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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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HOCKEY BLOG
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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Stockton Thunder headed to ECHL's Kelly Cup Finals
The Stockton Thunder, who knocked the Alaska Aces out of the playoffs, dispatched the Idaho Steelheads 2-1 in Game 5 of the Western Conference finals tonight in California to earn their first trip to the Kelly Cup Finals, where they will meet the Reading Royals.
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HOCKEY BLOG
Bliss for Alaska's Amarillo connection, bummer for its Wichita connection
The ecstasy of overtime and the agony of same were felt tonight in two different leagues by two different connections to Alaska hockey.
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HOCKEY BLOG
Reading Royals, with 4 former Aces, headed to Kelly Cup Finals
The Reading Royals, who include four former Alaska Aces, clinched their first trip to the ECHL's Kelly Cup Finals with tonight's 3-1 close-out of the host Cincinnati Cyclones to bag the Eastern Conference Finals in five games.
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Stockton, Reading each a win away from Kelly Cup Finals
Wonderfully crazy night in the ECHL's Kelly Cup playoffs tonight as both the Stockton Thunder and Reading Royals moved within one win of reaching 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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