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Minnesota assistant John Hill and Northern Michigan assistant Dave Shyiak are the two finalists for the vacant head coaching position at Alaska-Anchorage, according to athletic director Dr. Steve Cobb. The vacancy was created when Dean Talafous was fired last month<\/a>, after five years at the helm.<\/p>\n

Cobb, chair of the three-person search committee, received at least nine applications, according to the Anchorage Daily News<\/i>. The committee met to narrow down the choices to a final two; each will be interviewed on campus during the next week.<\/p>\n

Hill is a former Seawolf team captain, and was an assistant coach under UAA’s first head coach, Brush Christiansen, from 1991-95. Hill went on to become an assistant at Colorado College from 1995-99, before following head coach Don Lucia to Minnesota. Hill’s only head coaching experience came with Dubuque of the USHL from 1989-91.<\/p>\n

Shyiak has been an assistant at Northern Michigan under Rick Comley for seven seasons. He has head coaching experience in the British Columbia Junior A Hockey League and the Rocky Mountain Junior A Hockey League. Shyiak was co-captain of Northern Michigan’s 1991 National Championship team.<\/p>\n

Hill is scheduled to interview in Anchorage next Monday and Tuesday. A reception for Hill will be held on Monday evening and will be open to the public. Shyiak will be on campus Wednesday and Thursday, April 18-19. The public is invited to meet Shyiak at a reception on Thursday evening.<\/p>\n

Christiansen, who coached for 17 years, and Talafous are the only two head coaches the UAA program has ever known.<\/p>\n

Other applicants for the opening, according to the Anchorage Daily News<\/i>, included St. Cloud State assistant Doc DelCastillo; former Seawolf captain and successful area high school coach Dennis Sorenson; former UAA assistant Mark Ostapina, the head coach at Division III New England College; and Wisconsin assistant Pat Ford.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Minnesota assistant John Hill and Northern Michigan assistant Dave Shyiak are the two finalists for the vacant head coaching position at Alaska-Anchorage, according to athletic director Dr. Steve Cobb. The vacancy was created when Dean Talafous was fired last month, after five years at the helm. 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