Alaska Nanooks Move Up

After a win Friday night and a tie tonight, against Ferris State, my Nanooks moved up in the standings.

Friday nights game story and stats:
Lee Snaps Tie Late In Third Period, Lifts Nanooks To 4-3 Win At Ferris StateLee Snaps Tie Late In Third Period, Lifts Nanooks To 4-3 Win At Ferris State

Saturday nights game story and stats:
Nanooks Erase Two-Goal Deficit, Salvage 2-2 Tie With Bulldogs

Wylie Rogers recorded 50 saves in Friday nights win over the Bulldogs beating his old record of 44 saves. Way to go Wylie!

Roxy Mountain

We Got Snow!

With more coming....yeah. This is the Valdez weather I like. 32 degrees and snowing.

Wordy

It was a dark winter night

Clicking away on the keyboard

Bikini Fish

For fun I google fish images, play on-line Scrabble at www.Scrabulous.com while listening to Whole Wheat Radio.

The pool opens up again Friday night for lap swimming. Right in the middle of a Nanook hockey game.

Guess what I'll be doing.

Fish Candy

Hockey Recap

Busy weekend with Nanook Hockey Fri and Sat night. My Alaska Nanooks were in Columbus, Ohio playing the Buckeyes again, as clustermates, in the CCHA. We won Friday night 4-2, with goalie Wylie Rogers, generating an awesome assist earning him the #1 Star of the game. Saturday night all went south with the Buckeyes winning 5-2 with one empty net goal.

Friday nights game story from the Fairbanks News Miner: Nanooks take down Buckeyes in Columbus

Good news today is it started SNOWING!!!

Cats are cool

And they never say a mumbling word~ Hoyt Axton

Crack in the Windshield

Drove my 1988 Toy Truck out the road today. I kept it in 4wd even though the roads were partially clear. I like this truck. It doesn't take long to warm up and is good on gas.

The only thing wrong with it is the crack in the windshield.

And no radio/cd player. Otherwise I would have made a Get the Led Out type video.

Winter Sun Shadows

Clear and beautiful cold day on Prince William Sound.

Even the boats on dry dock look cold.

We are gaining a couple of minutes of sunlight daily.

Sunrise today: 9:59 a.m.

Sunset tonight: 3:40 p.m.

With colder temperatures and no snow in the 5 day forcast. I hope they are wrong! Come on SNOW!!!

Rockin' Snap Fish and the Radishes

Started the new year cooking up a Prince William Sound Rockfish fillet. Along with colorful red radishes fried together with green onions, butter and seafood seasoning. Cooked radishes are good crunchies and compliment this oil rich fish dish. Invented by me and aptly named Rockin' Snap Fish and the Radishes.

The Last 12 Months in Perspective

► 2007 (355)

Happy happy 2008 World Bloggers and readers!

Here is what NOT to do with your snow machine:

Case number: 07-108009

Type: MVC- Injury, off highway

Text: On 12-30-07 at approximately 1710 hours, Troopers responded to a cabin at mile 88 of the Parks Highway to investigate a collision between a snowmachine and a pedestrian. Investigation revealed that Kyra Peterson, age 28 of Anchorage, had wedged a glove into the throttle lever on her snowmachine so that the throttle would be open as she attempted to start it. Peterson started the snowmachine and the snowmachine accelerated without Peterson on it. The snowmachine traveled approximately 450 feet and struck Kyle Houghton, age 33 of Willow, at approximately 30 MPH. The snowmachine then struck a Ford Ranger and a Chevy Blazer that are both owned by Houghton. Houghton's vehicles sustained several thousand dollars in damage, as did the snowmachine. Houghton sustained multiple injuries and was transported to MSRMC. Author: SMC1 Received Sunday, December 30, 2007 7:30 PM and posted Sunday, December 30, 2007 7:52 PM

Heal fast Kyle!

Start your engines

Fresh snow falling on Valdez town today. Only a dusting of 6 inches or so. Made everything pretty. Come on SNOW!

UAA wins the Governor's Cup for another year

JOHN WAGNER

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

UAA's Brad McCabe, front left, works the puck toward the net and UAF goaltender Wylie Rogers on Friday at the Carlson Center in Fairbanks.

Full story here UAA is king of Alaska hockey

They play again tonight. Come on Nanooks! Beat the kings of Alaska Hockey!

Christmas Puppy

Yukon Patty sent me this picture of their new puppy. They've been waiting for a dog to find them for a long time. I'm glad they got a puppy and on Christmas. They think he's a girl so the name Bailey will work either way.

Merry Christmas Bailey! You found the right home.

Presents

THANK YOU!

Expect packages from me soon!

Christmas Ride

Plenty of snow in Valdez to take a leisurely snow machine ride on Christmas Day.

Merry Ho Ho

Tune into Whole Wheat Radio with me. They are playing Christmas music the next 48 hours.

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Circum-cumulus Christmas Clouds

Wylie Rogers "In Play" Video

Check this out. Pretty cool!

'In Play' Video Features Alaska's GoalieThe latest installment of 'In Play' from CCHA Productions features a video profile of Alaska student-athlete Wylie Rogers. The Fairbanks native and senior goaltender has fashioned a 3-4-2 record this season with a 2.48 goals-against average and .918 saves percentage.