2023–24 Alaska Anchorage Seawolves men's ice hockey season

The 2023–24 Alaska Anchorage Seawolves men's ice hockey season was the 43rd season of play for the program and the 38th at the Division I level. The Seawolves represented the University of Alaska Anchorage, played their home games at the Avis Alaska Sports Complex and were coached by Matt Shasby in his 2nd season.
==Season==
Returning with largely the same lineup as the year before, Alaska Anchorage got off to a decent start and were able to play even hockey over the first month of the season. The Seawolves ended with a win over a ranked Penn State squad as well as a vast improvement in play from all quarters. In their first three losses, the team fell by just a single goal which helped lift the team into the middle of the national rankings. Unfortunately, UAA was unable to sustain that level of play and the team suffer through a raft of poor goaltending and uninspired offense. During that stretch the team won just 2 out of 12 games but, thanks to a 41-save performance from Jared Whale, the Seawolves managed to take down one of the best teams in the country, Wisconsin.
When Anchorage began the second half its season after Christmas, the team had no real chance of making the postseason, however, they still had something to play for. The Seawolves began with a tie against Alaska, ending a 12-game losing streak to their long-time rival. The following week the team travelled to Rhode Island and earned a split with #9 Providence. The surprising victory kicked off a long stretch of winning hockey that saw the team play far better on both sides of the puck. The Seawolves finished out the year with a split against Arizona State, earning their fourth win over a ranked opponent on the season. Anchorage ended the year just shy of a .500 record but team had improved by leaps and bounds.
==Departures==
Jamie Collins	Forward 		Graduation (signed with Comètes de Meudon)
Jimmy Darby 	Defenseman		Transferred to Simon Frazer
Dorian Dawson	Defenseman		Graduation (retired)
Derek Hamelin	Defenseman		Graduation (signed with Remparts de Tours)
Caleb Hite 	Forward 		Graduation (retired)
Nolan Kent 	Goaltender		Graduation (signed with Coventry Blaze)
==Recruiting==
Ben Anderson 	Forward 		21	Crystal, MN
Mitch LaFay 	Forward 		21	Stratford, ON
Karter McNarland	Forward 		20	Saskatoon, SK
Greg Orosz 	Goaltender		21	Győr, HUN
Porter Schachle 	Forward 		22	Wasilla, AK; transfer from Vermont
Riley Thompson 	Forward 		21	Orleans, ON
Gunnar VanDamme 	Defenseman		20	Pittsford, NY
Aiden Westin 	Forward 		21	Anchorage, AK
==Roster==
As of September 20, 2023.
==Standings==
==Schedule and results==
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!colspan=12 style=";" | Regular Season
==Scoring statistics==
 	F 	34	14	16 	30 	14
 	F 	33	14	13 	27 	31
 	F 	34	9 	15 	24 	32
 	F 	32	8 	8 	16 	41
 	F 	29	7 	9 	16 	17
 	D 	34	3 	12 	15 	67
 	F 	33	7 	7 	14 	7
 	F 	34	5 	8 	13 	4
 	F 	30	6 	7 	13 	4
 	D 	34	4 	9 	13 	17
 	D 	34	3 	7 	10 	29
 	F 	14	6 	3 	9 	2
 	F 	16	3 	5 	8 	6
 	D 	33	1 	7 	8 	33
 	LW 	24	0 	6 	6 	12
 	D 	18	2 	4 	6 	6
 	C/W	23	1 	3 	4 	6
 	LW 	7 	0 	4 	4 	2
 	C 	20	0 	3 	3 	14
 	D 	24	1 	2 	3 	6
 	G 	9 	0 	2 	2 	2
 	D 	23	1 	1 	2 	4
 	F 	10	0 	1 	1 	4
 	D 	14	0 	1 	1 	2
 	D 	11	0 	1 	1 	4
 	D 	30	0 	1 	1 	57
 	G 	11	0 	1 	1 	14
 	G 	25	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
Total	 	 	95	156	251	437
==Goaltending statistics==
 	27	1346:05	10	12	1	60 	600	2	.909	2.67
 	12	392:11 	3 	1 	1	18 	195	1	.915	2.75
 	13	299:38 	2 	4 	0	23 	124	0	.844	4.61
Empty Net	- 	21:45 	- 	- 	-	4 	- 	-	- 	-
Total 	34	2059:39	15	17	2	105	919	3	.897	3.06
==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
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 	26 (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 	
Note: USCHO did not release a poll in weeks 11 and 25.Note: USA Today did not release a poll in week 12.
==References==
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