Pigskin Practice

Look out Alaska,,,Valdez High School football team is just warming up.

Slugs out on first

What I eat when theres no fish.

Boys of summer.

charismatic

Little Hockey Players

Wylie Rogers Signs with the Utah Grizzlies!!

Wylie Rogers (G)
Utah Grizzlies

CONGRATULATIONS WYLIE!!!

Name:
Wylie Rogers
Number:
34
Pos.:
G
Shoots:
R
Height:
5-11
Weight:
190
Birthdate:
1985-03-16
Birthplace:
Fairbanks, Alaska

Wylie is playing his first game with the Utah Grizzlies tonight in Las Vegas against the Wranglers. He's sporting the same number he wore 4 seasons with the Alaska Nanooks! Visit the Grizzlies homepage for a link to tune into the game via internet radio here http://www.utahgrizzlies.com/home/ .

GO GRIZZLIES!!!!!

Full story here: Nanooks’ Rogers inks pro deal

Presents

THANK YOU!

Expect packages from me soon!

Throw FishHeads At 'Em

Fishy situation at Sullivan is all because of this man

Ron Tomblinson, lower right, tossed three fish heads onto the ice after Matt Shasby scored the first goal just just 1 minute and 35 seconds into the game. (BILL ROTH / Anchorage Daily News)

Alaska Aces fan Ron Tomblinson said the fish heads he was holding before Monday’s ECHL playoff game against the Victoria Salmon Kings would guarantee a victory. Sure enough, the Kelly Cup champions defeated Victoria to advance to the next round. (By BILL ROTH / Anchorage Daily News)

By BRIAN SINGLERAnchorage Daily News(Published: April 22, 2007)

Ron Tomblinson’s faithful companion at every Alaska Aces game for about the last five years hasn’t been his wife, lucky jersey or clanging cowbell.

It’s a black, hefty bag of (sometimes stinking) frozen fish heads that sits under
Seat 1, Section 120, Row 7 at Sullivan Arena.

Tomblinson’s job description is this — after the Aces’ first goal of every game, he stands up and chucks the basketball-sized heads over the Plexiglas in the general direction of the opponents’ bench and goaltender.

It’s the quaint Alaska touch for visiting players.

“Maybe it’ll rattle ’em a little bit,” Tomblinson said.

The tradition now nets the 46-year-old fan a season ticket, worth close to $600.

“I am more or less paid to throw it out,” Tomblinson said.

That’s the way it’s been for about five seasons and it gives Tomblinson a longer tenure with the organization than many of its players.

Full Story here: Fishy situation at Sullivan is all because of this man

GO ALASKA ACES!!

Final Game (Frozen Four)

The Michigan State University Spartans lay down and stretch in preparation of the final mens college hockey game of the 2006/7 season. They take on the Boston College Eagles in St. Louis at 7pm their time on ESPN2 for the NCAA Championship game. This ALASKA NANOOK hockey fan is rooting for the Spartans. They are in our DIV 1 CCHA mens hockey league and we play them all the time. We have beaten them before though not this year. Just goes to show what a tough Division we are in.

UPDATE- THe game is on now on ESPN not 2! I'm glad I checked. I missed the first period!

Another update...Michigan State University Spartans WIN in the last minutes of the third period of an exciting end to a record breaking crowd in St. Louis.

Congrats to the MSU Spartans!

Alaska Hockey News

Don't forget the games on TV locally on Fox 7 and nationally on ESPNU. And' if you can't get either you can listen on radio or the internet. OR - you can catch a video broadcast on the web. Go to the Athletic Departmetn web page - http://alaskananooks.cstv.com/ and click on the Penn Atlantic box in the upper left hand corner of the page. You'll need high speed internet (you can run a test of your speed from the Penn Atlantic site) and it will cost you $6.99.

All Nanook home games will be available for video streaming on Penn Atlantic.

Former Nanook Ryan Lang, a forward who donned a Nanook jersey from 2000-2004 and is the current captain the East Coast Hockey League's Augusta Lynx, participated in the 2007 Rbk Hockey ECHL All-Star Game at the Idaho Steelhead's Qwest Arena Wednesday night in Boise, Idaho as a member of the American Conference roster.

The American Conference defeated the National Conference 6-3. The 5-foot-10, 175-pound center registered one assist in the All-Star game and was also the second fastest skater in the RBK Hockey Fastest Skater skills competition. Lang set up teammate Brad Schell of Gwinnett for the first goal of the game at 4:26 of the first frame, and was four one-thousandths shy of winning the fastest skater title with a time of 14.654.

And, don't forget the following "Hockey Week in Fairbanks" activities - The Nanook Alumni vs. Gold King Alumni game at the Carlson Center at 3 p.m. on Saturday followed by the Police vs. Firemen game at 4:15 p.m. - and, bring your skates to Saturday's game if you want to join in the Skate with the Nanooks and Ice Dogs following the game.

We're starting the silent auction of the retro jerseys - powder blue replicas of the Nanook Jerseys from 1978 worn by the Nanooks during this year's Governor's Cup games. This weekend we will be auctioning off the jerseys of Kyle Greentree and Wylie Rogers (however due to a new NCAA ruling the nameplates will be removed). The minimum bid is $150 and each additional bid must be at least $5 more than the prior bid. Bidding will end at the start of the third period on Saturday. If your maximum is at least $5 over the highest bid you will be declared the winner for the highest in person bid +$5 (shipping extra).

And, the "Road to the Joe" will be in Fairbanks this weekend. Stop by the display at the Carlson and enter for a chance to win a hotel room and game tickets to the CCHA championships to be held at "the Joe" on March 16-17. There will also be T-shirt giveaways and you can bring your camera and have your picture taken with the Mason Cup.

The Nanooks take on the mighty Michigan Wolverines tonight and Saturday night at the Carlson Center.

GO NANOOKS!!