I know college hockey is probably not on the front of anyone's mind either, especially college hockey in Alaska. And, in the interest of full disclosure, I should assure you that this post only addresses a very minute element of college hockey. Perhaps it's more about Alaska than it is about hockey. It is, either way, just plain funny.
However, the following video clips might encourage you to think otherwise. Taken from the opening montages presented at the University of Alaska at Fairbanks' - the Nanooks - Carlson Center, these are a couple of intro videos that would put the vintage-Jordan-era Chicago Bulls entrance theme to shame...
First, from a matchup in 2006 against the Miami of Ohio Redhawks. Not only do we get interplanetary Nanook/Polar bear intimidation, but pay special attention to the bird vs. bear beatdown at the 1:15 mark and, of course, the part where the Nanook mascot rips a hole in the Carlson Center ceiling and crashes onto the ice below:
Then, from the 2007-2008 season, our angry bear is at it again. The roar from Ursa Major destroys half the galaxy and sends our friend, now accompanied by a hockey stick, hurdling through a time-space vortex/wormhole, destroying planets, suns, and even satellites (with a beautiful slapshot, I might add) in its path:
And now, the Bear returns in a montage from the current season. In perhaps his best performance yet, the hibernating bear is first awoken by and later smashes an ice-breaking ship with his stick. He then calls up two of his buddies to be his wingman as the three pilot some F-14s and bomb Michigan State, Ohio State, Notre Dame, and then the entire planet into oblivion, leaving only a floating Carlson Center island to hover in space:
Suffice it to say, the UAF Nanooks are now my favorite CCHA hockey team.
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