Brothers produced prosperity for the Alaska Aces in the past -- the hometown Heistens furnished tenacity, the Talbots supplied scoring -- and now the hockey club is hoping its latest set will provide sibling snipers. The Aces Monday announced signing forwards Brett and Colin Hemingway, right-handed shooters known for their scoring.
Another Brother Tandem For Aces: The Hemingways
The Alaska Aces have enjoyed good fortune with brother tandems in the past, and now the hockey club is hoping another set of brothers will boost their upcoming season.
Former Alaska Aces bench boss Davis Payne moved up again Tuesday, when he was named head coach of the Peoria (Ill.) Rivermen of the American Hockey League, the circuit one rung below the NHL on the North American pro pucks ladder.
Former Aces coach to lead AHL team
Former Alaska Aces coach Davis Payne, who guided the club to the ECHL's Kelly Cup in 2006, has been named head coach of the American Hockey League's Peoria Rivermen.
Aces organization wins conference marketing award
The Alaska Aces of the ECHL this week were named National Conference winner of the minor league hockey circuit's Marketing Campaign of the Year award.
Oct. 8-9 exhibitions kick off Aces season
The Alaska Aces of the ECHL have scheduled their annual home preseason exhibition games at Sullivan Arena Oct. 8-9 against the South Carolina Stingrays.
Defenseman Peter Metcalf and center Olivier Filion, cornerstones of the Alaska Aces' 2006 Kelly Cup championship team, are leaving the club to play hockey next season in Europe.
Aces captain's sweater is part of online auction
Aces captain Matt Shasby's No. 41 sweater is among the 25 worn by the captains of each ECHL team that are being auctioned to benefit the Professional Hockey Players' Association.
Kelly Cup finals begin Saturday
The Las Vegas Wranglers will try to extend the National Conference's postseason dominance when they battle for the ECHL's Kelly Cup, begins Saturday.
Aces showed plenty of pluck all season
Even if the Las Vegas Wranglers capture the Kelly Cup -- and the bet here is they will -- their triumph will furnish scant consolation for the conquered Alaska Aces. Nor will the Aces find much salve in their advancement to the second round of the playoffs, a march they alone among ECHL teams have achieved in each of the last five seasons.
As the final minutes drained off the scoreboard above center ice at Sullivan Arena on Friday night and the end of the Alaska Aces' season neared, they were a hockey club not only running out of time, but bodies too.
Coming from behind three times Friday night, the Las Vegas Wranglers eliminated the Alaska Aces from the ECHL playoffs with a 6-3 victory in Game 5 of the National Conference semifinals before 4,640 fans at Sullivan Arena.
F.P. Guenette's overtime goal from an improbable angle Thursday night lifted the Alaska Aces to an inconceivable 6-5 victory over the Las Vegas Wranglers at Sullivan Arena and gave them a sniff of an incomprehensible series comeback.
Aces top Wranglers in OT to stay alive
F.P. Guenette's sharply-angled shot from along the goal line on left wing at 8 minutes, 17 seconds of overtime gave the Alaska Aces an improbable 6-5 victory and new life against the Las Vegas Wranglers in the ECHL National Conference semifinals.
Aces, Wranglers share common trait
If recent hockey history is a road map to rink royalty, the Las Vegas Wranglers are skating the path to playoff prosperity. In each of the previous four seasons, the winner of the ECHL's Kelly Cup had to eliminate either the Wranglers or the Alaska Aces, or both, to hoist the hardware.
Circumstances are never sweet when your hockey hopes hinge on historical references to the 1975 New York Islanders and 1942 Toronto Maple Leafs.
Video Aces vs. Wranglers Game 3
The Alaska Aces are within one game of season's end after the Las Vegas Wranglers beat them 5-2 in Game 3 of the ECHL National Conference Finals at Sullivan Arena on Tuesday night.
Aces will try to buck losing trend tonight
Back on the comfort of home ice, the Alaska Aces figure a sizzling start tonight is the rink remedy for the awful outcomes they've absorbed so far in this ECHL National Conference semifinal series. Check back later for updates and sign up for e-mail and cell phone alerts below.
Through two games of this ECHL National Conference semifinal series, the Las Vegas Wranglers have seized abundant advantages that have elevated them to a prime position.
Former UAF skater Curtis Fraser scored on a partial breakaway with less than seven minutes to play Saturday night to cement the Las Vegas Wranglers' 3-1 victory over the visiting Alaska Aces and give Las Vegas a 2-0 lead in the best-of-7 ECHL National Conference semifinal series.
As unfathomable as it may seem given Friday night's complete carnage -- Las Vegas Wranglers 8, Alaska Aces 0 -- there was a time when the Aces felt pretty good about their circumstances.
Action shots from Aces games, divided into monthly photo galleries that follow their season starting in November, 2007.
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