Ski season comes to an end March 31, 2008
Posted by sunstarsports in skiing.Tags: Alaska, Distance Nationals, Fairbanks, Nanooks, skiing, UAF
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Despite NCAA nationals being held three weeks ago, the Nanooks just finished their season with a killer race at the Distance Nationals; 30 K for the women, 50 K for the men. Marius Korthauer, who won the classic NCAA championship for the Nanooks, was in one of the leading packs for much of the race and placed highest for the Nanooks, in seventh. Vahur Teppan placed 11th, and Einar Often placed 19th.
For the women, Anna Coulter finished 13th, assistant coach Ingrid Olsen finished 14th and red-shirt Julia Coulter, Anna’s twin, finished 15th, and Krynn Finstad took 18th.
skiers prep for marathon March 30, 2008
Posted by sunstarsports in skiing.Tags: Alaska, Fairbanks, Nanooks, skiing, Super Tour, UAF, US Distance Nationals
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Here’s a News-Miner article about the prep for the “marathon” race (30K for women, 50K for men) that will take place today. Marius Korthauer, a Nanook skier, is one of the six men in contention for the USST Super Tour title, with 250 points. The winner of the race gets 60 points, twice the normal amount for a race.
Korthauer takes third in nationals pursuit March 30, 2008
Posted by sunstarsports in skiing.Tags: Alaska, Fairbanks, Marius Korthauer, Nanooks, skiing, UAF, US Distance Nationals
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Nanook skier Marius Korthauer, who earlier this month won an NCAA championship, placed third in today’s U.S. National distance championship pursuit race, held in Fairbanks. He finished behind Ivan Babikov and Petter Eliassen.
Penner signs with Bruins March 29, 2008
Posted by sunstarsports in hockey.Tags: Alaska, CCHA, Fairbanks, hockey, Jeff Penner, Landon Novotney, Nanooks, UAF
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Freshman Jeff Penner signed a two-way contract with the Boston Bruins, according to this press release from the athletic department. Penner, a defenseman, had five goals and seven assists, second on the team only to top CCHA Offensive Defenseman Tyler Eckford, who recently signed a two-way contract with the New Jersey Devils.
Penner will report to the Bruins’ AHL affiliate, the Providence Bruins, next week.
Articles from the News-Miner and College Hockey News also reported the move.
The release also says that freshman Landon Novotney, who earlier this month left school with an unclear path in mind, has signed with the AHL’s Grand Rapids Griffins.
The National Post also reported on his signing.
Updated: Saturday morning and Sunday morning with new articles.
Betcha didn’t know… March 28, 2008
Posted by sunstarsports in skiing.Tags: Alaska, Fairbanks, Kikkan Randall, Nanooks, Sigrid Aas, skiing, UAF
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That Alaska’s Kikkan Randall, one of the best skiers in the nation, was thisclose to skiing for the Nanooks after she graduated high school in 2001. However, the timing was just right and the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City were just around the corner, and she took that path instead.
Side note: I actually ran cross-country against Randall, well, I think she was in the large-schools races, but same meets, different races. She was FAST, and I’m pretty sure she won state her senior year, which would have been my freshman year.
The article also talks about Sigrid Aas, who, like Marius Korthauer, wasn’t highly recruited because no one thought she was fast enough.
Titus still on the court March 28, 2008
Posted by sunstarsports in men's basketball.Tags: Alaska, basketball, Fairbanks, GNAC, Mike Titus, Nanooks, UAF
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Despite playing in his final game for the Nanooks last month, senior Mike Titus isn’t done with basketball. This News-Miner article about the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Basketball Classic in Fairbanks features a few of the teams, including team RIP, which includes Titus and other former Nanooks, like Andrew Smith, Justin Bourne, Mike Hajdukovich, Malik Jones and assistant coach Jocquis Sconiers.
Hockey commits recruit for 09-10 or 10-11 March 28, 2008
Posted by sunstarsports in hockey.Tags: Alaska, CCHA, Chicago Steel, Fairbanks, hockey, Nanooks, UAF, USHL
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According to this article, swede Simon Olsson has verbally committed to the Nanooks for either the ‘09-’10 or ‘10-’11 season. The leftwinger is currently playing for the Chicago Steel. He announced his commitment on the same day he was named the RBK-CCM Hockey/United States Hockey League Offensive Player of the Week. Olsson is Chicago’s third-leading scorer this season with 15 goals and 31 assists for 46 points in 52 games.
Eckford featured in hometown paper March 27, 2008
Posted by sunstarsports in hockey.Tags: Alaska, CCHA, Fairbanks, hockey, Nanooks, Tyler Eckford, UAF
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Junior hockey defender Tyler Eckford, who recently signed a two-way contract with the New Jersey Devils, was featured in the Peace Arch News. The article reads that Eckford almost quit hockey when he was cut a few times from the Surrey Eagles, a Junior A team in British Columbia. However, the coach switched him from forward to defense as an affiliate player, and the rest is history.
Eckford was the first Nanook to make the All-Conference first team, and to take home the Best Offensive Defenseman award.
Skiers do well in Tour of Golden City March 27, 2008
Posted by sunstarsports in skiing.Tags: Alaska, Fairbanks, Nanooks, skiing, UAF
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Nanook skiers Vahur Teppan and Marius Korthauer took third and sixth, respectively, in the A final in the sprints yesterday, and Henri Soom and Einar Often took 11th and 12th in the B final.
Hockey alum Voros featured on NHL.com March 26, 2008
Posted by sunstarsports in hockey.Tags: Alaska, CCHA, Fairbanks, hockey, Minnesota Wild, Nanooks, UAF
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Nanook hockey alum Aaron Voros is featured on NHL.com for his amazing battle of bone cancer that occurred when he was playing for the Nanooks. Voros was drafted by the New Jersey Devils before joining the Nanooks in 2001. In the ‘02-’03 season he had a pain in his knee which led to finding the bone cancer behind his kneecap. He returned for the ‘03-’04 season, amazingly, and after leaving the Nanooks, played for the Albany River Rats and was traded to the Wild in March of 2007. The article features Voros because he has been nominated for the Masterton Trophy as the NHL player who best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance and dedication to hockey.
