aallenpollreisz
Fighting for the only colors.
UAA got me into college hockey. Though expected, this is one of the saddest days in recent memory for me.
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so...AK/UAA...COVID-19
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Jimjamesak
Already insane, UAA making it worse
Well, they’ll never get another dime from me again.
I was privy to the press release today by UAF Chancellor Dan White (in regards to UAA's decision to drop three athletic teams, including hockey). As the Nanook Hockey Alumni president, I am also usually in-the-know pretty quickly about what's going on behind the scenes with UAF Program. First, UAF's administration has been very outspoken about its committment to the hockey program and the value of athletics in general. All other speculation about the program's potential demise is from people who are just guessing. Secondly, the Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly just voted to fund a new portable $1.3 million ice plant system to install at the Carlson Center so, Nanook Hockey games will remain there for the forseable future. Lastly, there is significant support from the UA hockey alumni and donors that are ready to do what ever it takes for the program to succeed for the long term. Yes, it is tough economical times in Alaska right now, but UAF Hockey will move forward and is taking the steps to create long term sustainability. I sincerely hope that their are enough friends of UAA hockey that are willing to roll up their sleeves and figure out a way to save their program. Maybe call your friends at Alabama Huntsville to see how they did it.
ExileOnDaytonStreet
Drunkard
What a lousy day for hockey.
RIP to a great program and the great crowds that used to come out to see them.
Fuck 2020 and fuck the Alaskan government.
RIP to a great program and the great crowds that used to come out to see them.
Fuck 2020 and fuck the Alaskan government.
Jimjamesak
Already insane, UAA making it worse
For the record, I’m not going anywhere near UAF as a replacement. I hold them as a responsible party for UAA’s death.
ExileOnDaytonStreet
Drunkard
In what way?
Jimjamesak
Already insane, UAA making it worse
The UA system and their pet school UAF spent decades diverting funding away from UAA and got rid of anyone who challenged that (including one Chancellor at UAA). Make no mistake, TPTB at UA have never cared for hockey at UAA and they’re finally getting their wish.
mmf
Nanook Nation
Excellent. Years of embedding deep state UAF operatives under the guise of disinterested, complacent, redneck Seawolf hockey fans has finally paid off. I love it when a plan comes together.
TPTB = UAA Leadership, UAA Faculty Senate, Anchorage Hockey Community and Community at Large, and maybe even Obama (not sure, many have said so, should check it out).
So very Trump-esk.
Jimjamesak
Already insane, UAA making it worse
First off: Don’t ever compare me to Trump idiots.
You do know why Elaine Maimon was forced out as Chancellor right?
https://www.alaskajournal.com/community/2007-04-08/more-support-uaa-will-help-grow-our-own-engineers
The UA Board of Regents and UAF are one and the same, they want UAA to be a funding collection point and nothing more. Why do you think the people who run UAA were hired? They do what they’re told.
The UA BOR and UAF have never liked that UAA has had the better athletics profile, they’ve always wanted rid of UAA hockey and they finally got their chance.
Squarebanks
New member
The current BOR president is from Eagle River, and it’s not much of a secret that the next system president is probably going to be someone from Anchorage, assuming they can even find somebody to take over that hot turd as long as Tall Brother is sitting in Juneau with his Sling Blade grin.
And you are way...way...off base if you think anybody at or associated with UAF wanted UAA to kill hockey.
Jimjamesak
Already insane, UAA making it worse
If you think there’s nobody at UAF or the UA administration who want UAA hockey gone you’re very naive. Heck, there’s people in both who want athletics gone entirely.
Now, do I think UAF is entirely at fault? Absolutely not. There’s a laundry list of people responsible and it starts with a lot of dumb people who ran UAA. But, to think that UAF and the UA BOR with their budgeting philosophy of “UAA gets the students, UAF gets the funding” didn’t have an impact on this decision is foolish.
And I’m not talking about any current iteration of the BOR or UAF or even UAA really. This is just the final result of 20+ years of total mismanagement at all levels including the BOR, the UA admin, UAF, and UAA.
Alaska Hockey
Registered User
Soo funny to spout that crap from the village .........you need to quit before your are fired.
Suze
New member
Just saw this on Twitter: "The Anchorage Hockey Association is planning a rally Wednesday from 4-7 p.m. at City Hall (632 West 6th Avenue) to protest the use of Sullivan Arena and Ben Boeke Ice Arena as homeless shelters as well as the elimination of UAA hockey". I'm assuming this is TOMORROW?
Jimjamesak
Already insane, UAA making it worse
They need to have a better plan for dealing with the homeless issue if they’re gonna do this, because right now it looks like the typical Anchorage NIMBY “we need to deal with this just not here” attitude BS.
Jimjamesak
Already insane, UAA making it worse
And of course, it turned out to be exactly that: A bunch of people whining that the rinks have been repurposed for a greater need in the middle of a f-ing pandemic and offering zero alternatives.
Alaska Hockey
Registered User
THE Dump Bears party like D-3 street people.......2 weeks time out for being stupid for starters ...remember you are still 45 games behind UAA in heads up play....... no matter what caren spouts.
fairbanks hockey puck
Registered User
UAF hockey team quarantined after player tests positive for COVID-19 following off-campus gathering
The entire University of Alaska Fairbanks hockey team is in quarantine because at least one player has tested positive for COVID-19 following an off-campus social gathering Aug. 22 attended by several student athletes.
UAF Chancellor Dan White and Vice Chancellor Keith Champagne announced the hockey team’s quarantine at a Saturday news conference. White also said student athletes from other unspecified sports were also in isolation because they also were at the private event held at the home of one of the Nanook hockey players.
“Because the hockey team, as a team, the possibility of having had close interactions, that team was put into quarantine as a precaution,” White said in the news conference held by video.
“That’s not to say, though, that the whole team was at that gathering, but that team has been interacting over the last couple weeks and there’s the potential they would have been in what’s called close contact in the last couple weeks.
“And that team for that reason was quarantined ,” he said.
Twenty-one players on the hockey roster are in 14-day quarantine, as are six other student athletes. It was not immediately clear when the quarantine began or whether any of the coaching staff is in quarantine,
In an email notice sent to wide UAF community Saturday, White wrote that, “Several individuals who attended this event have since tested positive for COVID-19. As a result of this, a number of our students are in quarantine; two of them, because they tested COVID-19 positive, are in isolation.”
Seven student athletes tested positive for COVID-19 in the seven days following the Aug. 22 gathering, according to information provided by UAF spokeswoman Marmian Grimes later Saturday. She cautioned that UAF does not know whether students contracted the virus at that event.
The number of hockey players and other student athletes who attended the party wasn’t available during the news conference.
“I think it’s our expectation that there were multiple student athletes, but the exact number is a number that the contact tracers have,” White said “We know there were multiple athletes. What specific sports , I don’t have exact numbers with me on which sports were represented
Champagne, when asked if any coaches or UAF supervisory staff were at the gathering, said, “Absolutely not. No official athletics coaches or staff were present at this gathering.”
Champagne called the gathering an episode of “poor judgment” by students.
“We do have a student conduct process that is done through our Center for Student Rights and Responsibilities, and they are currently investigating,” he said. “We do entitle students to their rights of full due process as we conduct our investigation.
“Upon conclusion of the investigation, then the Center for Student Rights and Responsibilities will meet with the students involved, and they will decide what university regulations and or mandates were violated,” he said.
Students could receive a verbal warning or be suspended or expelled from UAF, Champagne said.
In another incident, UAF also distributed a campus alert regarding a person at the Student Recreation Center who tested positive for COVID-19 and warning that anyone who was at the center on the following dates and times may be a close contact of the infected person: Friday, Aug. 21, 9:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Saturday, Aug. 22, 6:30-10 p.m.; Sunday, Aug. 23, 2-7 p.m.; Monday, Aug. 24, 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; and Tuesday, Aug. 25, 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Overall, White said 37 students, including the student athletes, are in quarantine. Six students have tested positive for the virus.
Contact Editor Rod Boyce at 459-7585. Follow him on Twitter: @FDNMeditor.
The entire University of Alaska Fairbanks hockey team is in quarantine because at least one player has tested positive for COVID-19 following an off-campus social gathering Aug. 22 attended by several student athletes.
UAF Chancellor Dan White and Vice Chancellor Keith Champagne announced the hockey team’s quarantine at a Saturday news conference. White also said student athletes from other unspecified sports were also in isolation because they also were at the private event held at the home of one of the Nanook hockey players.
“Because the hockey team, as a team, the possibility of having had close interactions, that team was put into quarantine as a precaution,” White said in the news conference held by video.
“That’s not to say, though, that the whole team was at that gathering, but that team has been interacting over the last couple weeks and there’s the potential they would have been in what’s called close contact in the last couple weeks.
“And that team for that reason was quarantined ,” he said.
Twenty-one players on the hockey roster are in 14-day quarantine, as are six other student athletes. It was not immediately clear when the quarantine began or whether any of the coaching staff is in quarantine,
In an email notice sent to wide UAF community Saturday, White wrote that, “Several individuals who attended this event have since tested positive for COVID-19. As a result of this, a number of our students are in quarantine; two of them, because they tested COVID-19 positive, are in isolation.”
Seven student athletes tested positive for COVID-19 in the seven days following the Aug. 22 gathering, according to information provided by UAF spokeswoman Marmian Grimes later Saturday. She cautioned that UAF does not know whether students contracted the virus at that event.
The number of hockey players and other student athletes who attended the party wasn’t available during the news conference.
“I think it’s our expectation that there were multiple student athletes, but the exact number is a number that the contact tracers have,” White said “We know there were multiple athletes. What specific sports , I don’t have exact numbers with me on which sports were represented
Champagne, when asked if any coaches or UAF supervisory staff were at the gathering, said, “Absolutely not. No official athletics coaches or staff were present at this gathering.”
Champagne called the gathering an episode of “poor judgment” by students.
“We do have a student conduct process that is done through our Center for Student Rights and Responsibilities, and they are currently investigating,” he said. “We do entitle students to their rights of full due process as we conduct our investigation.
“Upon conclusion of the investigation, then the Center for Student Rights and Responsibilities will meet with the students involved, and they will decide what university regulations and or mandates were violated,” he said.
Students could receive a verbal warning or be suspended or expelled from UAF, Champagne said.
In another incident, UAF also distributed a campus alert regarding a person at the Student Recreation Center who tested positive for COVID-19 and warning that anyone who was at the center on the following dates and times may be a close contact of the infected person: Friday, Aug. 21, 9:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Saturday, Aug. 22, 6:30-10 p.m.; Sunday, Aug. 23, 2-7 p.m.; Monday, Aug. 24, 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; and Tuesday, Aug. 25, 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Overall, White said 37 students, including the student athletes, are in quarantine. Six students have tested positive for the virus.
Contact Editor Rod Boyce at 459-7585. Follow him on Twitter: @FDNMeditor.
fairbanks hockey puck
Registered User
UAF hockey team in quarantine after 6 players test positive for COVID-19
Author: Beth Bragg/Anchorage Daily News
The entire University of Alaska Fairbanks hockey team is either in quarantine or isolation after at least one player tested positive for COVID-19 after attending an off-campus party, UAF administrators said Saturday.
In total, six hockey players and an athlete from another UAF team have tested positive for the disease in the days after the Aug. 22 party, and they are now in isolation.
Another 21 hockey players plus six other athletes and head hockey coach Erik Largen are quarantined until at least Sept. 5 because of their exposure to those with COVID-19, the school said.
Multiple athletes from multiple sports attended the party, UAF chancellor Dan White said during an afternoon media briefing.
“It was poor judgment,” Nanooks athletic director Keith Champagne said.
The school said it doesn’t know if all the athletes who tested positive also attended the party, and that any connection between the cases remains unclear at this time.
UAF also doesn’t know if the entire hockey team was at the party, but all of the players are in quarantine because they have been in close contact with each other, CHe said students this school year are expected to abide by school policies subjecting them to all federal, state, local and university mandates and protocol regarding COVID-19. Students living on campus must sign a pledge agreeing to those mandates and guidelines, he said.
In the section covering activities and socializing, the pledge said social distancing doesn’t just mean staying 6 feet away from people: “It means keeping your social circles small and consistent and avoiding large gatherings of people. It means meeting virtually when possible and limiting the number of times you visit public places.”
Champagne said the majority of the hockey players who tested positive have moved into Stevens Hall, which is being used for on-campus residents who have COVID-19. Those who live off-campus will isolate at their residences.
A total of 15 UAF students are currently isolated with COVID-19 and another 37 are currently quarantined because they have been exposed to the virus, the school said.
No coaches were at the party, administrators said, but Largen is also quarantined because he’s been in close contact with the players.
Additionally, UAF sent a message to Student Recreation Center users outlining dates and times — from Aug. 21 to 25 — of potential exposure at the center to someone who tested positive for COVID-19.
Those who went to the party could face discipline if it’s determined they violated university rules or mandates about COVID-19. The school’s Center for Student Rights and Responsibilities is investigating, and discipline could range from verbal warnings to suspension or expulsion, Champagne said.
The Nanooks aren’t expected to play any games until late this year or early next year, because the pandemic has caused delays to college sports across the nation, White said. Sports facilities won’t be available to UAF teams until after Labor Day.
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Author: Beth Bragg/Anchorage Daily News
The entire University of Alaska Fairbanks hockey team is either in quarantine or isolation after at least one player tested positive for COVID-19 after attending an off-campus party, UAF administrators said Saturday.
In total, six hockey players and an athlete from another UAF team have tested positive for the disease in the days after the Aug. 22 party, and they are now in isolation.
Another 21 hockey players plus six other athletes and head hockey coach Erik Largen are quarantined until at least Sept. 5 because of their exposure to those with COVID-19, the school said.
Multiple athletes from multiple sports attended the party, UAF chancellor Dan White said during an afternoon media briefing.
“It was poor judgment,” Nanooks athletic director Keith Champagne said.
The school said it doesn’t know if all the athletes who tested positive also attended the party, and that any connection between the cases remains unclear at this time.
UAF also doesn’t know if the entire hockey team was at the party, but all of the players are in quarantine because they have been in close contact with each other, CHe said students this school year are expected to abide by school policies subjecting them to all federal, state, local and university mandates and protocol regarding COVID-19. Students living on campus must sign a pledge agreeing to those mandates and guidelines, he said.
In the section covering activities and socializing, the pledge said social distancing doesn’t just mean staying 6 feet away from people: “It means keeping your social circles small and consistent and avoiding large gatherings of people. It means meeting virtually when possible and limiting the number of times you visit public places.”
Champagne said the majority of the hockey players who tested positive have moved into Stevens Hall, which is being used for on-campus residents who have COVID-19. Those who live off-campus will isolate at their residences.
A total of 15 UAF students are currently isolated with COVID-19 and another 37 are currently quarantined because they have been exposed to the virus, the school said.
No coaches were at the party, administrators said, but Largen is also quarantined because he’s been in close contact with the players.
Additionally, UAF sent a message to Student Recreation Center users outlining dates and times — from Aug. 21 to 25 — of potential exposure at the center to someone who tested positive for COVID-19.
Those who went to the party could face discipline if it’s determined they violated university rules or mandates about COVID-19. The school’s Center for Student Rights and Responsibilities is investigating, and discipline could range from verbal warnings to suspension or expulsion, Champagne said.
The Nanooks aren’t expected to play any games until late this year or early next year, because the pandemic has caused delays to college sports across the nation, White said. Sports facilities won’t be available to UAF teams until after Labor Day.
[Because of a high volume of comments requiring moderation, we are temporarily disabling comments on many of our articles so editors can focus on the coronavirus crisis and other coverage. We invite you to write a letter to the editor or reach out directly if you’d like to communicate with us about a particular article. Thanks.]
Alaska Hockey
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classic dump bear ......... probally the nail in no sports year. thanks banks