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5.20.10 | General

Nanook Athletes Garner At-Large Academic Team Honors

FAIRBANKS, AK – Several Alaska Nanook student-athletes garnered recognition for their prowess in the classroom, being selected to various At-Large Academic teams as announced Thursday.

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5.14.10 | Men's Ice Hockey

Dion Knelsen Signs Pro Contract With Norway's Sparta Warriors

Alaska Nanooks senior center Dion Knelsen has signed a one-year deal with the Sparta Warriors of Sarpsborg, Norway, and the Norwegian Elite League. The Norwegian Elite League, or Get Ligaen, is the highest tier of professional hockey in Norway and it is there that Knelsen will develop his professional hockey game throughout the 2010-11 season.

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5.11.10 | General

26th Annual IBEW Nanook Fund Golf Scramble Set For June 11

The University of Alaska Fairbanks Department of Athletics will host the 26th Annual IBEW Nanook Fund Golf Scramble on June 11 at the North Star Golf Club. IBEW is in its seventh year as the title sponsor for the tournament, which is the major fund-raising event for student-athlete scholarships. Proceeds from the tournament will directly benefit the Alaska Nanooks.

[2010 IBEW Nanook Fund Golf Scramble Application in PDF format]

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5.2.10 | Men's Ice Hockey

Chad Johnson Named To Team Canada For IIHF Wold Championships

Team Canada’s General Manager Mark Messier announced that former Alaska Nanook goalie Chad Johnson (Calgary AB), of the National Hockey League’s New York Rangers, has been added to the Team Canada roster for the 2010 International Ice Hockey Federation Men’s World Championships, May 7-23, in Cologne and Manheim, Germany.

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4.15.10 | General

All-Sports Banquet Set For May 7

The University of Alaska Fairbanks Department of Athletics will hold its annual All-Sports Banquet Friday, May 7 from 6:30-9:00 p.m. at the Fairbanks Princess Riverside Lodge in the Edgewater Banquet Room.

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4.8.10 | Men's Ice Hockey

Knelsen Named To Lowe's All-Senior All-America First Team

For the first time in Alaska Nanook hockey history, a player has been named to the Lowe’s Senior Class Award All-Senior All-America First Team. Senior center Dion Knelsen (Three Hills, AB, Drumheller (AJHL)) became the second Nanook in the past two years and the third in the award’s four-year history to garner a spot on one of the Lowe’s All-Senior All-America teams.

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