	6 	16
 	F 	22	2 	4 	6 	45
 	C/RW	28	2 	4 	6 	8
 	F 	22	4 	1 	5 	6
 	D 	33	1 	3 	4 	53
 	C 	18	0 	4 	4 	6
 	RW 	22	0 	4 	4 	60
 	D 	28	1 	2 	3 	32
 	F 	10	1 	1 	2 	8
 	F 	14	1 	1 	2 	8
 	D 	30	0 	2 	2 	14
 	D 	16	0 	1 	1 	4
 	G 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	10	0 	0 	0 	14
 	F 	20	0 	0 	0 	2
 	G 	30	0 	0 	0 	2
Bench	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	26
Total	 	 	59	106	165	553
==Goaltending statistics==
 	6 	299 	0	3 	2	14 	161 	0	.920	2.80
 	30	1764	7	18	4	83 	867 	1	.913	2.82
Empty Net	- 	16 	-	- 	-	5 	- 	-	- 	-
Total 	34	2080	7	21	6	102	1028	1	.910	2.94
==Rankings==
Poll 	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week 	Week	Week	Week	Week
Poll 	Pre 	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6 	7 	8 	9 	10 	11 	12 	13 	14 	15 	16 	17 	18 	19 	20 	21 	22 	23 	24 	25 (Final)	 	 	 	
USCHO.com	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	- 	NR 	 	 	 	
USA Today	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	 	 	 	
USCHO did not release a poll in Week 24.
==References==
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