TM ® 2012 Brice Alaska Goal Rush 2012-13 SCHEDULE SERIES DETAILS: Date Opponent Time September Date ........................ Friday, October 19 Alaska (CCHA) 29 BLUE & GOLD GAME # Blue, W 2-1 Time .................................8:05 pm AKT October 0-1-1 5 REGINA # W 6-0 Location ................ Fairbanks, AK 99701 12 Air Force $ OT T 1-1 Venue ............... Carlson Center (4,595) 13 Canisius $ L 1-3 ® vs 19 MERRIMACK ** (TD TV) 8:05 pm ...............................................200’x100’ 20 NORTH DAKOTA ** (TD TV) 7:05 pm 26 Ferris State * 3:05 pm TV ...................KFXF Fox 7 (TD @ 11 p.m.) 27 Ferris State * 3:05 pm Merrimack November Internet Audio ...... KCBF 820sports.com 2 LAKE SUPERIOR STATE * 7:05 pm Live Video ........Americaonesports.com 1-1-0, 0-1-0 HEA 3 LAKE SUPERIOR STATE * 7:05 pm 9 Ohio State * 3:05 pm Live Stats ................alaskananooks.com 10 Ohio State * 3:05 pm 16 WESTERN MICHIGAN * 7:35 pm SERIES DETAILS: 17 WESTERN MICHIGAN * 7:35 pm (CCHA) 23 Northern Michigan * 3:35 am Alaska Date .....................Saturday, October 20 24 Northern Michigan * 3:35 pm Time .................................7:05 pm AKT 30 MIAMI * 7:05 pm 0-1-1 December Location ................ Fairbanks, AK 99701 1 MIAMI * 7:05 pm Venue ............... Carlson Center (4,595) 7 BOWLING GREEN * 7:05 pm ® vs 8 BOWLING GREEN * 7:05 pm ............................................. 200’ x 100’ January 11 Michigan * 3:35 pm TV ........KFXF Fox 7 (TD 10/21@ 12:30 a.m.) 12 Michigan * 3:35 pm North Dakota Internet Audio .......KCBF 820sports.com 18 Notre Dame * 3:35 pm 19 Notre Dame * 3:05 pm Live Video ........ Americaonesports.com 25 NORTHERN MICHIGAN * 7:05 pm 0-0-0, 0-0-0 WCHA 26 NORTHERN MICHIGAN * 7:05 pm Live Stats ................ alaskananooks.com February 1 Miami * 3:35 pm LASKA EEKING HIRD OAL USH ITLE 2 Miami * 3:05 pm A S T G R T 8 OHIO STATE * 7:05 pm Need to know notes about the Kendall Hockey Classic & Alaska hockey... 9 OHIO STATE * 7:05 pm 18 Lake Superior State * 3:35 pm • This weekend the Nanooks host the UND Nov. 1-2, 1991, when they swept the 19 Lake Superior State * 3:05 pm fifth-annual Brice Alaska Goal Rush and Nanooks 4-6 and 3-5, respectively. 25 Anchorage ^ 7:07 pm welcome Alaska Anchorage, Merrimack and 26 ANCHORAGE ^ 7:05 pm North Dakota to Fairbanks for two days of • 2011 Goal Rush MVP and senior Nik Home games in ALL CAPS # Exhibition tournament action. The Nanooks faceoff Yaremchuk notched a pair of goals in last All Times Alaskan * CCHA game against the Warriors Friday night and UND Friday’s tie, for his 14th career multi-point $ Kendall Hockey Classic on Saturday as they seek their second game. It was also the fourth time in his ** Brice Alaska Goal Rush ^ Alaska Airlines Governor’s Cup tournament title since 2009. career he scored twice in a game, giving him one two-goal game in each of his four • Alaska is 2-4 against Merrimack and 2-5 seasons as a Nanook. He is second on the against North Dakota. The Blue and Gold’s team in career points with 27-37--64 in 114 last encounter with the Warriors was 17 outings, behind SR F Andy Taranto (43-47- ALASKA MEDIA RELATIONS years ago on Jan. 21, 1995, when they were 90) and just ahead of JR F Cody Kunyk (37- Director of Media Relations .........Jamie Foland beaten 2-3. 36--63), who notched an assist on Parayko’s Office Phone ...................... (907) 474-6807 Mobile Phone ...................... (907) 687-3226 marker against Air Force. His effort garnered E-mail ...................... [email protected] • Alaska is 2-5 against UND with their only him a spot on the 2012 Kendall Classic All- Media Relations Intern ................Chris Brooks program wins happening on the road Jan. Tournament team. Phone .............................. (907) 474-6805 2-3, 1994, when the ‘Nooks prevailed 6-5 in E-mail ...................... [email protected] overtime the first night and 5-3 the second • FR defensemen Colton Parayko and Josh Fax .................................. (907) 474-5162 night. They played in UAA’s Kendall Classic Atkinson tallied their first career points on Carlson Center Press Box .......... (907) 451-1800 two years ago (Oct. 9, 2010), when UND Friday night. Alaska’s only rostered NHL Website ................... www.alaskananooks.com Interviews beat the Blue and Gold 3-1 at the Sullivan draft pick, Parayko notched the team’s All interviews must be arranged through Jamie Foland in the Arena. third goal of the first period and Atkinson Media Relations Office, and requests must be made by noon on assisted on the team’s first goal of the year the day of the interview. Foland can be reached via e-mail (jm- [email protected]); office phone (907.474.6807) or cell phone • North Dakota will come to Fairbanks by Yaremchuk earlier in the frame. (907.687.3226). Please note that contact information for student- and take on the Nanooks for the first time athletes WILL NOT be made available to reporters, per Depart- ment of Athletics policy. in over 20 years. Alaska last played host to HEAD COACH ALASKA Notes cont... DALLAS FERGUSON • Friday’s season-opening game Ferguson enters his fifth season as head coach of the against Air Force marked the second Alaska Hockey program. He time in the last three years that the was named the eighth head coach of his alma mater Nanooks and the Falcons opened their on May 15, 2008, following regular-season schedules against one four years of service as an assistant coach for the Blue another in the opening game of Alaska and Gold. Anchorage’s annual tournament. It is A former Nanook defenseman and team captain, also the third time in seven seasons the Ferguson guided the program to new heights in teams opened against each other in the his first three seasons at the helm. After leading the team to a fourth place finish in the Central Collegiate state of Alaska. Hockey Association and capturing the league’s Coach of the Year award in 2008-09, he took the Nanooks to the NCAA tournament for the first time in program • The Nanooks lead the all-time history in 2009-10. series against the Falcons 17-7-2, which Under his tutelage, the Nanooks have won three includes a 9-2-1 mark in the 49th state consecutive Alaska Airlines Governor’s Cup titles, (8-2 at home and 1-0-1 in neutral site played host and won three consecutive CCHA home playoff series (in each of his first three seasons) and games). Alaska’s two in-state loses claimed four non-conference tournament titles. were games that were originally a pair The Wainwright, Alberta native has coached twenty- of victories (3-0 and 4-3) but were later nine Nanooks who have gone on to professional forfeited after the 1991-92 season. hockey careers, including rearguard Jordan Hendry of the 2010 National Hockey League Stanley Cup Champion Chicago Blackhawks, 2009 CCHA Player • The Nanooks ride an eight-game of the Year and All-American Chad Johnson of the Phoenix Coyotes and 2008 CCHA Offensive winning streak against the Falcons into Defenseman of the year and Alaska’s only First Team Friday’s 26th meeting that dates back All-American Tyler Eckford (Ottawa Senators). to Jan. 14, 1995. The last time they Through his first four seasons as an assistant coach, lost to Air Force was a 4-3 let down in Ferguson was part of Nanook squads that defeated four No.1-ranked teams, captured two Alaska Airlines overtime on Jan. 13, 1995. Governor’s Cups, finished third at the CCHA Super Six tournament at Joe Louis Arena, won three CCHA first- round playoff series on the road, and set a program • After last Friday’s 3-3 tie against record for road wins in a season (10, 2005-06). Air Force, the Nanooks are now 2-1- Since his arrival at Alaska in the summer of 2004, 2 in season openers under fifth-year Ferguson has steadily climbed the professional ladder. head coach Dallas Ferguson. Their only After serving as the Nanooks’ second assistant coach from 2004-07, he was named the first assistant coach season-opening loss under the former in 2007-08. From 2004 to 2007, Ferguson primarily Nanook defenseman was a 4-1 upset by coached the defensemen and was in charge of the defensive special teams. In 2005, Ferguson coached St. Cloud State on Oct. 7, 2011. the penalty-killing unit to an impressive 88.0 percent conversion percentage, the third best in the nation. • Last Saturday’s 3-1 letdown to Prior to his tenure at Alaska, Ferguson spent two Canisius marked the Nanooks’ first lost years as the assistant coach for the Fairbanks Ice Dogs Junior A hockey team of the North American Hockey against the Golden Griffins in program League. history. They previously played a two- As an athlete, Ferguson enjoyed a four-year game series in Fairbanks on Jan. 16- professional hockey career following his collegiate 17, 1989, when the Nanooks outscored playing days in Fairbanks. He was a four-year letterwinner for the Nanooks (1992-96) and ranks their guests 3-2 the first night and 9-2 21st on Alaska’s career scoring list. He finished his the second night to sweep the series. career with 104 points (17g, 87a) and was a three-time recipient of the Shawn Chambers Top Defenseman Award. A proven leader, Ferguson was an alternate • FR F Tyler Morley spoiled Canisius’ captain as a junior and voted the team captain as a senior.