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{{Infobox indoor American football team
| name = Arctic Predators
| logo = ArcticPredatorsFB.jpg
| helmet = Arctic Predators Helmet Logo.png
| founded = May 5, 2009
| folded = July 1, 2010
| city = [[Curtis D. Menard Memorial Sports Center]]<br>in [[Wasilla, Alaska]]
| misc = 
| uniform = 
| colors = Purple, Silver,Black<br>{{color box|purple}} {{color box|silver}} {{color box|black}} 
| coach = Hans Deemer 
| league = [[American Indoor Football]] (2010)
| no_league_champs = 0
| no_conf_champs = 0
| no_div_champs = 0
| league_champs = 0
| conf_champs = 0
| div_champs = 0
| arena_years = 
*[[Curtis D. Menard Memorial Sports Center]] (2010)
}}

The '''Arctic Predators''' were a professional [[Indoor American football|indoor football]] (a variation of [[American football]]) team that played in 2010 as a member of the [[American Indoor Football Association]].

==IFL bid==
In May 2009, the Arctic Predators announced that they were seeking an expansion franchise in the [[Indoor Football League]] to begin play in the 2010 season.<ref name="May 9, 2009">{{cite news
 | first = Jeremiah
 | last = Bartz
 | title = Indoor football in the Valley?
 | url = http://www.frontiersman.com/articles/2009/05/10/breaking_news/doc4a067bcf0345d837506929.txt
 | newspaper = Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman
 | date = May 9, 2009
 }}</ref> At that time it was also revealed that the team would be known as the Arctic Predators with the [[Curtis D. Menard Memorial Sports Center]] in [[Wasilla, Alaska|Wasilla]] serving as the home venue.<ref name="May 9, 2009"/> In late June, The Arctic Predators filed the official paperwork to league offices to bring indoor football to Wasilla for the 2010 season.<ref name="June 20, 2009">{{cite news
 | first = Jeremiah
 | last = Bartz
 | title = Valley close to scoring arena team
 | url = http://www.frontiersman.com/articles/2009/06/21/sports/doc4a3dcb4f26825401954076.txt
 | newspaper = Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman
 | date = June 20, 2009
 }}</ref> At the league meetings that August, the Predators were officially approved as members of the IFL.<ref name="armstrong">{{cite news
  | last =Armstrong
  | first =Joshua
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  | title =IFL officially adds three teams
  | work =[[Fairbanks Daily News-Miner]]
  | date =September 4, 2009}}</ref> However, because of a stalemate between the Arctic Predators and a group of Wisconsin businessmen, the IFL decided to place the franchise in [[Kent, Washington]] and play as the [[Kent Predators]].

==Move to AIFA==
After negotiations failed with the Indoor Football League, Deemer approached the American Indoor Football Association about expansion.  Their bid to join the league was approved and a 14-game schedule was put in place.  The Predators started out the season 0-3 and then the first hint of financial trouble occurred when the Predators were unable to finance the Wyoming Cavalry to travel to Wasilla for their April 10 game.  This game would be rescheduled to May 29 and ultimately forfeited by the Predators.  Games 4-7 gave the Predators their only four wins of the season.  Two by the hand of the Ogden Knights who forfeited their 2010 season due to financial trouble.  The Predators fell into their own financial trouble due to high travelling costs associated with not only their own team travelling but paying for the travel of visiting teams.  The Predators forfeited their remaining 4 home games and finished out the season losing to the [[Wenatchee Valley Venom]] by a combined score of 6–150.

==2010 season==

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 92%;" "align=center"
|-
! rowspan="2" | '''Week'''
! rowspan="2" | Date
! rowspan="2" | Opponent
! colspan="2"   | Results
! rowspan="2" | Game Site
|-
! Final score
! Team record
|-
|- style="background:#fcc; text-align:center;"
| '''1'''
| March 20
| '''at [[Stockton Wolves|San Jose Wolves]]'''
| '''L''' 12–64
| 0–1
| [[Cow Palace]]
|- style="background:#fcc; text-align:center;"
| '''2'''
| March 28
| '''[[Yakima Valley Warriors]]'''
| '''L''' 21–52
| 0–2
| [[Curtis D. Menard Memorial Sports Center]]
|- style="background:#fcc; text-align:center;"
| '''3'''
| April 1
| '''at [[Wyoming Cavalry]]'''
| '''L''' 18–79
| 0–3
| [[Casper Events Center]]
|- style="background:'grey'; text-align:center;"
| '''4'''
| April 10
| '''[[Wyoming Cavalry]]'''
| '''-''' 
| 0–3
| Rescheduled to May 29
|- style="background:#cfc; text-align:center;"
| '''5'''
| May 1
| '''at [[Yakima Valley Warriors]]'''
| '''W''' 66-63
| 1–3
| [[Yakima SunDome]]
|- style="background:#cfc; text-align:center;"
| '''6'''
| May 8
| '''[[Wenatchee Valley Venom]]'''
| '''W''' 52-48
| 2–3
| [[Curtis D. Menard Memorial Sports Center]]
|- style="background:#cfc; text-align:center;"
| '''7'''
| May 15
| '''[[Ogden Knights]]'''
| '''W'''  0-0
| 3–3
| Opponent Forfeit
|- style="background:#cfc; text-align:center;"
| '''8'''
| May 17
| '''[[Ogden Knights]]'''
| '''W'''  0-0
| 4–3
| Opponent Forfeit
|- style="background:#fcc; text-align:center;"
| '''9'''
| May 22
| '''at [[Yakima Valley Warriors]]'''
| '''L''' 38-60
| 4–4
| [[Yakima SunDome]]
|- style="background:#fcc; text-align:center;"
| '''10'''
| May 29
| '''[[Wyoming Cavalry]]'''
| '''L''' 0-0
| 4–5
| Team Forfeit
|- style="background:#fcc; text-align:center;"
| '''11'''
| June 5
| '''[[Wyoming Cavalry]]'''
| '''L''' 0-0
| 4–6
| Team Forfeit
|- style="background:#fcc; text-align:center;"
| '''12'''
| June 12
| '''at [[Wenatchee Valley Venom]]'''
| '''L''' 6-76
| 4–7
| [[Town Toyota Center]]
|- style="background:#fcc; text-align:center;"
| '''13'''
| June 19
| '''[[Stockton Wolves|San Jose Wolves]]'''
| '''L''' 0-0
| 4–8
| Team Forfeit
|- style="background:#fcc; text-align:center;"
| '''14'''
| June 26
| '''[[Ogden Knights]]'''
| '''L''' 0-0
| 4–8
| Team Forfeit
|- style="background:#fcc; text-align:center;"
| '''15'''
| July 3
| '''at [[Wenatchee Valley Venom]]'''
| '''L''' 0-74
| 4–10
| [[Town Toyota Center]]
|}

===Final roster===

{| class="toccolours" style="text-align: left;"
|-
| colspan="4" style="{{NBA color cell|Sacramento Kings}};"| '''Arctic Predators roster'''
|-
| style="font-size: 95%;" valign="top" | 
{{playern|1|Antonio Dishman}}
{{playern|2|Wayne Pelfrey}}
{{playern|3|Dante Jones}}
{{playern|4|Monte Purvis}}
{{playern|6|Andre Velazquez}}
{{playern|7|Anthony Shelton}}
{{playern|8|Danny O'Neill}}
{{playern|9|Victor Smith}}
{{playern|10|Reggie Frazier}}
{{playern|11|Damion Ward}}
{{playern|12|Earl Mason}}
{{playern|14|Justin Robertson}}
{{playern|15|DePhilips Harris}}
{{playern|16|Billy Sewell}}
{{playern|18|Jeff Tongate}}
{{playern|22|Travis Erickson}}
{{playern|25|Chris Bolin}}
{{playern|27|Micah Mobley}}
{{playern|32|Gab Taylor}}
{{playern|33|Josh Kleven}}
{{playern|36|Robyn Brantley}}
{{playern|44|Randy Bendle}}
{{playern|52|TJ Crenshaw}}
{{playern|54|Cody Dwyer}}
{{playern|55|Dan Brown}}
{{playern|71|Eric Gaskins}}
{{playern|72|Ron Jackson}}
{{playern|77|Wade Bowen}}
{{playern|81|Donnie Millas}}
|-playern |9 Larry Stovall-Moody
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Alaska Sports}}

[[Category:Former Indoor Football League teams]]
[[Category:American football teams in Alaska]]
[[Category:American Indoor Football Association teams]]
[[Category:Wasilla, Alaska]]


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