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UMass men’s hockey makes short work of Alaska-Anchorage, set program record for goals scored

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AMHERST – After falling at the University of Vermont in their last matchup on December 1, No. 11 UMass men’s hockey was looking to get back to its winning ways when it faced off with the University of Alaska-Anchorage for the first time in the history of the two programs.

After 60 minutes of play, UMass defeated the Seawolves by a score of 11-2 on Friday night.

According to UMass Athletics, the tally set a program record in a game against a fellow Division I opponent, coming just two goals short of their previous record of 13 goals recorded against Sacred Heart who was not a Division I program at the time.

“I really liked our first and third periods, the second period I wasn’t happy with,” UMass head coach Greg Carvel said. “We took our foot off the gas, but our guys responded.”

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UMass saw all of their goals come from eight different goal-scorers, the first time that has happened since February 26, 2022 at Vermont.

To say the first period was dominated by the Minutemen would be putting it mildly. They outshot their opponents 19-9 and led 5-0 at the end of the first period, with all five goals coming off the stick of a different skater.

The first came from Michael Cameron who was just coming back from of injury. Cameron took a stretch pass from Ryan Lautenbach to the deep end of the right circle and took a wrist shot that beat Alaska-Anchorage goaltender Jared Whale just under his blocker.

Barely three minutes later, with UMass goaltender Cole Brady at the bench following a delayed penalty, Aydar Suniev found the back of the net after a perfect pass by Ryan Ufko.

Ufko scored the next goal for the Minutemen on the power play, and just 20 seconds after the goal with 12:13 to play in the first period, the Seawolves made a goaltending change, inserting Greg Ososz into the game.

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Cam O’Neill kept the offensive on-slaught going when he tipped a net-front feed from Nick VanTassell past Ososz, making it 4-0 in favor of the home squad.

At the 16:25 mark Dans Locmelis made it five consecutive goals when he took advantage of a perfect backhand feed by Jack Musa, wristed it past Ososz and into the back of the net making it 5-0.

“I think we had a good practice on Thursday, good morning skate today,” Locmelis said. “We came out ready.”

Despite two goals by Alaska-Anchorage from Maximillion Helgeson and Riley Thompson, the trend continued for UMass, adding two more goals in the middle frame – from Suniev and Taylor Makar.

“It’s good to see a lot of contributions from a bunch of different guys,” Makar said. “At the end of the day, it really doesn’t mean that much if you’re not going that far. Our main goal is to keep pushing and get as many wins as we can.”

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In the second period, Alaska-Anchorage quickly made sure that Brady would not get the shutout as Helgeson took advantage of a loose puck in the Minutemen’s defensive zone and scored the Seawolves’ first goal of the game just 10 seconds into the second period.

Just under seven minutes later, Suniev tucked a loose puck past Ososz increasing the hosts’ lead to 6-1. However, the visitors answered quickly this time as Thompson scored at the 9:38 mark in the middle stanza, making it 6-2.

The goal was one of two on the night for Suniev, one of three players who had a multi-goal night alongside Locmelis and Makar.

Locmelis, Makar, Jack Musa and Scott Morrow all scored in the final frame, with Musa and Scott finishing off power-play goals.

“We have a lot of talent in the front and back,” Carvel said. “I know Ufko and Morrow both had big nights for us … We’re deep offensively. I’ve been saying it all year.

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“A couple of guys could have had hat tricks, we could have had a couple of goals, but we gave up a lot of chances too.”

After Brady played the first 51 minutes in net, Carvel decided to give Jackson Irving his first collegiate action with UMass up by eight goals. Irving wound up with six saves including a few timely ones on a five-on-three power play he faced when he first came into the game.

“It feels great to see him in net tonight,” Locmelis said. “He’s my (roommate), so I’m really proud of him.”

UMass and Alaska-Anchorage finish their two-game tilt on Saturday, Dec. 9 with the puck drop is scheduled for 7 p.m.



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2 presumed dead in Alaska after ATV plunges through ice on river

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MAT-SU VALLEY, Alaska – Two people are presumed dead following an ATV crash through the ice on the Susitna River in Alaska, according to troopers.

With intensive search efforts over two days proving unsuccessful, Alaska State Troopers moved to a reactive search strategy Saturday, responding only to new leads and sightings.

The incident unfolded Thursday morning when a side-by-side ATV carrying five adults broke through the unstable ice on the river, troopers said. Three individuals managed to escape the frigid waters, but two others were swept under the ice by the strong current.

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Troopers immediately launched a search and rescue operation. The search area spanned from the last known location of the ATV downstream to the mouth of the river. The Civil Air Patrol also joined the effort, deploying aircraft to aid in the aerial search.

The three survivors, who managed to reach a nearby work camp, were later transported by chartered helicopter. They declined medical assistance.

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The missing individuals have been identified as Sean Kendall, 42, of Anchorage, and Skye Rench, 32, of Wasilla.



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Daylight saving time in the land of the midnight sun

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – Spring forward left the country with one less hour of sleep, we have a status update on Alaska’s Daylight Saving legislation.

Representative Jamie Allard (R-Anchorage) introduced House Bill 41, another bill related to Daylight Saving Time. He introduced the bill this year.

Allard’s bill would make the state exempt from a bi-annual clock change until a congressional decision for daylight saving observance year-round. The bill is expected to be heard by the Senate community and regional affairs committee on March 11 at 1:30p.m.

In Alaska’s 32nd legislature in 2022, House Bill 31 – if enacted – would have moved the state to observe Daylight Saving time year-round. The bill would only have taken effect on the condition that congress amended federal law preventing the year-round recognition of daylight saving by 2030.

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This condition is in reference to the Uniform Time Act, established in 1966, which according to the Department of Transportation, “establishes a system of uniform Daylight Saving Time throughout the Nation and its possessions, and provides that either Congress or the Secretary of Transportation can change a time-zone boundary.”

DOT states on their website section regarding the Uniform Time Act that overseeing time zones is assigned to DOT because of the importance of standardized times across many modes of transport. However, DOT only oversees the observance and does not have power to change Daylight Saving time.

“Under the Uniform Time Act, States may choose to exempt themselves from observing Daylight Saving Time by State law. States do not have the authority to choose to be on permanent Daylight Saving Time,” DOT writes.

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When a TV star arrived up in 1970 Anchorage to record a commercial, the whole town showed up

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An advertisement in the Dec. 13 1970 edition of the Anchorage Daily News announcing the arrival of Sebastian Cabot in Anchorage.

Part of a continuing weekly series on Alaska history by local historian David Reamer. Have a question about Anchorage or Alaska history or an idea for a future article? Go to the form at the bottom of this story.

On Dec. 14, 1970, the portly, hirsute Sebastian Cabot, star of the long-running “Family Affair” sitcom, exited his plane and entered the Anchorage airport where a throng of waiting fans immediately engulfed him. The actor was in town to record a commercial for the Hotel Captain Cook, and his arrival had been trumpeted for days with large advertisements printed in the local newspapers.

Anchorage had been the largest city in Alaska since its 1940s military buildup and construction boom, but cultural relevance was something apart and slower to obtain. In 1970, Anchorage had only just begun to acquire some of the touchstones long since familiar to significant Outside cities. The first live satellite broadcast here was the Apollo 11 mission to the moon in 1969. The next such live broadcast was a Jan. 3, 1971 NFL playoff game between the San Francisco 49ers and Dallas Cowboys. The first McDonald’s here opened in the summer of 1970, but the first local multi-screen movie theater was still two years away. It would be more than a decade before Anchorage had an arena nice enough to entice major performing artists, those not content to play at a high school. So, a visiting TV star was like an unexpected holiday in 1970 Anchorage.

The London-born Cabot had acted for years before unexpectedly finding popular acclaim with a television comedy. There were minor movie roles and guest appearances on shows like “Bonanza,” “Beverly Hillbillies,” “My Three Sons,” “Red Skelton Hour,” and “The Twilight Zone.” Then he won the breakout role on “Family Affair,” which aired from 1966 to 1971. Longtime residents might recall it playing on KTVA Channel 11. He played Mr. French, an effete manservant for a committed bachelor. When the bachelor’s nephew and two nieces are sent to live with him, Mr. French became a combination butler and nanny. Heartwarming comedy ensued.

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A 1964 publicity photo of Sebastian Cabot from the short-lived television program “Suspense.” (Wikimedia Commons)

The Mr. French role was of a once common trope, the butler or nanny to an extended or found family. Later examples include Robert Guillaume as Benson on “Soap” and its spinoff “Benson,” Christopher Hewett as Mr. Belvedere on “Mr. Belvedere,” and Fran Drescher as the nanny on “The Nanny.” Indeed, television butlers were once so prominent on sitcoms that it raises the question: were butlers ever common in upper middle- and higher-class American families? Long ago, yes. In recent decades, including when these shows aired, not so much.

Younger media consumers are more likely to recognize Cabot from his voice. He was Sir Ector and the narrator in the 1963 animated Disney feature “The Sword in the Stone,” which was coincidentally playing at the Fourth Avenue Theatre when the 1964 Good Friday earthquake struck. Arthur was not pulling Excalibur from the stone when the quake hit, despite an enduring urban legend. Cabot was also Bagheera in the 1967 “Jungle Book.” And he was the narrator for several 1960s and 1970s “Winnie the Pooh” films.

Cabot was in Anchorage, his first visit to Alaska, to shoot a commercial for the Crow’s Nest restaurant at the Hotel Captain Cook. Management there chose Cabot for two main reasons. First, his urbane public persona mirrored the sort of mannered, high-end clientele they sought. In other words, they wanted the rub, the positive association with some as obviously cultured as Cabot. He had already recorded several radio commercials for the hotel. Second, he was willing to travel to Anchorage in December. Preferences and practicalities rule all our lives.

An advertisement for a Children’s Autograph Part with Sebastian Cabot from the Dec. 16, 1970 edition of the Anchorage Daily News.

The Hotel Captain Cook was constructed in a downtown Anchorage devastated by the 1964 earthquake. The original building and the Crow’s Nest opened in 1965. The second and third towers were completed in 1972 and 1978.

Upon Cabot’s arrival, fans noted he seemed notably older in appearance and shorter than expected. The quality of television broadcasts then hid many a blemish and wrinkle. And production magic continues to make many actors seem taller than they are in reality. More importantly, he acted like a generous star, professional and kind to everyone he met.

He landed Monday evening with his wife Kay and their 13-year-old daughter Yvonne. On Tuesday, he appeared at the Jesse Lee Home and elsewhere around town. On Wednesday, he and family enjoyed a flight to Talkeetna where they lunched. Back in Anchorage that afternoon, he signed more than 1,000 autographs at a public event in the hotel’s Discovery Room. That evening, he charmed the local press at a cocktail party. The event featured hors d’oeuvres personally prepared by Cabot, who had worked as a chef before the acting career took off. He also shopped for some of the ingredients and was shocked at the fresh vegetable prices.

His Wednesday schedule focused on the commercial shoot, but he found time to try mushing. Unsurprisingly, he struggled and was dumped on his rear at the first turn. His daughter, however, ran her six-dog team around the course with little issue. Work and fun concluded, the family returned home that Thursday.

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The commercial thankfully survives as a record of this time. A young, fashionable couple visiting the hotel for a meal at the Crow’s Nest enter and encounter Cabot several times. He is exiting an elevator when they arrive. At the entrance to the restaurant, he is the maître d’. As the increasingly bewildered couple is led to the table, they pass Cabot as the bartender and are then greeted by Cabot as the waiter. The commercial cuts to the kitchen to reveal Cabot as the chef.

Cabot, of course, narrates. “There are some of us who simply do not enjoy the barbarism of rolling up our shirtsleeves and digging into a meal as if it were an excavation site.” Instead, Cabot suggests, “Take your regal appreciations to the Crow’s Nest of the Captain Cook Hotel. Besides the lavish dinner and wine menu, the Crow’s Nest offers a kind of aestheticism that you simply don’t often find in the colonies.” Yes, the term “colonies” stands out for its inclusion in a scripted commercial intended for an American audience.

Mike Ellis Advertising and Public Relations produced the commercial. While four and a half hours were scheduled for Cabot’s scenes, the crew completed shooting in less than half that. The director, Darrell Comstock, said, “Cabot was high professional. Many times we did just one take of a scene. He knew what was wanted and did it.” The Daily News quoted an unnamed crewmember: “Very pleasant, professional, not stuffy, competent, a real guy.” The couple there for dinner in the advertisement were filmed separately, later.

Most local commercials, particularly from before the internet, are now lost media, perhaps more so in Alaska than elsewhere. Copies, if they exist, are forgotten in closets and basements, or incidentally captured on similarly forgotten VHS recordings. More likely, any copies were long since trashed, taped over, or taped over and trashed. Anchorage’s lost media treasures currently include commercials for No Frills furniture and Mafia Mike’s Pizza Parlor, the original version of the local Pizza Hut jingle (“337-2-3-2-3”), the legendary 1989 match between Mr. Perfect and Bret “The Hitman” Hart at the Sullivan Arena, or anything Cal Worthington got up to. If you are sitting on a stash of local broadcast recordings, please reach out.

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An advertisement in the Dec. 14, 1970 edition of the Anchorage Daily News for an even where Alaskans could meet actor Sebastian Cabot at the Anchorage airport.

Still, there are the occasional surprise discoveries. The Cabot commercial for the Crow’s Nest was found on a VHS tape recovered from a dumpster and sold on Facebook, making its way to Elizabeth Kell and Kevin Allen of the YouTube channel Taku for Two, which is devoted to recovering and archiving analog media on Alaska. Kell and Allen digitized and preserved this odd little moment of local cultural history. Thus, old memories are recovered and new experiences are made.

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