ANCHORAGE, ALASKA – The University of Alaska Anchorage announced several additions to its hockey staff Tuesday.
"Lucky does not begin to describe how I feel about the additions to our Seawolf hockey staff," said head coach Eric Rud. "These are high quality people who will serve our student-athletes with care and integrity."
William Rapuzzi – Assistant Coach
William Rapuzzi joins the UAA coach staff as an assistant coach after a decorated professional playing career that included stops in Liiga (Finland), NLA/Swiss League (Switzerland), Tipos Extraliga (Slovakia), EBEL/ICEHL (Austria), Get-Ligaen (Norway) and ECHL (United States). He won the Tipos Exgtraliga Championship, was named to the ECHL All-Rookie Team and was named the recipient of the John A. Daley Trophy (CCM ECHL Rookie of the Year). He finished his professional career with 551 points (264 goals, 287 assists) in 569 career games. Rapuzzi has served as a skills coach and development instructor in Arizona and Alaska since 2023. Rapuzzi, a native of Anchorage, was a four-year letterwinner at Colorado College who scored 87 points (49 goals, 48 assists) in 151 career games. He earned a bachelor's degree in history from Colorado College in 2013.
Kevin Lake – Assistant Coach
Kevin Lake comes to UAA after serving as assistant coach at his alma mater Hamline University for two years.. He handled coaching and practice planning duties, including improving its power-play unit every year, recruiting and alumni outreach. He served as a goaltending coach with Bowman Hockey and Devenir Goaltenders. Lake was a two-time All-MIAC selection as a goalie for the Pipers. The Anchorage, native earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from Hamline in 2023.
Adam Dexter – Equipment Manager
Adam Dexter returns as equipment manager at UAA, a position he first held from 2002-05. He has worked over 1,000 career games in professional hockey that has included stops with teams in the AHL, CHL, ECHL and ICEHL. He was named the ECHL Equipment Manager of the Year in 2012 and worked the ECHL All-Star Game in 2015 and 2022.
Halle Waram – Operations Manager
Halle Waram joins the hockey program as operations manager. She served as the assistant director of operations for the hockey program at Alaska Fairbanks last season. Her duties with the Nanooks included filming and live tagging of practices and games, plan and organize team travel and planning and execution of team events. Waram was a member of the women's basketball team at UAF where she majored in communications.
