The 2022–23 Alaska Anchorage Seawolves men's ice hockey season was the 42nd season of play for the program and the 37th at the Division I level. The Seawolves represented the University of Alaska Anchorage and were coached by Matt Shasby in his 1st season.

Season After the program was suspended due to a funding crisis at the school, a campaign was launched to save the program. At the outset, the university said that approximately $3 million were required which would cover the operating cost of the ice hockey team for two years. While the team would be unable to compete during the 2021–22 season, the rapid fundraising that followed allowed the Seawolves to return after only a year hiatus.

The Seawolves played their first game in over two and a half year on the opening day of the regular season and gave their fans a present; Anchorage took down a ranked Western Michigan squad. It was the program's first win over a nationally ranked opponent since December 2016 and demonstrated that, despite their circumstances, this group of Seawolves were fighters. Due to the late nature of their schedule making, Anchorage wasn't able to get a full slate of games against Division I opponents, but they weren't forced to add too many additional games. The Seawolves inserted six exhibition matches into their schedule and, while they were able to win all of those games, they didn't receive any official credit for doing so. What those matches did do was allow the newly assembled team extra time to get used to one another and build some chemistry in the lineup.

The familiarity was needed since the Seawolves were only able to win once more in the first half of the season after taking down the Broncos. They entered the winter break on an 8-game losing streak which included 4 consecutive losses to rival Alaska. The team began the second half of the year by taking a trip southeast and met UMass Lowell, who were preparing for a potential run to the NCAA tournament. Instead, Anchorage swept the #13 River Hawks, giving the program its first such weekend since 2009. Trying to build on the sudden success, the Seawolves lost each of the next 5 games by just a single goal, with 4 coming in extra time. However, by the end of February the team seemed to have gotten things figured out and went 4–2–1 at the end of the season.

Departures Brayden Camrud Forward Transferred to Saskatchewan Kristofer Carlson Goaltender Transferred to Long Island Zach Court Forward Signed professional contract (Rapid City Rush) Olivier Gauthier Defenseman Transferred to Niagara Andrew Lane Forward Transferred to Aurora Zac Masson Forward Graduation (signed with Bisons de Neuilly-sur-Marne) Aaron McPheters Defenseman Graduation (retired) Jared Nash Forward Transferred to Oswego State Drayson Pears Defenseman Signed professional contract (Dogs de Cholet) Troy Robillard Defenseman Transferred to Oswego State Daniel Rybarik Forward Transferred to Dalhousie Kristian Stead Goaltender Graduation (signed with Knoxville Ice Bears) Preston Weeks Defenseman Left program (retired) Note: Departures occurred prior the 2021–22 season.

Recruiting As a result of the team being restarted, the entire roster consists of players new to the program. Caleb Huffman joined mid-season.

Roster As of June 30, 2022.

Standings

Schedule and results

!colspan=12 style=";" | Exhibition

!colspan=12 style=";" | Regular Season

Scoring statistics F 28 11 11 22 18 F 28 6 14 20 8 F 28 7 9 16 10 F 27 7 7 14 22 D 27 6 8 14 38 F 27 5 6 11 23 D 26 4 6 10 19 D 26 0 10 10 12 LW 24 2 6 8 26 F 27 3 4 7 8 D 27 1 6 7 44 LW 16 3 2 5 8 D 27 3 2 5 14 C 24 1 4 5 8 C/W 24 2 2 4 2 D 19 0 4 4 4 D 17 2 1 3 6 F 24 2 1 3 8 D 12 1 0 1 6 F 6 0 1 1 4 G 10 0 1 1 0 D 13 0 1 1 4 G 15 0 1 1 0 D 20 0 1 1 16 D 25 0 1 1 14 C 2 0 0 0 2 G 7 0 0 0 0 Total 66 109 175 324

Goaltending statistics 16 746:33 4 8 0 39 375 0 .906 3.13 13 529:52 3 5 1 34 255 1 .882 3.85 10 406:13 1 6 0 28 248 0 .899 4.14 Empty Net - 13:14 - - - 5 - - - - Total 28 1695:52 8 19 1 106 878 1 .897 3.75

Rankings

PollWeekPre12345678910111213141516171819202122232425 26 27 (Final) USCHO.comNR-NRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR-NRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR-NR USA TodayNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR Note: USCHO did not release a poll in weeks 1, 13, or 26.

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