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Don Lucia was instrumental in getting the Alaska program into the NCAA Division I ranks nearly 30 years ago (photo: Ryan Coleman\/d3photography.com).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Alaska announced Thursday that former coach Don Lucia will be the fourth inductee into the Nanook Hall of Fame\u2019s Class of 2018.<\/p>\n

The induction ceremony and brunch will take place on Saturday, Sept. 22 at the Westmark Gold Room in Fairbanks from 10:30 a.m. to noon Alaska time. Tickets to the event are $35 per person and will be available for purchase online in August.<\/p>\n

Lucia was the first official assistant coach for the Nanooks hockey team as they transitioned from an NCAA Division II program to Division I prior to the 1981-82 season.<\/p>\n

Lucia served as Shafer\u2019s assistant from 1981 to 1985, with the duo amassing an overall record of 64-45-1.<\/p>\n

Following the 1984-85 season, the Nanooks moved on from an NCAA Division II independent program to a Division I team in the now-defunct Great West Hockey Conference. Lucia made the move to Alaska Anchorage to serve as the assistant coach for the Seawolves from 1985 to 1987.<\/p>\n

After Shafer\u2019s resignation in the spring of 1987, Lucia returned to Fairbanks to become the Nanooks’ third head coach. In his first season as coach, Lucia guided Alaska to a 20-9-2 season in NCAA play, eventually claiming the program\u2019s first and only conference title, and was named GWHC\u2019s Coach of the Year.<\/p>\n

In the 1988-89 season, Alaska moved out of the GWHC and into a D-I independent. Lucia stayed on as head coach for the Nanooks for a total of six seasons (1987-93), earning an overall record of 99-97-19 and an NCAA record of 85-93-7.<\/p>\n

Following the 1992-93 season, Lucia moved on to become the head coach at Colorado College (1993-99) and eventually, Minnesota (1999-2018), where he recently resigned. Lucia has gone on to collect two NCAA national championships (2002, 2003), four regular-season titles (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017) and four NCAA Coach of the Year recognitions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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