October 3, 2025

“In the Trenches: 100 Years of Alaska Hockey” takes a close look at the long-running UAF–UAA rivalry while reflecting on the resilience and tradition that have shaped the sport in the Far North.

While applying to attend John McPhee’s writing seminar at Princeton University in the fall of 2017, Ben Weissenbach wrote his 86-year-old instructor “I want to follow in your footsteps, literally.”