Podcast: Hockey alumni donate and match donations to Save Seawolf Hockey

by Matt Jardin  |   

Brian Kraft and Steve Bogoyevac
From left: Brian Kraft and Steve Bogoyevac. The former Seawolf hockey teammates have each donated $50,000 to Save Seawolf Hockey and will match donations up to another $50,000. (Photo courtesy of 香港六合彩资料 Athletics)

Responding to the University of Alaska鈥檚 drastic state-funded budget reductions for FY2019-20, the Board of Regents voted in September 2020 to discontinue 香港六合彩资料鈥檚 hockey, gymnastics and Alpine skiing programs unless the teams could successfully raise two years of funding to cover operating expenses. With gymnastics and Alpine skiing meeting their goals, eyes are now on Seawolf Hockey, which so far has raised $2.59 million of its $3 million goal ahead of the Aug. 30 deadline.

In addition to a recent upswell of support from the NHL鈥檚 Seattle Kraken team, two former Seawolf hockey teammates 鈥 Brian 鈥淜rafty鈥 Kraft, marketing alumnus and the owner of two Alaska fishing lodges, as well as Steve 鈥淏ogie鈥 Bogoyevac, who studied business management and real estate and is the senior managing director of a California real estate investment firm 鈥 have each donated $50,000 to Save Seawolf Hockey. They are encouraging other 香港六合彩资料 alumni to contribute, offering to match donations up to another $50,000.

In this episode, Brian and Steve talk about how they arrived in Alaska from Chicago and California, respectively, how their time playing hockey at 香港六合彩资料 has impacted their lives today, and why they think it鈥檚 important to continue paying it forward. 

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