HANOVER, N.H. - The Nanooks hockey team will face Dartmouth for the first-time in program history over the weekend. The two teams will play on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 for a Saturday/Sunday series. 

Saturday, Oct. 31
at Dartmouth | 3 p.m. AK
Hanover, New Hampshire | Thompson Arena

Sunday, Nov. 1
at Dartmouth | 11 a.m. AK
Hanover, New Hampshire | Thompson Arena

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Series vs. Dartmouth

• The Nanooks and Big Green will matchup for the first time in program history. 
• Dartmouth is one of two ECAC teams Alaska faces this season. They faced Union on Oct. 10 (L, 1-7) and will welcome Union to Fairbanks on Dec. 11-12. 

power play scoring

• The Nanooks have scored three power-play goals through six games this season. 
• Both Misha Danylov and Joel Lehtinen have scored their two points of the year on the power play. Lehtinen has an assist and goal on the man-advantage while Danylov has a pair of assists.
• Five Nanooks have one power-play goal or assist. Davis Borozinskis and Linden Burrett have scored the other two PPG's and Jhett Larson, Nathan Rickey, and Rylen Roersma have the additional assists.

Block Party

• The Nanooks have blocked 86 shots this season while their opponents have blocked 83.
• Alaska posted a season-high 29 blocks on Oct. 3 against Boston Univ. and have had 13+ blocks in four of six games this year. 
• William Fleet has a team-high 14 blocks in five games. Jack Rogers has 11 blocks in six games. 

Category Leaders

• Davis Borozinskis leads the Nanooks with two goals on nine shots. He scored both goals in the Nanooks' upset victory at Boston College.
• Misha Danylov leads the Nanooks with a pair of assists. Eight Nanooks follow with one assist on the year.
• Nathan Rickey leads the Nanooks in shots with 16. Misha Danylov follows with 14, Linden Burrett (12), Joseph Serpa (11), and Rylen Roersma (10) follow. 

Faceoffs

• Joel Lehtinen leads the Nanooks with a .591 win percentage on the dot (39-27).
• Rylen Roersma follows with a .542 and team lead in wins (64-54).

Defensive Numbers

• This season, the Nanooks defense and goalies have seen 30+ shots in all but one game. 
• They held Boston University to a season-low 29 shots on goal on Oct. 3 and saw a season-high 45 at Union on Oct. 10.
• Alaska is seeing opponents put up an average of 36.5 shots per game. In addition, they have given up five power-play goals on the year.

Rooks on Opening Day

• Linden Burrett became the first Nanooks freshman to score a goal on opening day since Anton Rubtsov on Oct. 8, 2021, a 2-1 loss to Clarkson.

Ranked Opponents

• The Nanooks first five opponents are all in the top 20 or receiving votes. 
• Darmouth is the last ranked opponent that the Nanooks will face to open up 2026-27.
• Alaska has faced a ranked or receiving votes opponent each week to open up the year. They opened with #15/16 Boston University.
• They then traveled to #11/11 Boston College and RV/RV Union.
• Last week the Nanooks faced #14/14 Michigan Tech, and this week they face #12/12 Dartmouth. 

Let's Meet the Big Green

• Dartmouth opens up the season against the Nanooks after going 23-8-4.
• The Big Green won the ECAC and defeated Princeton in the ECAC Championship 2-1 OT on March 21, 2026 to advance to the NCAA Division I Hockey Tournament. 
• They fell to No. 12 Wisconsin in Worcester, Mass. 5-1 in the opening round of the NCAA Regional. 
• Dartmouth went 16-1-2 at home last season, losing just one home game in regulation and outscoring their opponents 76-32. 
• They return 22 players from last season's ECAC Championship roster. 
• CJ Foley will serve as Dartmouth's captain while Eric Charpentier, Hank Cleaves, and Colin Grable were named alternate captains. Foley is a senior defenseman who was an alternate captain last year. He had 24 points on 21 assists and earned All-ECAC Third Team, All-Ivy Second Team honors, and was a Hobey Baker nominee. 
• Reid Cashman has been at Dartmouth since 2020. He was named the 22nd head coach in program history on June 1, 2020 before his first season came in 2021-22. 
• He spent two season with the Washington Capitals of the NHL as an assistant coach before joining Dartmouth. He was a 2007 graduate of Quinnipiac, earning All-American and First Team All-ECAC honors while also being a 2005 Hobey Baker Top-10 Finalist. 

What's to Come

• Alaska will stay on the road and head back to the greater Boston area next weekend for a matchup with Stonehill. 
• The Nanooks hold a 4-0-1 all-time record against Stonehill. Their last matchup was in the UCHC semifinals last season and resulted in a 4-4 OTT/SOW. The Nanooks have outscored Stonehill 28-8.
• This is their first matchup in North Easton, Mass. since the first-ever games on Nov. 10-11, 2023. 
• The Nanooks return home after Stonehill, on Nov. 20-21 for the first two games of the Alaska Airlines Governor's Cup series versus Alaska Anchorage. 

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