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Eagle River's Hanson in Memorial Cup semifinal
The WHL champion Portland Winterhawks advanced to Friday's semifinal in the Memorial Cup -- that's the championship of the all major-junior hockey -- with tonight's 4-2 victory over the host Saskatoon Blades of the WHL, and that means Winterhawks defenseman Josh Hanson of Eagle River is one game...
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Reading has Stockton on the ropes in Kelly Cup Finals
The Royals, behind two goals from Yannick Tifu and 28 saves from Riley Gill, won 3-1 at Stockton tonight to take a 3-0 lead in the best-of-7 Finals.
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Former Ace Bruton gets 1-year, 2-way deal with Islanders
Former Alaska Aces winger Chris Bruton is headed East -- he has signed a one-year, two-way deal with the NHL's New York Islanders.
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Stockton faces must-win situation in Game 3 Tuesday
After dropping the first two games of the Kelly Cup Finals on the road to the Reading Royals, the Stockton Thunder on Tuesday night at home face what we can safely call a must-win Game 3.
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Thompson, Carle earn World Championship bronze
Congrats to center Nate Thompson and defenseman Matt Carle, a couple of Anchorage guys who won bronze today with Team USA at the World Championships in Stockholm, Sweden.
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Reading wins a wild Kelly Cup opener
Positively wild opener in the ECHL Kelly Cup Finals tonight, with each team scoring in the final minute of regulation -- and as part of six combined third-period goals, three for each club -- and Reading's Nikita Kashirsky bagged the OT strike nearly 10 minutes into extra time to give the homestanding...
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Scott Gomez tops 100 career Stanley Cup playoff points
Scott Gomez of Anchorage furnished the San Jose Sharks two assists in a 4-3 road loss to the Los Angeles Kings, and those helpers pushed him past 100 career points in his Stanley Cup playoffs history.
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Thompson, Carle into semis at World Championships
Center Nate Thompson and defenseman Matt Carle, a couple of NHLers from Anchorage skating for Team USA at the World Championships in Sweden and Finland, are into the semis after today's 8-3 win over Russia in the quarterfinals in Helsinki.
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Tracking some Alaska connections
Been a bit busy with some other stuff, but let's take a quick run to cover our bases on some Alaska-connected cats on the move.
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Cole, Christianson hoist NAHL's Robertson Cup
Forwards Ryan Cole and Gage Christianson of Anchorage reached the promised land in their league tonight -- they helped the Amarillo Bulls win the NAHL's Robertson Cup.
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Eagle River's Hanson wins WHL Chynoweth Cup
Defenseman Josh Hanson of Eagle River and the Portland Winterhawks won the WHL's Chynoweth Cup on Sunday with a 5-1 road win over the Edmonton Oil Kings in Game 6 of the Finals.
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Woody on Hockey
Alaska is hockey heaven -- the Alaska Aces are perennial ECHL contenders, the UAA Seawolves play in the nation's premier college league and NHL star Scott Gomez headlines a contingent of pros. Join the conversation about the Aces and Alaska hockey with Doyle Woody, who has covered the game here at all levels for 30 years.
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