The Face-Off Club board hope all of you had a wonderful Thanksgiving and are ready for a fun Nanook Hockey weekend!  As you know, the Alaska Nanooks play Michigan Tech Huskies this weekend.

With that, we have a few things to mention:

• The Coaches Luncheon is on November 27th at noon at the Carlson Center!  Please join us!
• The NookOpoly games arrived in Fairbanks and can be purchased for $30! Only 500 games have been produced and almost half of our inventory was pre-sold!
• The Alaska Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) is having a canned food drive.  They ask all fans to bring canned or non-perishable food items that will be donated to the Fairbanks Community Food Bank.

Where to Watch & Listen
If fans can’t make it to the Carlson Center this weekend, WCHA TV will be streaming all WCHA contests this weekend. Fans can purchase a single game pass for $7.99, watch all WCHA games on a certain day for $9.99 or buy a season pass, which includes all Alaska Nanooks home and away games for $89.99. Hockey fans also have the option to purchase the WCHA season pass, which includes access to every single WCHA game (home or away) for all league teams for $129.99.

Both Friday and Saturday’s games will be broadcasted live on ESPN 820am in the Fairbanks area, and also online. Longtime Face-Off Club board member and Nanook hockey commentator Bruce Cech will be providing live play-by-play commentary from the Carlson Center.

Nook-Opoly is based on the Monopoly™ model that centers on Alaska Nanook Hockey.  The box cover, game board and cards are designed with names of businesses, Nanook alumni and fans that made this game possible!

• The Nook-Opoly board game is perfect for fans, alumni, students
• For 2-6 players
• Great gift item!
• Choose traditional play or one-hour version Opoly-style play
• Check out the Nook Cards
• Personalized Property Cards

The games have arrived in Fairbanks and can be purchased for $30! Only 500 games have been produced and almost half of our inventory was pre-sold!

To purchase Nook-Opoly – here are the options:

• Contact Kim Watson at 907-378-9153 or via email kimwatson71767@gmail.com
• Home Games at the Carlson Center: Nook-Opoly will be available for sale at the Face-Off Club table on 11/27, 11/28 and 12/4, 12/5!
• UAF vs. UAA/Anchorage (12/11 & 12/12): The Face-Off Club will arrange to bring games to Anchorage, while supplies last!

Thank you to everyone who was involved with supporting and making Nook-Opoly possible! This is a fundraiser for The Face-Off Club and all proceeds support the Alaska Nanook Hockey Program!

GOOOO NOOKS!

This Saturday (Oct. 24)  be sure to come out and meet your favorite 2015-16 Nanooks! This FREE  ‘Meet the Nanooks’ event will take place at Kendall Subaru of Fairbanks from 12-4 and include autograph signings, box hockey, food, kids activities and free skate sharpening (from 12-2).

More information can be found at: http://alaskananooks.com/news/2015/10/20/GEN_1020151411.aspx

What a great day for a tailgate party! While there was a bit of a chilly breeze, the sun and happy hockey fans warmed up the event in tandem with the heater from Brice Inc., the employees from Kendall Auto, the radio stations attended, the Alaska Nanook Women’s hockey players who volunteered to do face painting, the Carlson Center sent over a staff member…. It was a fantastic event!

The UAF coaches graciously were judges for the chili cook-off.  Based on their input, we issued three gift bags (a Brice tee-shirt, a Brice water bottles, a big bottle of Tabasco and some other goodies) to:

People’s Choice:  Judy Rogers

1st Place: Monica Owen

3rd Place: Justin Skinner

Thank you again to everyone who took part in making this tailgate and chili cook-off a fantastic event!

Seeking 8 people to make a pot of Chili!

Friday, October 16, 2015 from 4:00-6:30 p.m. at the Growden Parking Lot (across from Carlson Center)