Life in the junior hockey ranks generally includes a set schedule. Players get used to the routine, two games on a weekend, most often Friday and Saturday nights.
Early on in their North American (Junior A, Tier II) Hockey League season, the Anchorage Wolverines were gifted Friday evening off. Most of the crew took advantage of the rarity by venturing over to UAA’s Avis Alaska Sports Complex, where the NCAA Division I Seawolves scored their first victory of the year over visiting Lake Superior State (Mich.).
“We were lucky enough, our staff got us all tickets,” said second-year local Wolverines defenseman Aiden Lawson (Eagle River). “It’s the goal for all of us to one day play Division I, so to get the chance to see it up close like that is pretty special.”…