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Alaska Nanooks 2012-2013: Going Out With a Bang

Agreed about the chemistry factor but you definitely have to chase talent when it presents itself. Look at Taranto...I don't recall the exact article but someone once asked the "why Alaska?" question when he was recruited by several big name programs (North Dakota springs to mind) and he came here because the coaches said he would play, and not be buried on a third or fourth line. I think that can be a big selling point, especially for a kid like Bauer when the time comes.

Rms123 said:
Lane Bauer is the recruit from Anchorage....I hope we can hang on to him. His midget numbers are crazy. One thing to remember is just because a kid is from Alaska; he may not be a great fit for the team. There is a chance that we haven't even gone after some of these up and coming in state players. Also, let’s face it, some kids also want to get out of Alaska and see new things. We couldn't land those kids no matter how hard we tried. Our recruiting will be fine. We have some good kids coming in the next few years. Like I said, I agree with you. We never could compete with the huge schools, and our staff has done well finding hidden gems. I think if we continue to be a good team, and maybe even a top tier team in the new league, the recruiting will follow. I read UAA doesn’t do any summer camps or anything like that. That is odd to me. Camps are a great opportunity to see some good, young, raw, local talent.
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Seawolf Fan said:
If I'm breaking a blog rule I apologize. This was posted by "davyd83" on the thread "UAA Seawolves Offseason Thread - Time For Change"

"What Commissioner Bruce McLeod says is that the Alaskas and Huntsville pay the amount above the other schools most expensive trip. So if a trip to Bowling Green costs a school $10,000 and the trip to Fairbanks costs $30,000, then UAF will pay that school $20,000. Please note, I am just using these numbers for examples and they are not actual figures or estimates."
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I believe that davyd83 has the right data.

GFM
 
Re: Alaska Nanooks 2012-2013: Going Out With a Bang

Fergys' done a pretty fair job of attracting net minders. You Nooks found that new one for 13/14 yet?
 
Re: Alaska Nanooks 2012-2013: Going Out With a Bang

Folks can complain all they want about how college hockey has evolved into a no-check game, but it’s pretty obvious that speed is where it’s at. Case in point was the championship game, which IMHO was just excellent fast pace hockey by both teams.

Ferguson has had us on the right path for a while. We can skate with just about anybody (I guess we’ll test that theory out in October vs Quinnipiac). A little more consistency and a little better goaltending and I would like to think that our season would have looked a lot different. Hope our new recruits, including Basara and Hochhausen continue the trend of fast, skilled, feisty players.

Speed kills. Speed with skills kills quicker. Speed with size and skills even more so. Skating fast is one thing, but reacting or thinking fast is just as important. It’s a transition game. But you can’t dilly-dally and think about it. You need to transition, get up on step without pause, and create chances on teams that don’t react quick enough. And then you need to hurry back and defend against the odd man rush you just gave up. Oh well, you live and die by the sword, but it’s fun to watch.

Already anxious. Will summer ever end?:)
Go Nooks!
 
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mmf said:
Will summer ever end?:)
Go Nooks!
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Speak for yourself...down here in urbanized Alaska it still feels a lot like winter, what with a howling north wind and UAA hockey being in the news.

In a way I am looking forward to the uncertainty of the nWCHA and seeing how we will stack up. In the CCHA under Ferguson, it was almost a given (with the exception of one year) that we would finish somewhere in the middle of the standings. Hopefully our younger guys will step up and have a short learning curve...Keeney with a year under his belt helps as well.
 
Re: Alaska Nanooks 2012-2013: Going Out With a Bang

Any word on our schedule? We have 28 conference games, and so far have some tough non-conference match ups with Quinnipiac, Air Force, Denver, and Western Michigan (in the Kendal and Brice Tourneys). Any idea who the last non-conference game is with? It looks like we have open weekends on Nov 15-16, Feb 7-8, and Feb 21-22.

We must be having problems filling one of those February weekends. Or maybe our athletic department is just being fashionably late with the schedule.
 
No idea on the last non-con series. Considering our other four non-con games are all tough contests, I kind of hope we bring a patsy up north to round out the schedule. My guess is we will be on the road, though. Whatever it is, it must be the last missing piece now that the WCHA schedule is out.

mmf said:
Any word on our schedule? We have 28 conference games, and so far have some tough non-conference match ups with Quinnipiac, Air Force, Denver, and Western Michigan (in the Kendal and Brice Tourneys). Any idea who the last non-conference game is with? It looks like we have open weekends on Nov 15-16, Feb 7-8, and Feb 21-22.

We must be having problems filling one of those February weekends. Or maybe our athletic department is just being fashionably late with the schedule.
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Squarebanks said:
No idea on the last non-con series. Considering our other four non-con games are all tough contests, I kind of hope we bring a patsy up north to round out the schedule...
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Yea, that's one of the downsides of having UAA in the same conference. :)
 
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mmf said:
Any word on our schedule? We have 28 conference games, and so far have some tough non-conference match ups with Quinnipiac, Air Force, Denver, and Western Michigan (in the Kendal and Brice Tourneys). Any idea who the last non-conference game is with? It looks like we have open weekends on Nov 15-16, Feb 7-8, and Feb 21-22.

We must be having problems filling one of those February weekends. Or maybe our athletic department is just being fashionably late with the schedule.
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This just in, we'll be playing a 2 game series at home versus Mercyhurst.

EDIT: This series will be played at Patty Ice Arena due to a scheduling conflict.
 
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UAFHockeyFan314 said:
This just in, we'll be playing a 2 game series at home versus Mercyhurst.

EDIT: This series will be played at Patty Ice Arena due to a scheduling conflict.
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I just hope your whole post is an evil attempt to yank our chains....
 
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I'm not sure of the dates exactly, but I'm not kidding. The FNA Olympics are going on that weekend. I wished for a better fate as well, but not much that can be done about that.
 
Re: Alaska Nanooks 2012-2013: Going Out With a Bang

Seven recruits for 2013-14. The last two...two Fairbanks kids who played in the USHL. Forward Jared Linnell, whose dad played defense and mom volleyball at UAF and Justin Woods, a big defense man who will be a good one with time....Taylor Munson has one more year of junior eligibility left and will not be a Nanook this season...
 
Re: Alaska Nanooks 2012-2013: Going Out With a Bang

The duo, who played in the United States Hockey League this season, are the sixth and seventh players to sign on with Alaska Hockey's Class of 2017. They join forwards Marcus Basara, Shawn Hochhausen and Brandon Morley of the British Columbia Hockey League, Joey Davies of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League and Josh Erickson of the USHL.
 
Re: Alaska Nanooks 2012-2013: Going Out With a Bang

No joke on the Patty. This is thanks to the annual AFN convention being in town that weekend. The Carlson is the only facility big enough to handle AFN. I heard talk about this at the athletics banquet last week.

As for using the Dipper, my guess is it would be a lot cheaper to use the Patty since it is owned by the university.

Don't worry, when we have our new on-campus ice arena in 75 years it won't be an issue anymore.
 
Re: Alaska Nanooks 2012-2013: Going Out With a Bang

Anybody know what the deal is with Mercyhurst? What will that make, something like four trips up to AK in the last six seasons? That's as many as some of our conference mates! I'm not really complaining, it's just surprising. Kinda makes you wonder if there's some connection behind the scenes, or if maybe their coaching staff just REALLY likes making the trip up.
 
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