{"id":23127,"date":"2000-11-09T10:48:06","date_gmt":"2000-11-09T16:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2000\/11\/09\/talafous-gets-contract-extension\/"},"modified":"2010-08-17T19:54:00","modified_gmt":"2010-08-18T00:54:00","slug":"talafous-gets-contract-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2000\/11\/09\/talafous-gets-contract-extension\/","title":{"rendered":"Talafous Gets Contract Extension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href='\/m\/?team=uaa'>Alaska-Anchorage<\/a> head coach Dean Talafous has received a two-year contract extension and a raise from the school, according to the <i>Anchorage Daily News<\/i>. The deal was originally worked out in August, but Talafous asked that it not be made public because the school was in the middle of changing athletic directors.<\/p>\n<p>The current deal takes Talafous, who became coach in May, 1996, through the 2002-03 season. According to the article, the contract includes a host of bonus clauses based on how far UAA advances in its season.<\/p>\n<p>The Seawolves are current 2-3-1 this season. In four-plus years on the job, Talafous, 47, is now 45-88-18, including a 15-18-3 record last year. He is known as being a stickler for discipline, and his teams have been the least penalized in all of Division I in each of his four seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to coaching at UAA, Talafous spent seven seasons at Division III Wisconsin-River Falls, winning a national championship in 1994. Talafous played eight NHL season, totalling 497 games for the Atlanta Flames, New York Rangers and Minnesota North Stars. 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