In a week filled with highs and lows, the Mavs start the "real" 2016-17 season with the Brice Alaska Goal Rush tournament tonight, taking on Alaska Anchorage tonight at 7:07 p.m. Central time. The Mavericks will play Alaska on Saturday at 10:07 p.m. Central.
The lows from last week were the loss to the University of Alberta in the exhibition, and a very interesting Tom Shatel article featuring Coach Blais.
Before that article, Tony Boone actually had a really nice interview with Blais in which (as I put it), Blais "called his shot" and said the Mavs are going to win the Goal Rush. We'll see.
Alaska Anchorage is 0-2-0 on the season, getting swept at home by Minnesota last Friday night, and Alaska on Saturday night. Alaska, meanwhile, is 1-1-0, having beaten Alaska Anchorage on Saturday, but losing to Minnesota on Sunday.
One interesting note: The Mavericks left for Alaska on Wednesday, one day earlier than normal, after having encountered significant travel difficulties in their last trip up North. We'll see if getting acclimated to the time change makes a difference for the Mavs this time around.
Here's a roundup of articles leading up to the tournament:
Tony Boone post-exhibition Omaha World-Herald article (featuring the infamous Blais quote about winning the tournament):
http://www.omaha.com/uno/hockey/mavs-senior-forward-justin-parizek-will-captain-a-team-dean/article_28ebfe1c-e4c1-5e00-a20d-29315c7baa53.html
Tony Boone Omaha World-Herald Goal Rush tournament preview:
http://www.omaha.com/uno/hockey/after-fading-down-the-stretch-last-season-uno-heads-to/article_e75bfd42-df3b-5eaf-a44e-1dfa1e3f78cd.html
Omavs.com Goal Rush tournament preview:
http://www.omavs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=211226104&DB_OEM_ID=3140
TV Coverage:
Friday and Saturday night's games are available on WCHA.tv. A one-day "Alaska" pass is $8.99:
https://portal.stretchinternet.com/wcha/
(The monthly pass is $19.99, so you may be tempted to buy that instead of two one-day passes, but if it works like it used to, you will be auto-renewed for November if you don't cancel after this weekend's series, so I don't recommend that.)
Dudley's Pizza and Tavern in Aksarben Village will also be showing this weekend's games.
Radio Coverage:
The games will be broadcast on 1180 AM (1180 The Zone 2). Dave Ahlers will provide radio play-by-play and Terry Leahy will provide color commentary and analysis. Coverage begins at 6:30 p.m. on Friday with the First National Bank Pre-Game Show, and 9:30 p.m. on Saturday night.
Live Audio & Stats
Live Audio Link here.
Live Stats here.
Next Series:
After the trip to Alaska, the Mavs will return to Baxter Arena for the first home seires of the year, facing Vermont (Hockey East) on Friday, Oct. 21 and Saturday, Oct. 22. Both games will begin at 7:07 p.m.
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