Alaska Anchorage Seawolves (0-1-1) vs. Colorado College Tigers (1-1-0)

Game Notes: Colorado College | Alaska Anchorage
Dates: Friday, Oct. 13 / Saturday, Oct. 14
Time: 7:37 p.m. / 7:07 p.m. (MT)
Location: Colorado Springs, CO
Venue: Broadmoor World Arena (7,380)
Radio: KRDO NewsRadio 105.5 FM / 1240 AM
TV: CET / XFINITY (Saturday Only)
Live Streaming: www.nchc.tv
Series: Colorado College leads 54-18-5
First Game: 1/5/84, UAA won 8-3
Last Game: 2/2/13, Tied 3-3

This Weekend
Colorado College opens the home portion of the 2017-18 season this weekend with a pair of games against a former WCHA foe, the Alaska Anchorage Seawolves. Both games will be broadcast in Colorado Springs and the Pikes Peak Region on KRDO NewsRadio 105.5 and 92.5 FM and 1240 AM. Saturday's game will be televised in the Rocky Mountain Region on CET / XFINITY Channel 900.

Tigers Split Season-Opening Weekend at Vermont
The Tigers split a pair of games at Vermont last weekend, losing 3-0 on Friday, then bouncing back for a 4-3 victory on Saturday ... Westin Michaud posted a career-high three points and four different Tigers scored in Saturday's win. Trey Bradley and Kade Kehoe scored 24 seconds apart in the third period, with Michaud assisting on each, to break a 2-2 deadlock and the Tigers hung on the rest of the way to salvage the split. Nick Halloran also scored and Alex Leclerc made 35 saves.

Season Openers
Following the 3-0 loss to Vermont last Friday, Colorado College is now 47-30-2 all-time in regular-season openers. The Tigers are 40-13-1 at home and 7-17-1 on the road (including neutral games). Colorado College has lost three consecutive regular-season openers after winning its previous 13, dating back to a 6-2 loss to North Dakota in 2001-02.

Up Next
The Tigers return to the East Coast for a weekend series at New Hampshire, Oct. 20-21, in Durham, N.H.

Tigers Come From Behind, Equals Last Year's Total
Colorado College's victory on Saturday matched last year's total of wins after an opponent scored first. The Tigers won only once last season after their opponent scored first, the regular-season finale at St. Cloud State.

The Coaches
Mike Haviland (Elmira College, '90) enters his fourth season at the helm of the Tigers. He came to Colorado College after serving one year as head coach of the Hershey Bears (AHL). Haviland was an assistant coach for the Chicago Blackhawks from 2008-12, helping the team win the Stanley Cup in 2010 … Matt Thomas (RIT, '98) is in his fifth season as head coach at Alaska Anchorage. In his first season, he led Seawolves to their third ever appearance at the WCHA Final Five and to UAA's first winning season since 1992-93. Thomas spent nine years as a head coach and general manager in the ECHL, including the last four-plus seasons with the Stockton Thunder.

Previous Meetings
Friday's game will be the 78th meeting between the two teams ... Colorado College holds a 54-18-5 advantage in the series, including a 35-5 mark against the Seawolves in Colorado Springs.

Scouting the Opposition
The Seawolves tied North Dakota, 1-1, last Friday night, then lost to the Fighting Hawks, 3-2 in overtime, on Saturday ... Senior forwards Matt Anholt and Ted Kozun are UAA's top returning scorers with 22 and 19 points, respectively ... Senior goalie Olivier Mantha, this week's WCHA Goalie of the Week, posted a 2.82 GAA and .913 saves percentage last season.

On the Air
All CC games in 2017-18, home and away, will be broadcast live throughout Southern Colorado on KRDO NewsRadio 105.5 and 92.5 FM and 1240 AM, featuring Ken Landau with the play-by-play. Pre-game shows start 37 minutes before faceoff. The broadcasts also can be heard worldwide via the Internet ... Selected games will also be available on KSBV 93.7 FM in Cripple Creek, Divide, Buena Vista, Monarch and Leadville.

This Year's Leadership
Junior forwards Mason Bergh (Eden Prairie, MN) and Tanner Ockey (Calgary, Alberta) will serve as the team captains in 2017-18. Bergh led the team in scoring with 24 points (14g,10a) last season, while Ockey paced the squad in faceoff percentage (49.2%) ... Junior defensemen Andrew Farny (Steamboat Springs, CO) and Cole McCaskill (Kamloops, B.C.) are the assistant captains this season.

Another Tough Schedule
After playing the second-toughest schedule in the country last season, the Tigers are at it again this year. Five of Colorado College's 13 opponents this season played in the NCAA Division I Hockey Tournament last season and 17 of CC's 34 regular-season games are scheduled against teams that were ranked in the USCHO's Top 20 preseason poll.

First Transfer in a Decade
Junior forward Chris Wilkie (Omaha, NE) joined the program this season after spending two years at the University of North Dakota. Wilkie, who helped UND to the 2016 Division I national championship, is the first transfer to join Tigers since Eric Walsky came to Colorado Springs from Alaska-Anchorage prior to the 2006 campaign. Wilkie, a sixth-round pick of the Florida Panthers in the 2015 NHL Draft, must sit out the 2017-18 season due to the NCAA transfer rules and has two years of eligibility remaining.

No Seniors This Season
Colorado College is one of only two Division I programs in the country without a senior on the 2017-18 roster. Boston College is the other. The Tigers have 10 juniors, 10 sophomores and nine freshmen on the roster.

Number Changes
Sophomore forwards Alex Berardinelli and Kade Kehoe will each wear a new number in 2017-18. Berardinelli will move from No. 25 to No. 7, while Kehoe moves from No. 24 to No. 9.

Leon Hayward Named Assistant Coach
Leon Hayward joins the Tiger program this season as an assistant coach. Previously, he was an assistant with the Bloomington Thunder of the USHL and Avon Old Farms School, a prep school in Avon, Connecticut. Hayward played four seasons at Northeastern University from 1998-2002, scoring 30 points (15g,15a) in 132 career games. He then spent six years playing professionally, including four in the AHL, collecting 85 goals and 88 assists for 173 points.