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2003-04 UAF Hockey Taking the show on the road Alaska Fairbanks The Nanooks will try to keep the (5-5-0, 4-2-0) October momentum from a sweep of Western Michi- at 3 &Blue/Gold Game Gold 4-3 gan Nov. 7-8 when they hit the road this week 4 #Northern Alberta IT W 6-2 to face Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Miami 11 Alaska Anchorage* L 3-2 The University of Alaska Fairbanks 12 Alaska Anchorage* W 5-3 has won five straight home games by an av- (6-6-2, 4-3-1) 17 at Colorado College* L 6-2 erage score of 4.4 to 2. But the Nanooks are 18 at Colorado College* L 8-3 0-4-0 on the road so far this season and have Friday, Nov. 21, 3:35 p.m. 24 Ferris State W 4-2 been outscored by an average of 5.25 to 2.25. 25 Ferris State W 4-1 The RedHawks meanwhile have Saturday, Nov. 22, 3:35 p.m. 31 at Ohio State L 4-2 been tough at home, going 4-2-0 at Goggin November Ice Arena, including an 8-3 win over Michi- 1 at Ohio State L 3-2 gan and a 4-2 victory over Michigan State. Radio 7 Western Michigan W 5-4 ot In its last four home games Miami has outshot Friday, Saturday 8 Western Michigan W 4-0 it’s opponents by nearly a 2 to 1 margin, hold- KSUA (91.5) 21 at Miami 3:30 p.m. Play-by-Play: Bruce Cech 22 at Miami 3:30 p.m. ing a 145-76 advantage in shots on , while Also on the internet. December going 3-1-0 in those games. 5 Nebraska-Omaha 7 p.m. Go to www.gonanooks.com or 6 Nebraska-Omaha 7 p.m. www.uafhockey.com and click on 12 at Lake State 3 p.m. This Week’s Schedule the Broadcasts link. 13 at Lake State 3 p.m. The Nanooks are at Miami on Fri- January day and Saturday. The games are at 3:35 p.m. 3 at Ferris State 3:30 p.m. each night and can be heard on the radio or 4 at Ferris State 3 p.m. the internet at KSUA (91.5FM). 9 at Western Michigan 3 p.m. 10 at Western Michigan 3 p.m. UAF vs. Miami 16 Northern Michigan 7 p.m. Historically the Nanooks have not 17 Northern Michigan 7 p.m. fared well at Goggin Ice Arena with just three wins in 19 trips to Oxford. How- 23 Bowling Green 7 p.m. 24 Bowling Green 7 p.m. ever, until a 6-2 loss on Nov. 23 of last year, UAF had managed a three-game 30 at Notre Dame 3 p.m. unbeaten stretch (1-0-2) at Oxford. 31 at Notre Dame 3 p.m. UAF played Miami four times last year, going 1-1-2 against the RedHawks. February In Oxford the Nanooks held a 2-1 lead until Miami’s Matt Medvecz scored with 6 Michigan 7 p.m. 7 Michigan 7 p.m. eight second remaining to forge a 2-2 tie on Nov. 22. The RedHawks then scored 13 Michigan State 7 p.m. four third-period goals to earn a 6-2 win on Nov. 23. 14 Michigan State 7 p.m. The teams met again in Fairbanks later in the year and the Nanooks won 27 at Nebraska-Omaha 4 p.m. 2-1 on Feb. 23 and earned a 1-1 tie on March 1 when Kelly Czuy scored an extra- 28 at Nebraska-Omaha 4 p.m. attacker goal with 39 seconds remaining. Keith Bartusch stopped 48 of 50 shots March 5 at Alaska Anchorage* 7 p.m. in the series. 6 at Alaska Anchorage* 7 p.m. 12-14 CCHA First Round TBD All-Time: RedHawks lead 22-9-3 18-20 CCHA Super Six TBD Last Meeting: Nanooks earned 2-1 win anda 1-1 tie in Fairbanks, Feb. 28, All times Alaska Standard Time March 1 Home Games in bold In Oxford: RedHawks lead 14-3-2 & at Patty Center Streak: Nanooks, 1 win; Nanooks 2-games unbeaten (1-0-1) # exhibition Last 5: Nanooks lead 2-1-2 * nonconference games Last 10: RedHawks lead 4-3-3 University of Alaska Fairbanks Hockey

Scouting the RedHawks Coach’s Corner The RedHawks (6-6-2 overall, 4-3-1 in the CCHA) are coming off a split at home against Michigan State. On Friday MU earned a 4-2 victory over visiting MSU. The RedHawks outshot the Spartans 21-4 in the first period, taking a 2-0 lead on goals by seniors Greg Hogeboom and Mike Kompon. MSU came back to tie the game with two second-period goals, but third-period markers by Todd Grant and Marty Guerin gave Miami the win. MU outshot MSU 42- 22 in the game and freshman goaltender Brandon Crawford-West earned the win in National Polls net. USCHO Top 15 Team Record Pts LW Saturday’s game was scoreless 1 North Daktoa (20) 7-2-0 568 1 through two periods of play despite Miami 2 Boston College (12) 6-2-2 555 3 3 Maine (3) 9-2-0 494 4 holding a 22-13 lead in shots on goals. 4 New Hampshire 6-2-1 457 2 5 St. Cloud State (5) 8-1-1 446 7 Michigan State erupted for three goals in the 6 Colorado College 6-1-1 405 6 7 Michigan 9-3-0 373 5 first 10 minutes of the third period, including 8 Denver 7-2-1 336 8 9 Massachusetts 8-2-0 258 9 goals 56 seconds apart by Adam Nightingale 10 Boston University 3-2-2 224 10 11 Cornell 3-1-2 191 11 Guy Gadowsky enters his fifth season as and Ash Goldie. Freshman Matt Christie got 12 Ohio State 8-5-0 134 14 head coach of the University of Alaska the RedHawks on the board late with a 13 Harvard 2-2-1 76 12 14 Michigan State 7-4-1 59 15 Fairbanks. The Edmonton, Alberta, native power-play score. MU outshot MSU 29-20 15 Minn.-Duluth 5-5-1 45 13 15 Brown 4-1-0 45 NR played four years at Colorado College in the game. Freshman goaltender Steve where he was a three-time academic All- Hartley took the loss. Others Receiving Votes: Providence 41, American and named captain his senior Dartmouth 35, Wisconsin 18, Union 16, A trio of seniors lead the RedHawks Notre Dame 15, Colgate 5, Minnesota 4, year. He played seven years of profes- Holy Cross 2. sional hockey and coached the Fresno in points. Forward Derek Edwardson has 7- Falcons of the West Coast Hockey League 9-16, forward Mike Kompon has 4-12-16, and to a 106-80-12 record over three seasons forward Greg Hogeboom has 6-9-15. before being named head coach at UAF Freshman forward Matt Christie leads Miami in goals scored and has 9-3-12 totals. before the 1999-2000 season. Gadowsky The RedHawks have relied on a pair of freshmen in goal this season and both and his wife, Melissa, have two sons, are allowing exactly 2.63 goals per game. Crawford-West has gotten more support MacDonald Orson (1 1/2) and Magnus from the offense, however, and is 4-1-1 on the season with a .893 save percentage. Burley (born July 4). They reside in Hartley is 2-5-1 on the season and has a .885 save percentage. Fairbanks with their dogs. Czu on this The Nanooks under Gadowsky Sophomore forward Kelly Czuy raked in the awards after having four goals Year Overall Home Away and four assists in UAF’s sweep of Western Michigan on Nov. 7-8. Czuy was named 2003-04 5-5-0 5-1-0 0-4-0 the CCHA Offensive Player of the Week; the Inside College Hockey national Player 2002-03 15-14-7 9-5-4 6-9-3 of the Week; and was runner-up for the U.S. College Hockey On-line national Offen- 2001-02 22-13-2 13-5-2 9-7-1 sive Player of the Week. 2000-01 9-19-8 7-7-4 2-12-4 1999-00 6-25-3 5-10-3 1-15-0 McKay earns UAF’s first CCHA shutout Totals 57-75-21 39-28-13 18-47-8 Senior goaltender Preston McKay earned the first UAF shutout against a CCHA opponent in its 234-game conference history, posting a 4-0 victory with 24 saves against Western Michigan on Nov. 8. McKay allowed three goals in the first period of the game on Friday, Nov. 7, then allowed just an extra-attacker goal in the remaining five periods and overtime of the series as UAF swept Western, rallying from a 3-0 deficit to win 5-4 in overtime on Friday and following with Saturday’s 4-0 shutout. McKay missed the Nanooks first three series of the season with an ankle University of Alaska Fairbanks Hockey

2003-04 UAF Roster injury, but is 2-1-0 with a 2.30 goals against average and a .913 save No. Name Pos. Yr. percentage since returning to the lineup. 1 Keith Bartusch G Jr. Graham, WA Power Play 2 T.J. Pettersson D Fr. If this weekend’s series comes down to special teams the Calgary, BC RedHawks appear to have the upper hand. 4 David Keough D Sr. Miami has scored 19 power-play goals on 74 chances this sea- Prince George, BC son, a 25.7-percent success rate. The RedHawks have also killed 80.8 6 Jordan Hendry D So. Nokomis, SK percent of opponent’s power plays (14 of 73) and has scored five short- 7 Ryan Campbell LW Sr. handed goals on the season. Edmonton, AB UAF has scored six power-play goals on 48 chances for a pal- 9 Andy Mumford RW Fr. try 12.5-percent success rate. On the kill the Nanooks have Fairbanks, AK allowed nine goals on 31 chances (71.0 percent). 10 Jared Sylvestre C/LW Jr. A total power-play percentage plus penalty-kill percentage of Bonnyville, AB 1.000 is considered ideal. Miami’s combined total is 1.065 and UAF’s 11 Kelly Czuy RW So. total is .835. Edmonton, AB 12 Cramer Hickey D Jr. The trend was the same last season when Miami scored on 22.7 San Jose, CA percent of its power plays (55 of 242) and killed 82.6 percent of all 14 Scott Vockeroth LW Jr. opponents power plays (37 of 213). UAF scored on 14.4 percent of its Calgary, AB power plays last year (23 of 160) and killed 79.8 percent of opponent’s 15 Jason Grinevitch RW/C Jr. man advantages (26 of 129). Glendon, AB In the four games between the team’s last year Miami had six 16 Cam Keith LW Sr. power-play goals, including an extra-attacker score while on the power Nelson, BC play to earn a 2-2 tie and three power-play scores in a 6-2 win in Oxford. 18 Felipe Larranaga D Sr. UAF had one power play goal and one shorthanded score against the Fairbanks, AK RedHawks last season. 20 Ryan Lang C Sr. Regina, SK 23 Drew Bailey LW Jr. White Rock, BC UAF leaders 24 Curtis Fraser C Fr. Surrey, BC 25 Nathan Fornataro D Fr. Scoring Calgary, AB Name G A Pts 26 Jordan Emmerson LW Fr. Kelly Czuy 5 6 11 Abbotsford, BC Cam Keith 6 4 10 27 Corbin Schmidt D/F Jr. Ryan Campbell 4 3 7 Anchorage, AK 29 Paul Austin LW Sr. Curtis Fraser 2 5 7 International Falls, MN Felipe Larranaga 1 5 6 30 Ryan Comeau G Fr. Ryan Lang 3 2 5 Red Deer, AB 34 Aaron Voros RW Jr. Goaltending Whalley, BC 35 Preston McKay G Sr. W-L-T GAA Sv. % Wabowden, MB Keith Bartusch 3-4-0 3.63 .861 37 Tom Herman RW Sr. Preston McKay 2-1-0 2.30 .913 Duval, SK 38 Lucas Burnett RW Fr. Rossland, BC 39 Cory Rask LW Sr. Parkside, SK University of Alaska Fairbanks Hockey

UAF Game Trends 2003-04 CCHA Standings On Olympic ice 5-3-0 Conference Overall On regulation ice 0-2-0 Team W L T Pts. W L T Game 1 of CCHA series 2-1-0 Ohio State 7 3 0 14 8 5 0 Game 2 of CCHA series 2-1-0 Michigan State 6 3 1 13 7 4 1 Game 1 road series 0-2-0 Michigan 5 3 0 10 9 3 0 Game 2 road series 0-2-0 Miami 4 3 1 9 6 6 2 Decided by 1 goal 1-2-0 Notre Dame 4 3 1 9 5 3 1 Alaska Fairbanks 4 2 0 8 5 5 0 Decided by 2 goals 2-1-0 Northern Michigan 4 4 0 8 5 5 0 Decided by 3 or more goals 2-2-0 Bowling Green 2 4 2 6 3 5 3 UAF scores first 3-2-0 Lake Superior 2 3 1 5 4 3 3 Opponent scores first 2-3-0 Nebraska-Omaha 2 5 1 5 2 7 1 Leading after one period 2-1-0 Western Michigan 2 5 1 5 4 6 2 Trailing after one period 1-3-0 Ferris State 2 6 0 4 3 7 0 Tied after one period 2-1-0 Friday, Nov. 14 Thursday, Nov. 20 Leading after two periods 2-0-0 Lake Superior State 4, Bowling Green 2 Wayne State at Michigan State Trailing after two periods 0-4-0 Mami 4, Miichigan State 2 Nebraska-Omaha 2, Northern Michigan 1 Friday, Nov. 21 Tied after two periods 3-1-0 Michigan 4, Ohio State 0 Mercyhurst at Western Michigan Outshooting opponent 5-3-0 Western Michigan 3, Niagara 2 Ohio State at Colgate Notre Dame 4, US NTDP U-18 0 Lake Superior State at Notre Dame Being outshot 0-2-0 Saturday, Nov. 15 Nebraska-Omaha at Ferris State Shots on goal even 0-0-0 Bowling Green 0, Lake Superior State 0 Wayne State at Michigan State Michigan State 3, Miami 1 Alaska Fairbanks at Miami Scoring a power-play goal 2-3-0 Northern Michigan 4, Nebraska-Omaha 2 Bowling Green at Cornell Not scoring a ppg 3-2-0 Ohio State 5, Michigan 2 Niagara 3, Western Michigan 2 Saturday, Nov. 22 Allowing a power-play goal 3-4-0 Alaska Fairbanks at Miami Not allowing a ppg 2-1-0 Bowling Green at Colgate Nebraska-Omaha at Ferris State Scoring shorthanded 0-1-0 Lake Superior State at Notre Dame Allowing shorthanded goal 0-2-0 Ohio State at Cornell Mercyhurst at Western Michigan Month-by-Month Home Away Total October 3-1-0 0-3-0 3-4-0 November 2-0-0 0-1-0 2-1-0 December 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 January 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 February 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 March 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 CCHA Clusters/Rivalry Pairings Total 5-1-0 0-4-0 5-5-0 The CCHA uses rivalry pairings to set up a cluster format for schedule. UAF’s rivalry partner is Nebraska-Omaha. UAF and UNO are matched with the rivalry pairing of Ferris State/Western Michigan to form a four-team cluster this season. Michigan, Michigan State, The 2003-04 season Ohio State and Miami are combined in a second cluster and Notre Dame, Bowling Green marks the fourth year Northern Michigan and Lake Superior State make up the third cluster. Schools play four of the Perani Cup games against other teams in their cluster and two games against teams outside their cluster Three Star, awarded at during the regular season. the conclusion of each 2003-04 Cluster Standings CCHA regular-season Team GP W L T Pts. games. Players from Cluster 1 each school earn Alaska Fairbanks 44008 points for each star (5 points for 1st star, 3 Western Michigan 62315 for 2nd, and 1 for 3rd). Following are the Ferris State 41302 UAF Perani Cup leaders: Nebraska Omaha 20011 Cluster 2 Name 1 2 3 Pts. Ohio State 43106 Keith Bartusch 1 x 1 6 Miami 42204 Kelly Czuy 1 x 1 6 Michigan 42204 Lucas Burnett 1 x x 5 Michigan State 41302 Pretson McKay 1 x x 5 Cluster 3 Ryan Lang x 1 1 4 Northern Michigan 22004 Cramer Hickey x 1 x 3 Bowling Green 61413 Cam Keith x 1 x 3 Lake Superior State 21013 Paul Austin x x 1 1 Notre Dame 21102 Ryan Campbell x x 1 1 Nathan Fornataro x x 1 1 University of Alaska Fairbanks Hockey

The Last Time it Happened

Weekend series sweep at home UAF: Nov. 7-8, 2003, W. Mich. (5-4 ot, 4-0) Opponent: Jan. 24-25, 2003, W. Mich. (6-4, 6-2) Weekend series sweep on road UAF: Feb. 21-22, 2003, OSU (4-1, 5-4) Opponent: Oct.31-Nov.1, 2003, OSU (4-2, 3-2) Shutout UAF: Nov. 8, 2002, W. Mich. 4-0 (McKay) Opponent: Nov. 1, 2002, vs. FSU 5-0 (Brown) Shutout at home UAF: Nov. 8, 2002, W. Mich. 4-0 (McKay) Opponent: Nov. 1, 2002vs. FSU 5-0 (Brown) Shutout on road UAF: Oct. 12, 2002 at UAA 4-0 (McKay) Opponent: Jan. 11, 2002 at Mich. 7-0 (Blackburn) Shutout in CCHA Game Gene’s Chrysler CCHA Game of the Week UAF: Nov. 8, 2002, W. Mich. 4-0 (McKay) Opponent: Nov. 1, 2002, FSU 5-0 (Brown) 2003-2004 Tentative Schedule Player had four or more points UAF: Nov. 8, 2003, vs W. Mich, Czuy (2-3-5) 10/11 UAA @ UAF + Opponent: Oct. 18, 2003, CC, Sterling (1-3-4) 10/12 UAA @ UAF + Player had hat trick 10/17 UAF @ Colorado College UAF: Jan. 24, 2003, vs. W.Mich., Tom Herman 11/1 UAF @ Ohio State Opponent: Oct. 18, 2003, CC, Slattengren 11/14 Michigan @ Ohio State Won in overtime 11/28 U- Mass @ Nebraska-Omaha UAF: Nov. 7, 2003, vs. W.Mich (Fornataro) 12/5 Michigan State @ Michigan Opponent: March 15, 2002, OSU (Olsgard) 12/27 Maine vs Ohio State $ Attempted a penalty shot 12/28 Michigan or Boston College vs Michigan State or Michigan Tech # UAF: Oct. 12, 2001, Jason Grinevitch vs. WMU 1/9 Ohio State @ Michigan stopped by Mantua 1/23 Michigan @ Western Michigan Opponent: Oct. 17, 2003, at CC, Joey Crabb 1/30 UAF @ Notre Dame stopped by Keith Bartusch 2/6 Michigan @ UAF (CSTV national game) Scored with goaltender pulled 2/14 Ferris State @ Notre Dame UAF: Oct. 11, vs. UAA, Campbell (W 5-3) 2/21 Nebraska- Omaha @ Michigan State Opponent: Nov. 7, 2003, W. Michigan (W 5-4 ot) 2/28 UAF @ Nebraska-Omaha Had 40 shots on goal 3/5 UAF @ UAA + UAF: Nov. 8, 2002, vs. W. Mich., 42 shots (W4-0) 3/6 UAF @ UAA + Opponent: Feb. 21, 2003, OSU 41 shots (W 4-1) 3/13 CCHA 1st Round Playoff Had 50+ shots on goal 3/19 CCHA Semifinal Game #1 UAF: Oct. 11, vs. UAA, 53 shots (W 5-3) 3/19 CCHA Semifinal Game #2 Opponent: Nov. 28, 2000, at Mich., 51 shots (L8-0) 3/20 CCHA Championship Game Scored 4 goals in period UAF: Jan. 24, 2003, vs. W.Mich.,1st prd (L6-4) Oppnt: Oct. 18, 2003, at CC, 3rd prd (L 8-3) Note- Schedule subject to change Scored 5 goals in period CCHA Weekly show to air for 10 weeks starting 1/23/04 UAF: Mar. 8, 2002, vs. Ferris State, 3rd period + Governors Cup game, Bold indicates UAF telecasts Opponent: Mar. 14, 2203, MSU, 1st (L11-1) # Tournament, $ Everglades Classic Scored 6 goals in period UAF: Oct. 5, 2001, vs. Air Force, 2nd period Opponent: Feb. 28, 1998, WMU, 2nd period NO. NAME YR. POS. HT. WT. SH. HOMETOWN/LAST TEAM BIRTHDATE 1 Keith Bartusch Jr. G 5-10 193 L Graham, WA/ Fairbanks (NPJHL) 6/16/81 2 T.J. Pettersson Fr. D 6-1 199 R Calgary, AB/Olds (AJHL) 4/25/82 4 David Keough Sr. D 6-0 191 L Prince George, BC/ Prince George (BCHL) 5/16/79 6 Jordan Hendry So. D 6-0 197 L Nokomis, SK/Battlefords (SJHL) 2/23/84 7 Ryan Campbell Sr. LW 5-11 187 L Edmonton, AB/ Ft. Saskatchewan (AJHL) 5/24/79 9 Andy Mumford Fr. W 5-9 145 L Fairbanks, AK/Fairbanks (AWHL) 3/12/82 10 Jared Sylvestre Jr. C/LW 5-8 154 L Bonnyville, AB/ Bonnyville (AJHL) 12/20/79 11 Kelly Czuy So. RW 6-2 199 R Edmonton, AB/Canmore (AJHL) 1/02/83 12 Cramer Hickey Jr. D 6-1 184 R San Jose, CA/ Minot (AWHL) 4/03/81 14 Scott Vockeroth Jr. LW 6-0 193 L Calgary, AB/ Langley (BCHL) 4/21/80 15 Jason Grinevitch Jr. RW?C 5-9 169 R Glendon, AB/ Drayton Valley (AJHL) 5/29/80 16 Cam Keith Sr. LW 6-3 214 L Nelson, BC/ Trail (BCHL) 12/22/80 18 Felipe Larranaga Sr.. D 5-8 173 L Fairbanks, AK/ Des Moines (USHL) 7/10/81 20 Ryan Lang Sr. C 5-10 185 L Regina, SK/Yorkton (SJHL) 7/24/80 23 Drew Bailey Jt. LW 5-9 186 L White Rock, BC/Langley (BCHL) 3/17/80 24 Curtis Fraser Fr. C 6-2 188 L Surrey, BC/Vernon (BCHL) 4/4/82 25 Nathan Fornataro Fr. D 6-1 213 R Calgary, AB/Calgary (AJHL) 1/14/83 26 Jordan Emmerson Fr. LW 6-4 216 L Abbotsford, BC/Merritt (BCHL) 1/5/82 27 Corbin Schmidt Jr. D/F 5-11 192 L Anchorage, AK/ Tri-City (USHL) 9/19/80 29 Paul Austin Sr. LW 5-10 183 L International Falls, MN/ Portage (MJHL) 6/20/80 30 Ryan Comeau Fr. G 5-9 170 L Red Deer, AB/Dryden (SIJHL) 2/20/83 34 Aaron Voros Jr. RW 6-4 193 L Whalley, BC/ Victoria (BCHL) 7/02/81 35 Preston McKay Sr. G 5-11 179 L Wabowden, MB/ OCN (MJHL) 1/24/80 37 Tom Herman Sr. RW 5-9 188 R Duval, SK/ OCN (MJHL) 5/21/80 38 Lucas Burnett Fr. RW 6-2 236 R Rossland, BC/Trail (BCHL) 4/1/82 39 Cory Rask Sr. LW 5-11 194 L Parkside, SK/ Yorkton (SJHL) 6/15/80

Head Coach: Guy Gadowsky PRONUNCIATIONS Assistant Coach: Todd Jones Bartusch ...... Bar-toosh Assistant Coach: Jason Lammers Comeau ...... Ko-mo Larranaga ...... Lair-an-yah-ga Assistant Coach: Shawn Lundgren Guy ...... Coach Sylvestre ...... Sil-vest-er Athletic Trainer/Strength Coach: Mike Curtin Gadowsky ...... Gah-dow-ski Vockeroth ...... Vaw-ker-oth Equipment Manager: Randy Pommenville Grinevitch ...... Grin-a-vitch Voros ...... Vor-ohs Felipe ...... Fill-ee-pay

Breakdown by Class Geographic Breakdown

Seniors (9) Juniors (8) Sophomores (3) Freshmen (7) Alaska (3) Lucas Burnett Paul Austin Drew Bailey Kelly Czuy Lucas Burnett Felipe Larranaga Jordan Emmerson Ryan Campbell Keith Bartusch Jordan Hendry Ryan Comeau Andy Mumford Curtis Fraser Tom Herman Jaon Grinevitch Jordan Emmerson Corbin Schmidt California (1) Cam Keith Cramer Hickey Nathan Fornataro Alberta (8) Cramer Hickey David Keough Corbin Schmidt Curtis Fraser Ryan Campbell Ryan Lang Jared Sylvestre Andy Mumford Jared Sylvestre Manitoba (1) Felipe Larranaga Scott Vockeroth T.J. Pettersson Kelly Czuy Preston McKay Preston McKay Aaron Voros Scott Vockeroth Cory Rask Jason Grinevitch Minnesota (1) Ryan Comeau Paul Austin Nathan Fornataro T.J. Pettersson Sasketchewan (4) Jordan Hendry British Columbia (8) Tom Herman David Keough Cory Rask Cam Keith Ryan Lang Drew Bailey Aaron Voros Washington (1) Keith Bartusch Joining the defensive corps for the Nanooks are a pair of Nanooks ‘miracle’ finish blueliners from the AJHL. T.J. Pettersson is a 6-1, 192-pound Staring at the prospect of an 0-2 start to the season at home defenseman who had four goals and 11 assists for the Olds against in-state rival Alaska Anchorage, the Nanooks responded in dra- Grizzlys. Nathan Fornataro is a 6-1, 195-pound blueliner from matic fashion on Oct. 11, scoring three goals in the final 28 seconds of the Calgary Royals, who had five goals and 23 assists in 30 play against the Seawolves, turning a 3-2 deficit into a 5-3 win. games. Ryan Campbell tied the game, putting home a rebound of a Goaltender Ryan Comeau played for the Canmore Eagles of shot by Felipe Larranaga, for an extra-attacker goal with 28 seconds left the AJHL and the Dryden Ice Dogs of the Superior International in the game. With 18 seconds remaining the Nanooks took a 4-3 lead Junior Hockey League last year. He was one of three AJHL when Ryan Lang fed captain Cory Rask for a score and with one tick left players and the only goaltender rated as an A player in the NHL on the clock Lang tipped in a centering pass to finish off the thrilling 5- Central Scouting Bureau Oct. 2001 Players to Watch listing. 3 victory for the Nanooks. Kelly Czuy and Cam Keith scored goals for UAF earlier in the .2002-03 recap contest. The Nanooks held 1-0 and 2-1 leads before Anchorage rallied to The Nanooks had an up-and-down season on and off the take a 3-2 lead. ice, finishing 15-14-7 overall and 10-11-7 in the CCHA. Forward Aaron Voros battled a bone tumor, which thank- fully turned out to be benign, but he had season-ending surgery in Rask, Sly named captains January. Voros expects to be back at full strength this season. Jared Sylvestre, a redshirt junior, and Cory Rask, a senior, Sophomore goaltender Keith Bartusch was one of the were named the co-captains of the 2003-04 University of Alaska better stories in college hockey last season. After playing just over Fairbanks hockey team. five minutes of mop-up duty as a freshman, the recruited walk-on Rask has 20 goals and 22 assists in his first three years with took over the starting goaltending duties late last season and was 6- the Nanooks. As a freshman he received the team’s Don Jamieson 0-3 during the regular season, before being the goaltender of record in Unsung Hero Award and last year he received the Ricky Pitta Most the Nanooks opening playoff loss at Michigan State. Dedicated Player and the Jamieson Unsung Hero awards. The Nanooks finished with the team’s second-highest Sylvestre redshirted his first season at UAF while coming point total in CCHA play, tied the team-record unbeaten streak at back from a summer knee injury. As a freshman he had nine goals and nine games, and won the Governor’s Cup for the second straight 12 assists and last year as a sophomore he had 11 goals and 17 assists. season with a 3-1 games victory over Alaska Anchorage. He is a +9 in his career. He has been CCHA All-Academic first team and All-Academic honorable mention the last two years with a 3.9 gpa For more information on the Nanooks, including complete game in mechanical engineering. summaries for the past four years, all UAF news stories, updated He received the Dirk Anderson Scholar-Athlete award as a stats on former, current and incoming players, and much more go to freshman and the Keith Street Top Scorer award as a sophomore. www.uafhockey.com and www.gonanooks.com Sylvestre broke his ankle in the first period of the Nanook’s first game of the season against Alaska Anchorage and it out at least through the Christmas break.

Playing to the nines After going unbeaten in their final nine regular-season games Nanooks vs. RedHawks in 2002-03, the nine seniors on the 2003-04 Nanook roster look to pick Player G A P up where last year’s team left off. Ryan Campbell 4 1 5 The University of Alaska Fairbanks enters its ninth season as a Cam Keith 4 1 5 member of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association and is hoping David Keough 1 3 4 to put together a 20-win season for the ninth time in the modern era Cory Rask 2 1 3 of UAF hockey. Aaron Voros 2 1 3 After starting 0-5-1 in CCHA play last year the Nanooks finished 10-11-7 and just two points out of fifth place. UAF was 22- Tom Herman 1 2 3 12-3 overall in 2001-02 and was 15-14-7 last year, the first back-to- Jared Sylvestre 1 2 3 back winning seasons by the team since 1987-89. Felipe Larranaga 0 3 3 The seniors on this year’s team are defensemen David Keough Jordan Hendry 0 3 3 and Felipe Larranaga; goaltender Preston McKay; and forwards Ryan Kelly Czuy 2 0 2 Campbell, Cam Keith, Ryan Lang, Paul Austin, Tom Herman and Jason Grinevitch 0 2 2 Cory Rask. Ryan Lang 0 1 1 Cramer Hickey 0 1 1 Nanooks Cheechakos The Nanooks have seven freshmen that bring a lot of size and skill to the lineup. UAF adds four forwards, two defenseman and a Player W-L-T GAA SV% goaltender to the roster this season. Preston Mckay 2-2-2 2.91 .901 Curtis Fraser is a 6-2, 188-pound center who led the British Keith Bartusch 1-0-1 0.96 .960 Columbia Hockey League in goals and was second in the league in total points (53-52-105) while playing for the Victoria Salsa and Vernon Vipers last season. Jordan Emmerson is a 6-4, 220-pound left wing who had 32 goals and 53 assists for the Merrit Centennials of the BCHL and Lucas Burnett is a 6-2, 224-pound right wing who had 24 goals and 28 assists for the Trail Smoke Eaters of the BCHL. Andy Mumford is a Fairbanks native, who comes to the Nanooks after playing last year for the Fairbanks Ice Dogs. Alaska Anchorage 3, UAF 2 Colorado College 8, UAF 3 Ohio State 4, UAF 2 Scoring Shots on Goal Scoring Shots on Goal Scoring Shots on Goal UAA 0-3-0 3 12-11-6 29 UAF 2-0-1 3 8-6-13 27 UAF 1-1-0 2 4 -6 -11 21 UAF 2-0-0 2 12-22-18 52 CC 3-1-4 8 10-7-11 28 Ohio St. 3-0-1 4 13-13-6 32 First period First period First period UAF, Hendry (UA) 1:17 CC, Petiot (Liebl, Sterling) 1:01 OSU, Steckel (Welsh, May) 3:19 UAF, Voros (Fraser, Grinevitch) 15:55 PPG UAF, Fraser (Hickey) 9:14 UAF, Campbell, (UA) 9:40 Second Period UAF, Lang (Campbell, Larranaga) 10:01 PPG OSU, Olstard (Spector, Guenin) 11:57 UAA, Bourne (Glencross) 5:49 CC, Slattengren (Sterling, Sertich) 18:42 PPG OSU, Bittner (Knapp, Pelley) 18:34 PP UAA, Fournier (UA) 9:21 CC, Sterling (Liebl, Tardy) 19:18 Second Period UAA, Steward (Kronschnabel, Lowe) 10:13 Second Period UAF, Fraser (Keith) 16:57 Third Period CC, Slattengren (Sterling, Sertich) 11:58 PPG Third Period No scoring Third Period OSU, Pelley (Guenin, Waddell) :58 Goaltenders CC, Goolsby (Brunkhorst) 2:23 Goaltenders UAA Chris King (52 shots-50 saves) CC, Thauwals (UA) 9:15 UAF, Bartusch (32 shots-28 saves) UAF, Keith Bartusch (29-26) UAF, Voros (Campbell, Grinevitch) 11:23 PPG OSU, Betz (21-19) Penalties Power Play CC, Slattengren (UA) 11:43 Penalties Power Play UAA 4-8 0-2 CC, Sweatt (Liebel, Stuart) 17:30 PPG UAF 10-20 0-4 UAF 2-4 1-4 Goaltenders OSU 10-20 1-5 UAF, Ryan Comeau (10 shots-7 saves) UAF 5, Alaska Anchorage 3 Keith Bartusch (18-13) Ohio State 3, UAF 2 Scoring Shots on Goal CC, McElhinney (27-24) Scoring Shots on Goal UAA 0-2-1 3 6-10-19 26 Penalties Power Play UAF 1-0-1 2 14 -15-14 43 UAF 1-1-3 5 19-15-19 53 UAF 9-18 2-9 Ohio St. 1-1-1 3 8 - 15- 9 32 First period CC 9-18 3-8 First period UAF, Czuy (Campbell, Grinevitch) 4:40 UAF, Campbell (Voros, Vockeroth) 3:33 Second Period UAF 4, Ferris State 2 OSU, Knapp (Caponigri) 13:01 UAA, Smith (Fournier, Parez) 10:25 4x4 Scoring Shots on Goal Second Period UAF, Keith (Larranaga) 15:32 FSU 1-1-0 2 6 -9 -4 19 OSU, Schembri (Welsh) 18:05 UAA, Glencross (Smith, Arcand-Kootenay) UAF 1-1-2 4 13-11-14 38 Third Period 17:23 First period OSU, Bittner (Guenin, Waddell) 15:04 PP Third Period FSU, Rallo (Rutkowski) 2:03 UAF, Larranaga (Rask) 17:57 UAA, Smith (Fournier, Parez) 10:23 PPG UAF, Keith (Fraser, Czuy) 4:23 Goaltenders UAF, Campbell (Larranaga) 19:32 EAG Second Period UAF, McKay (32 shots-29 saves) UAF, Rask, (Lang) 19:42 GWG UAF, Hickey (UA) 3:39 OSU, Betz (43-41) UAF, Lang (Rask, Herman) 19:59 ENG FSU, Bomersback (Nesbitt) 14:55 Penalties Power Play Goaltenders Third Period UAF 8-16 0-4 UAA, Kevin Rieter (52 shots-48 saves) UAF, Burnett (Austin, Emmerson) 16:29 OSU 7-14 1-5 UAF, Keith Bartusch (26-23) UAF, Vockeroth (Voros) 19:35 Penalties Power Play Goaltenders UAF 5, W. Michigan 4, OT UAA 8-24 1-1 FSU, Brown (38 shots-34 saves) Scoring Shots on Goal UAF 6-20 0-3 UAF, Bartusch (19-17) W. Mich. 3-0-1-0 4 8 - 6-8-2 24 Penalties Power Play UAF 0-3-1-1 5 10-13-8-4 35 Colorado College 6, UAF 2 FSU 4-8 0-2 First period UAF 3-6 0-3 Scoring Shots on Goal WMU, Cheyne (Lattery) 12:13 UAF 0-2-0 2 5-14-8 27 WMU, Bellisimo (Mahrle, Campbell) 12:35 PP CC 1-1-4 6 7-6-9 22 UAF 4, Ferris State 1 WMU, Cheyne (Lattery) 19:59 First period Scoring Shots on Goal Second Period CC, C. Stuart (Grabb, Polich) 19:52 FSU 0-0-1 1 7 -9 -11 27 UAF, Czuy (Keith, Burnett) 4:11 Second Period UAF 0-3-1 4 16-14-10 40 UAF, Keith (Grinevitch, Czuy) 11:41 UAF, Schmidt (Herman, Lang) 2:49 Second Period UAF, Burnett (Czuy, Hendry) 19:38 CC, Canzanello (Sterling, Sertich) 5:06 UAF, Lang (Herman) 9:03 Third Period UAF, Herman (Rask) 7:47 SH UAF, Campbell (Keough) 9:47 UAF, Czuy (Fornataro) 10:50 Third Period UAF, Keith (Czuy, Fraser) 15:25 PPG WMU, Campbell (Cheyne, Mahrle) 19:09 EX CC, Cox (Tardy) 3:04 Third Period Overtime CC, M. Stuart (Polich, C. Stuart) 8:32 FSU, Smith (Kinnie, Flamminio) 13:43 PPG UAF, Fornataro (Czuy, Keith) 3:33 CC, Polaski (C. Stuart) 13:07 SH UAF, Burnett (Austin) 14:31 Goaltenders CC, Crabb (Tardy, Slattengren) 18:38 PPG Goaltenders WMU, Foster (35 shots-31 saves) Goaltenders FSU, Mike Brown (40 shots-36 saves) UAF, McKay (24-20) UAF, Keith Bartusch (22 shots-16 saves) UAF, Keith Bartusch (27-26) Penalties Power Play CC, McElhinney (27-25) Penalties Power Play WMU 6-12 1-2 Penalties Power Play FSU 12-24 1-3 UAF 4-16 0-5 UAF 5-10 1-8 UAF 11-22 1-5 CC 9-18 1-3 UAF 4, Western Michigan 0 Scoring Shots on Goal W. Mich. 0-0-0 0 9 -8- 7 24 UAF 1-3-0 4 16-16-10 42 First period UAF, Keith (Larranaga) 18:08 Second Period UAF, Czuy (Keith, Fraser) 9:04 UAF, Keith (Czuy, Fraser) 11:26 UAF, Czuy (Larranaga, McKay) 19:43 PPG Goaltenders WMU, Foster (42 shots-38 saves) UAF, McKay (24-24) Penalties Power Play WMU 4-8 0-1 UAF 1-2 1-4 University of Alaska Fairbanks Nanooks

2003-2004 Statistics CAREER # Name Yr GP G A PTS PEN/MIN PPG PPA SH HAT WG WA EN FG UG DQ +/- GP G A PTS — ————————— — — — — — ——— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 11 Kelly Czuy So 10 5 6 11 9/ 26 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 +3 45 13 8 21 16 Cam Keith Sr 10 6 4 10 1/ 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 118 36 48 84 7 Ryan Campbell Sr 10 4 3 7 4/ 8 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 +1 113 37 36 73 24 Curtis Fraser Fr 10 2 5 7 4/ 16 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -6 10 2 5 7 18 Felipe Larranaga Sr 10 1 5 6 0/ 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 +6 118 14 50 64 20 Ryan Lang Sr 10 3 2 5 4/ 8 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 113 21 27 48 38 Lucas Burnett Fr 9 3 1 4 2/ 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 +3 9 3 1 4 34 Aaron Voros Jr 10 2 2 4 18/ 36 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 63 22 19 41 37 Tom Herman Sr 10 1 3 4 0/ 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 114 24 31 55 39 Cory Rask Sr 10 1 3 4 1/ 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -3 119 21 25 46 15 Jason Grinevitch Jr 7 0 4 4 0/ 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +4 79 15 26 41 12 Cramer Hickey Jr 9 1 1 2 2/ 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 +2 80 3 13 16 14 Scott Vockeroth Jr 9 1 1 2 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +2 57 11 1 12 6 Jordan Hendry So 10 1 1 2 4/ 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 +4 45 4 7 11 25 Nathan Fornataro Fr 10 1 1 2 2/ 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 +3 10 1 1 2 29 Paul Austin Sr 6 0 2 2 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 +3 62 0 9 9 27 Corbin Schmidt Jr 8 1 0 1 0/ 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 53 2 4 6 35 Preston McKay Sr 3 0 1 1 0/ 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 62 0 1 1 26 Jordan Emmerson Fr 7 0 1 1 3/ 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 +4 7 0 1 1 4 David Keough Sr 8 0 1 1 1/ 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 78 8 23 31 1 Keith Bartusch Jr 7 0 0 0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 1 1 2 T.J. Pettersson Fr 4 0 0 0 1/ 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 4 0 0 0 10 Jared Sylvestre Jr 1 0 0 0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 73 20 29 49 33 Alex Staudt So 1 0 0 0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 28 2 3 5 23 Drew Bailey Jr 1 0 0 0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0 0 30 Ryan Comeau Fr 1 0 0 0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 Andy Mumford Fr 0 0 0 0 0/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bench 3/ 6 0 ————————— — — — — — ——— — — — — — — — — — — Totals 10 33 47 80 59/134 6 12 1 0 5 7 1 5 3 0 Opponents 10 34 51 85 74/156 9 18 2 1 5 9 0 5 3 0

CAREER # Name Yr GP W L T MIN GA GAA SV Pct GP W L T GAA Pct — ————————— — — — — - ——— — —— —— —— — — — — —— —— 35 Preston McKay Sr 3 2 1 0 182:51 7 2.30 73 .913 62 26 27 6 3.08 .901 1 Keith Bartusch Jr 7 3 4 0 396:22 24 3.63 149 .861 21 9 5 3 3.05 .896 30 Ryan Comeau Fr 1 0 0 0 20:00 3 9.00 7 .700 1 0 0 0 9.00 .700 Empty Net 4 4:20 0 ————————— — — — — - ——— — —— —— —— Totals 10 5 5 0 603:33 34 3.38 229 .871 Opponent 10 5 5 0 603:33 33 3.28 345 .915

Power Plays Penalty Killing ———————— ———————— PPG ATT PCT SHA PPG ATT PCT SHF 6 48 .125 2 9 31 .710 1

Stats done by Eric Carlson at www.uafhockey.com