SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Augustana's inaugural season is presented by First PREMIER Bank / PREMIER Bankcard as Viking hockey heads to Fairbanks, Alaska to face off against the Nanooks of Alaska Fairbanks. 

About The Game
Complete action can be followed on GoAugie.com/Live and the GoAugie app, presented by The Original Pancake House. The app can be downloaded in the app store or Google Play.
 
The Friday, Saturday series is set for 10:07 p.m. (CST) and 10:07 p.m. (CST) inside the Carlson Center. Both games will be streamed on FloHockey.
 
The Nanooks
Alaska Fairbanks (8-5-1) are coming off a bye week after sweeping Alaska Anchorage in a Friday, Saturday series it outscored the Seawolves 8-1. Brady Risk collected three goals and two assists for five points. 

Risk leads the team with 20 points by way of eight goals and 12 assists through 14 games. Harrison Israel and Anton Rubstov round out the top three with 15 and 14 points respectively. 

Pierce Charleson has been strong between the pipes as he's started 13 of 14 games played. The senior goalie holds a 2.11 goals against average and a .922 save percentage.
 
The Vikings
Augustana (5-7-2) is coming off a bye week after it played Northern Michigan to a 1-0-1 weekend series, securing the tie in Friday night's game by a score of 2-2, winning the exhibition shootout before sealing a 5-3 Saturday win. 

Luke Mobley leads the team with 11 points by way of six goals and five assists. The junior assistant captain has tallied seven points in the last six games. 

Ryan Naumovski propelled the offense in December 2nd win over Northern Michigan as he potted the game-winning goal and collected two assists. Naumovski was joined by Colton Frisen who tallied his first division I points with two assists.

Josh Kotai manned the net in the weekend series against NMU where he stopped 68 shots and posted a 2.40 goals against average and a .932 save percentage. 
 
One Last Thing
Garrett Raboin, in his first season as head coach will not be behind the bench for this weekend's series as he is serving as an assistant coach for Team USA at the 2024 International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championships, Dec. 26 - Jan. 5, in Gothenburg, Sweden. Raboin, who will be in Plymouth this week for the team's training camp is joined by David Carle (Denver), Brett Larson (St. Cloud State), Steve Miller (University of Minnesota), David Lassonde (USA Hockey) and Travis Culhane (Denver). Assistant coach Taylor Nelson will serve as the Vikings' acting head coach against Alaska Fairbanks.