What’s up Sea Wolves fans and welcome to The Pack is Back Podcast, hosted by alumni, David Vallieres! 

In this inaugural episode, David talks with Matt Shasby, the Seawolves head coach, to talk about the trials and tribulations of stepping into this role and rebuilding the Seawolves program. As the season kicks off, we get a glimpse of how the team is looking so far, and where they hope to go in the future.

Matt discusses: 

• The adventure of refreshing a program and fostering it back to health
  
• How the transfer portal changed the game for college hockey recruitment
  
• The effort and experience of having Seawolf hockey back on the ice
  
• And more
  

Connect With David Vallieres: 

• LinkedIn: David Vallieres
  
• LinkedIn: Synergy Capital Solutions
  
• Seawolf Hockey Alumni
  

Connect With Matt Shasby:

• 907-786-1227
  
• mrshasby@alaska.edu 
  

About Matt Shasby: 

Coach Shasby is currently the vice president of player development for the state of Alaska and serves as a coach with the Anchorage Hockey Association. He has coached numerous age groups in addition to high school teams during his coaching career that started in 2009.  

Shasby is a Seawolf alum who played in 127 games during his four-year career for the Seawolves from 1999 to 2003. He was an All-WCHA Second Team Defenseman and was named to the All-WCHA Academic Team three times.

Shasby went on to play professional hockey, appearing in 375 games, primarily with the Alaska Aces of the ECHL. He has served as a volunteer with USA Hockey at numerous camps and coaching education programs.

Shasby earned a bachelor’s degree in history from Alaska Anchorage in 2008 and a master’s degree in secondary education from the University of Phoenix. He currently teaches seventh and eighth grade social studies at Northern Lights ABC.