Dallas Ferguson

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Dallas Ferguson
Army vs. Air Force Hockey Game Fairbanks Alaska.jpg
Current position
TitleAssistant coach
Team Denver Pioneers
Conference NCHC
Biographical details
Born (1972-11-24) November 24, 1972 (age 49)
Wainwright, Alberta, Canada
Alma mater University of Alaska Fairbanks
Playing career
1992–1996 Alaska
Position(s) Defenceman
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2002–2004 Fairbanks Ice Dogs (assistant)
2004–2008 Alaska (assistant)
2008–2017Alaska
2017–2018 Calgary Hitmen
2018–present Denver (assistant)
Head coaching record
Overall76–238–18 (.256)

Dallas Ferguson (born November 24, 1972) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman and coach. Ferguson retired as a player in 2000 following a four-year professional career in the West Coast Hockey League with the Alaska Gold Kings and Anchorage Aces.

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In 2008, Ferguson became the 25th head coach of the Alaska Nanooks, taking over from Doc DeCastillo. He coached the 2009–10 Nanooks to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history. In 2014, due to a lack of institutional compliance, all wins and ties from 2007–08 through 2011–12 were forfeited and the program's lone NCAA appearance was vacated. [1]

He was the head coach for the Calgary Hitmen of the Western Hockey League in the 2017–18 season. [2]

He returned to college hockey as an assistant with the University of Denver Pioneers in 2018. [3]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Alaska Nanooks (CCHA)(2008–2013)
2008–09 Alaska 0–39–0†0–28–0–0†4th CCHA third-place game (loss)
2009–10 Alaska 0–39–0†0–28–0–0†5th NCAA Northeast regional semifinals (vacated)
2010–11 Alaska 0–38–0†0–28–0–0†7th CCHA Quarterfinals
2011–12 Alaska 0–36–0†0–28–0–0†10th CCHA first round
2012–13 Alaska 17–16–412–13–3–16th CCHA first round
Alaska:17–168–412–125–3
Alaska Nanooks(WCHA)(2013–2017)
2013–14 Alaska 18–15–414–12–2t-3rd WCHA first round
2014–15 Alaska 19–13–214–12–24th Ineligible
2015–16 Alaska 10–22–48–16–48th WCHA first round
2016–17 Alaska 12–20–411–13–46th WCHA Quarterfinals
Alaska:59–70–1447–53–12
Total:76–238–18

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

†Alaska was retroactively forced to forfeit all wins and ties due to player ineligibilities.

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References

  1. ↑ "NCAA bans Nanooks from postseason, takes away victories". Anchorage Daily News. 2014-11-05. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  2. ↑ "Ferguson Resigns as Hitmen Head Coach". OurSportsCentral.com. 26 June 2018.
  3. ↑ "Dallas Ferguson Named Assistant Coach". University of Denver. July 3, 2018.


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