After winning last weekend’s Kendall Hockey Classic tournament in Anchorage, the Nanooks came into the Brice Alaska Goal Rush on a roll.

Nanook fans got to take their first peek at this season’s version of the Alaska hockey team. Friday night the Nanooks kicked off with the Blue/Gold scrimmage, showcasing the team and their skills. Saturday the Nanooks faced their first opposition of the season, the United States National Training and Development Program Under-18 squad, and won a 4-0 shutout victory.

Saturday morning, the Alaska Nanooks welcomed four familiar faces back to the halls of UAF by inducting them into the inaugural class of the Nanook Hall of Fame. Matt Emmons, Milo Griffin, Randy Pitney and Joe Tremarello vary widely in age and in the many roles they have held at the University, but their impact on the university brought them together this weekend.

The first rifle match of the season against the University of Texas El Paso started out a huge success with a 4662-4599 win.

The women’s volleyball team continued their 3-0-win streak in the intra-state rivalry series on Saturday afternoon at the Patty Center.

Lauren Langford, 19, one of the newest recruits on the Nanook swim team, was pulled over and police discovered she was driving under the influence after she registered a .108 BrAC.

Of the 800 participants in the Equinox Marathon this Saturday, 55 people belonged to a select group who call themselves Team in Training. They are part of an organization that runs marathons all over Washington and Alaska in an effort to raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

The UAF campus generates a staggering amount of discarded paper, cans and left-over food. Can the Commons going trayless help?

When hockey coach Doc DelCastillo resigned two weeks ago, much of the Fairbanks community was shocked. DelCastillo only had charge of the Nanooks for one season.