The Fairbanks Ice Dogs have been named the regular season champions of the Midwest division and prepare to play the Minnesota Wilderness as their first opponent in the playoffs.
Now that the Red and Widow Lanterns have been extinguished and all the mushers are off the trail, they gather in Nome for a banquet to give out awards.
Defending champion Dallas Seavey could make history in this year’s Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Seavey is seeking his sixth race win, which would be the most for any musher.
Four-time Iditarod champion Jeff King will take over for musher Nicolas Petit, who posted on his Facebook page that he will be dropping out of the race due to a positive COVID-19 test.
In the Fairbanks Ice Dogs final three-game series of the season, the Minnesota Magicians traveled to the Big Dipper Ice Arena. Thursday night was the only game decided in regulation.
The Alaska Nanooks men’s hockey team welcomed the newest team in D-I college hockey, the St. Thomas Tommies (Saint Paul, MN), to the Carlson Center for a weekend series.