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TM 2015-16 Alaska Hockey Game Notes | Nov. 13-14 at Bemidji State | @NanooksHockey Schedule/Results Upcoming Games Where’s It At? Quick Facts........................................................................................2 Overall: 3-5-0 WCHA: 0-0-0 NEXT THREE OPPONENTS Home: 2-1-0, Away: 0-2-0 Neutral: 0-2-0 NOOKS OPEN WCHA SLATE WITH PRESEASON Roster.................................................................................................3 O c to b e r FAVORITE AND DEFENDING CHAMPION MINNESOTA WCHA Standings/Schedule...........................................................4 9 vs. St. Cloud State University! L, 3-0 STATE National Poll/Situational Records..................................................5 10 vs. Arizona State! L, 2-1 Team Game-By-Game/Lines..................................................6 & 7 16 American International# W, 7-2 BEMIDJI STATE BEAVERS Team Stats.........................................................................................8 17 Rensselaer Polytechnic# W, 4-2 Dates: November 13th, 14th Player Bios..................................................................................9-17 30 at Minnesota State* L, 2-5 Record: 1-4-2 (0-3-1, WCHA) Team Leaders 31 at Minnesota State* L, 1-2 Rank: -- N o v e m b e r All-Time Series: 5-2-1 (BSU) 6 Northern Michigan* W, 5-2. Last Meeting: Nov. 1, 2014, BSU 4, UAF 3 7 Northern Michigan* L, 2-5. 13 at Bemidji State* 4:37 p.m. 14 at Bemidji State* 4:07 p.m. FERRIS STATE BULLDOGS 20 at Ferris State* 3:07 p.m. Dates: November 20th,21st 21 at Ferris State* 3:07 p.m. Record: 4-4-2 (3-3-0, WCHA) ALASKA SCORING LEADERS * 27 Michigan Tech 7:07 p.m. Rank: -- 28 Michigan Tech* 7:07 p.m. Points: Tyler Morley, 11 All-Time Series: 34-31-4 (UAF) Goals: Tyler Morley, 6 December Last Meeting: Jan. 3, 2015, UAF 6, Ferris State 0 * Assists: Peter Krieger, 6 4 Lake Superior State 7:07 p.m. PPG: Marcus Basara, Tyler Morley, Tayler Munson, 1 5 Lake Superior State* 7:07 p.m. LAKE SUPERIOR STATE LAKERS *^ GWG: Brandon Morley, Peter Krieger, Colton Sparrow, 1 11 at Alaska Anchorage 7:07 p.m. Dates: November 20th,21st 12 at Alaska Anchorage*^ 7:07 p.m. PIM: Josh Atkinson, Josh Erickson, 25 Record: 2-6-2 (0-2-2, WCHA) Shots: Tyler Morley, 38 January Rank: -- +/-: Zach Frye, +9 2 Bemidji State* 7:07 p.m. All-Time Series: 32-20-6 (LSSU) 3 Bemidji State* 5:07 p.m. Last Meeting: Feb. 7, 2015, UAF 2, LSSU 1 8 at Alabama-Huntsville* 4:07 p.m. ALASKA GOALTENDING LEADERS 9 at Alabama-Huntsville* 4:07 p.m. Games: Davis Jones, 5 15 at Northern Michigan* 3:07 p.m. Wins: Davis Jones, 2 * 16 at Northern Michigan 3:07 p.m. Broadcast Information GAA: Davis Jones, 3.02 29 at Wisconsin 4:07 p.m. SV%: Jesse Jenks, .917 30 at Wisconsin 4:07 p.m. Live Stream: WCHA.tv SO: N/A February Live Stats: WCHA.tv 5 Ferris State* 7:07 p.m. Radio: ESPN 820AM 6 Ferris State* 7:07 p.m. 19 Bowling Green* 7:07 p.m. 20 Bowling Green* 7:07 p.m. #NookNotes 26 at Michigan Tech* 3:07 p.m. Where to Watch/Listen 27 at Michigan Tech* 3:07 p.m. Fans can watch this weekend’s contest on WCHA.tv. BEMIDJI STATE SCORING LEADERS March Fans can purchase a single game for $7.99, a day pass to *^ Points: Gerry Fitzgerald, 7 4 Alaska Anchorage 7:07 p.m. see every WCHA game that day for $9.99 or buy a sea- Goals: Gerry Fitzgerald, 6 5 Alaska Anchorage*^ 7:07 p.m. son pass, which includes every single Alaska Nanooks Assists: Brendan Harms, 4 11-13 WCHA First Round TBA contest both home and away for $89.99. Fans who are 18-19 WCHA Final Five TBA PPG: Greame McCormack, 3 wanting to watch every WCHA game this season can GWG: Charlie O’Connor, 1 !- Kendall Hockey Classic purchase the WCHA season pass for $129.99 PIM: Leo Fitzgerald, 17 #-Brice Alaska Goal Rush *-WCHA Game Shots: Gerry Fitzgerald, 18 ^-Govenor’s Cup Game Th is weekend’s games will also be broadcasted live on +/-: Ruslan Pedan, +3 All times in Alaska Standard Time and are subject to change ESPN 820am in the Fairbanks area and worldwide on the 820 Sports App with Bruce Cech providing All home games played at Carlson Center BEMIDJI STATE GOALTENDING LEADERS live play-by-play from the Sanford Center in Bemidji, Minnesota. Games: Michael Bitzer, 7 Wins: Michael Bitzer, 1 GAA: Michael Bitzer, 2.58 Coaches’ Corner Both games of this series will also be broadcasted on Fox 7 in the Fairbanks area. Friday’s game will be shown SV%: Michael Bitzer, .897 “Playing four games on the road is a challenging part of our schedule, live starting at 4:30 p.m., with a rebroadcast airing at 11 SO: N//A but every game is challenging in the WCHA regardless if it’s on the road p.m. AKST. Saturday will be shown on tape delay, as the or home. We will take it period-by-period and stay with our process. We game is set to at 7:30 p.m. win periods we will get points. Th is weekend we are going to face a tough Team Comparison team, Th ey play with pace, and have players that can fi nish plays. Our Alaska Bemidji State success will center on our ability to play fast and manage the puck eff ec- Last Time Out 2-4-0 Overall Record 1-4-2 tively. We need to put ourselves in position to create turnovers and get Th e Nanooks were unable to complete the series sweep 2-0-0 Home 1-2-1 our transition game going will be very important for us to have success.” of the Northern Michigan Wildcats last Saturday, as 0-2-0 Road 0-2-1 - Head Coach Dallas Ferguson NMU handed Alaska its fi rst home loss in nine contest L-1 Current Streak L-1 on Th is Weekend’s Matchup with a 5-2 decision. Th e Morley brother collected both 3.0 Goals/Game 2.0 goals in the loss, as Tyler Morley got Alaska on the 2.2 Goals Against/Game 2.9 board in the fi rst period, while Brandon Morley scored 1-14 Power Play 8-30 in the third period. 2015 @NANOOKSHOCKEY NOTES Alaska Hockey Quick Facts #NookNotes Multi-Point Games All-Time Series Oct. 16 Tayler Munson, AIC 3 Points, 2 g, 1 a Tyler Morley, AIC 3 Points, 2 g, 1 a University Information Bemidji State leads the all-time series 5-2-1. Th e fi rst Location.......................................................................Fairbanks, Alaska Nolan Huysmans, AIC 3 Points, 1 g, 2 a Peter Krieger, AIC 2 Points, 0 g, 2 a Founded..............................................................................................1917 set of games played between the Beavers and the Nanooks was in 1984, where BSU took both games. Zach Frye, AIC 2 Points, 0 g, 2 a Enrollment.......................................................................................11,149 Alec Hajdukovich, AIC 2 Points, 1 g, 1 a Nickname....................................................................................Nanooks It would be 29 years before the two schools played Oct. 17 Tayler Munson, RPI 3 Points, 2 g, 1 a School Colors.......................................................................Blue & Gold again, as Alaska move to the WCHA ended the fam- Peter Krieger, RPI 2 Points, 1 g, 1 a Affi liation.....................................................................NCAA Division I ine in 2013. Since then, the two schools have played Zach Frye, RPI 2 Points, 0 g, 2 a Conference............................Western Collegiate Hockey Association every year, with Bemidji holding a holding a 3-2-1 President................................................................Dr. James R. Johnsen advantage in WCHA games. Th e Beavers swept the Interim Chancellor.............................................................Mike Powers Director of Athletics........................................................Dr. Gary Gray season series last year with a 6-1 and 4-3 win at John University Website.....................................................................UAF.edu S. Glas Fieldhouse. Athletics Website...................................................AlaskaNanooks.com WCHA Off ensive Player of the Week Team Information On Monday, the Western Collegiate Hockey Associ- 2014-15 Overall Record...............................................................19-13-2 ation announced that senior Tyler Morley has been WCHA Record..............................................................................14-12-2 named the Off ensive Player of the Week. It is Mor- What is a Nanook? WCHA Finish......................................................................................4th ley’s fi rst selection of the year and his second-ever Nanook is a derivation of nanuq, the Inupiaq Home Record..................................................................................10-5-1 WCHA Player of the Week honor. Away Record.....................................................................................7-8-1 word for polar bear. UAF’s very fi rst basketball Neutral Record..................................................................................2-0-0 teams had been nickenamed the Polar Bears, Th e senior captain had quite the weekend, as he Letterwinners Returning/Lost.........................................................18/6 but aft er 1963, the Polar Bears became known Newcomers...............................................................................................6 collected a total of fi ve points in a two-game split as the Nanooks, which has since applied to all against Northern Michigan at the Carlson Center. UAF sports teams. Coaching Staff Morley scored two goals and handed out an assist Head Coach............................................Dallas Ferguson (Alaska, ‘96) in Alaska’s 5-2 win over the Wildcats on Friday and Career Record...........................................................................63-114-33