2016–17 Alaska Nanooks men's ice hockey season

The 2016–17 Alaska Nanooks men's ice hockey season was the 68th season of play for the program, the 33rd at the Division I level and the 4th in the WCHA conference. The Nanooks represented the University of Alaska Fairbanks and were coached by Dallas Ferguson, in his 9th season.
==Season==
Alaska began the season poorly, losing four straight after opening with a win over Alaska Anchorage. The team rebounded with a win over #9 Minnesota State but could then only win two of their next eleven games. The Nanooks' offense was subpar during the first half of the season, scoring more than 3 goals in only four of their twenty games while averaging just over two and half goals per game. While the two goaltenders, Jenks and Jones, kept the team in most games, inconsistent play had led to Jenks supplanting the senior as the primary netminder in the first half of the year.
After a couple of bad outings around new year's, Jones was back in as the starter and didn't relinquish the job for the rest of the year. While the team's offense didn't get any better, the defense got stronger as they year went along and helped the team improve to 6th in the standings by the end of the season.
Entering the postseason, Alaska was hoping to continue giving Minnesota State fits, having defeated the Mavericks twice during the regular season. Unfortunately, the offense was absent from the series and the Nanooks were only able to record a single goal in two games.
==Departures==
Josh Atkinson 	Defenseman		Graduation (signed with Atlanta Gladiators)
Jasen Fernsler 	Defenseman		Transferred to Ferris State
Alec Hajdukovich	Forward 		Graduation (signed with Alaska Aces)
Shawn Hochhausen	Forward 		Left program (retired)
Nolan Huysmans 	Forward 		Graduation (signed with Huntsville Havoc)
John Keeney 	Goaltender		Graduation (retired)
Peter Krieger 	Forward 		Transferred to Minnesota–Duluth
J. D. Peterson 	Defenseman		Graduation (retired)
Colton Sparrow 	Forward 		Transferred to Regina
==Recruiting==
Tyler Cline 	Forward 		21	Blaine, MN
Niko Della Maggiore	Goaltender 		21	Gilroy, CA
Aaron Herdt 	Forward 		21	Moorhead, MN
Kylar Hope 	Forward 		21	Lashburn, SK
Danny Kiraly 	Defenseman 		21	Glendale, AZ
James LaDouce 	Defenseman 		21	Saginaw, MI
Colton Leiter 	Forward/Defenseman		20	Edmonton, AB
Kyle Marino 	Forward/Defenseman		21	Niagara Falls, ON
Anton Martinsson 	Goaltender 		20	Klippan, SWE
Tristan Thompson 	Defenseman 		19	Canmore, AB
Troy Van Tetering 	Forward 		19	Carstairs, AB
==Roster==
==Standings==
==Schedule and results==
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|colspan=12|Alaska Lost Series 0–2
==Scoring statistics==
 	C 	36	8 	13 	21 	21
 	D 	36	5 	15 	20 	79
 	RW 	33	9 	10 	19 	39
 	LW 	36	8 	6 	14 	6
 	C/LW	35	4 	10 	14 	12
 	C/RW	28	4 	8 	12 	24
 	D 	30	3 	9 	12 	35
 	LW 	34	2 	10 	12 	18
 	C/D 	35	7 	4 	11 	29
 	LW 	35	4 	6 	10 	38
 	RW 	32	7 	2 	9 	38
 	LW 	31	4 	4 	8 	97
 	D 	24	2 	6 	8 	14
 	LW 	27	3 	3 	6 	12
 	D 	31	2 	4 	6 	33
 	D 	31	2 	4 	6 	16
 	D 	25	0 	6 	6 	8
 	C/LW	27	3 	2 	5 	54
 	D 	14	0 	3 	3 	22
 	D 	25	2 	0 	2 	23
 	F 	30	0 	2 	2 	21
 	C/LW	12	0 	1 	1 	2
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	2
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	15
 	G 	17	0 	0 	0 	4
 	G 	20	0 	0 	0 	0
Bench	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	8
Total	 	 	79	128	207	670
==Goaltending statistics==
 	20	1190	6 	11	3	54 	562	1	.912	2.72
 	17	992 	6 	9 	1	55 	436	0	.888	3.33
Empty Net	- 	11 	- 	- 	-	4 	- 	-	- 	-
Total 	36	2194	12	20	4	113	998	1	.898	3.09
==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==
2016-17
Category:2016–17 WCHA men's season
Category:2016–17 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey by team