Michigan
3-0-0
Alaska Anchorage
0-3-0
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alas. Anchorage | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Michigan | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
Michigan Scores Early, Often in Dominant Outing Against Alaska Anchorage
10/9/2026 10:46:00 PM | Ice Hockey
» Cole McKinney led all skaters with seven shots on goal alongside four points, including a pair of goals.
» Nick Moldenhauer scored and added a trio of assists for his first career four-point game.
» Jayden Perron scored and added an assist to extend his point streak to nine games.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- With the first goal coming 23 seconds into the first period and the last tally coming with 31.7 remaining in regulation, the second-ranked University of Michigan ice hockey team scored early and often to dispatch the visiting Alaska Anchorage Seawolves 10-1 on Friday night (Oct. 9) inside Yost Ice Arena.
Goaltender Jack Ivankovic continued a strong start to his sophomore season, turning aside 21 of 22 Seawolves shots to notch his 28th career win in maize and blue. The netminder ceded one goal on an early breakaway before dismissing several other chances on UAA odd-man rushes.
Michigan's offense overwhelmed the opposition from the first moment of play. Center Cole McKinney won the opening faceoff and proceeded down the ice to earn an immediate lead for Michigan at the 23-second mark when he skated into the offensive zone and tapped home a feed from Malcolm Spence. Senior Nick Moldenhauer collected the second assist on McKinney's second goal of the season.
Alaska Anchorage (0-3-0) equalized after aggressive play in the neutral zone resulted in U-M chasing after an opposing skater on a breakaway just over four minutes into the period. The error proved costly when the Seawolves cashed in to tie it with a low shot that beat Ivankovic at 4:11, but that was the visitors' lone offensive production of the evening.
Shortly after the teams returned to full strength following an unsuccessful power play for the Wolverines, freshman forward Jack Nesbitt registered his first collegiate goal from the right side of the slot to pull Michigan back in front 2-1. Moldenhauer collected a loose puck near center ice before spinning and carrying the puck into the zone. The senior eased in on the left wing before sending a feed through the slot for Nesbitt to deposit into the net.
Nesbitt was sent off at 9:53 for cross-checking, but it was Michigan that capitalized while playing down one skater. Fifty-two seconds into the disadvantage, captain Garrett Schifsky picked up the puck in his own end before barreling down the ice and blasting a shot that rang off the end wall. As the goaltender attempted to regain his position, Schifsky finished off his own rebound to bump the score to 3-1 with his eighth career shorthanded marker.
The Wolverines ended a dominant first period with a two-goal lead and a 14-4 advantage in shots on goal. Neither side converted on their lone power-play chance, but U-M also led 14-11 in the dot.
Michigan tacked on its fourth goal at 5:34 when Will Horcoff had his close-range shot batted into the cage by the UAA netminder. The nation's co-leading scorers, Michael Hage and Jayden Perron, assisted on Horcoff's 30th career goal by making a pair of touch passes that set him up to make it a 4-1 contest.
A bit over three minutes later, Moldenhauer slipped into space below the left dot and forced a quick shot past a sliding goalie to increase the lead to 5-1 off a feed from McKinney at 8:40. Freshman blue-liner Landon DuPont earned the secondary helper on Moldenhauer's first tally of the campaign.
At the final media timeout of the second period, U-M's lead in shots on goal had ballooned to 30-10 as the team embarked on its second power play of the night. Nursing an advantage, Horcoff sent a rocket off the right post following a quick pair of passes from DuPont and Hage, but Ivankovic stood out as the team's best player by dismissing a shorthanded breakaway.
Through two periods, Michigan controlled play en route to a four-goal lead and a 32-16 lead in the shot count.
Perron potted the team's sixth goal at 8:03 of the final frame following a strong individual effort by DuPont to catch a pass from his defensive partner, Cam Reid, and dash around the UAA zone. As he circled the net, DuPont dished a pass out to the net-front area for Perron to bang it into the back of the net.
Thirty-three seconds later, McKinney netted his second goal of the night by bearing down on his stick inside the blue paint and redirecting a feed from defenseman Ben Robertson. Moldenhauer earned his fourth point of the night, recording the other assist as the lead bumped up to 7-1.
Sophomore defenseman Drew Schock made the team's 40th shot on goal count when he scored on a missile from the right dot 13 seconds into a power-play opportunity to increase the lead to 8-1. Dakoda Rhéaume-Mullen and McKinney collected the helpers on Schock's power-play goal.
Nesbitt made it 9-1 shortly thereafter when he buried his second marker of the game from the doorstep off an assist from Adam Valentini.
Michigan reached double digits in goals with 31.7 seconds remaining when Rhéaume-Mullen picked the top corner of the net from the left circle. J.P. Hurlbert and Spence assisted on Rhéaume-Mullen's first goal of his junior season.
By the time the final buzzer rang, U-M had racked up 47 shots on goal and finished the night with a 10-1 victory to improve to 3-0 on the season. The four-point performances set new career highs for both Moldenhauer and McKinney.
On Saturday (Oct. 10), Michigan and Alaska Anchorage will wrap up their non-conference series at Yost with Block Out Cancer Night. Puck drop is set for 7 p.m., and the game will be streamed live on B1G+.
