ALASKA ACES
Aces top Thunder 5-4 in a shootout
Thanks to goaltender Scott Reid's shootout heroics and the winning shootout goal from rookie center Nick Mazzolini, the Aces persevered Saturday night after twice coughing up three-goal leads and won 5-4 at Stockton.
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Stefanishion lifts Aces to overtime win
Matt Stefanishion, the hulking winger with the wicked hard shot but a propensity for taking bad penalties, racked two goals and an assist to help the Aces to their dramatic 4-3 overtime ECHL road victory against the Stockton Thunder.
ALASKA ACES
Aces hope Fraser can regain puck productivity
Alaska Aces newcomer Curtis Fraser cemented his scoring credentials in juniors and college, and again in brief ECHL stints, but spent most of his first two professional seasons doing dirty work in the American Hockey League.
Aces' roster continues to be fluid
Between injuries, call-ups, suspensions and, well, life, the ever-evolving Alaska Aces roster rarely stays static these days. Wednesday was no exception.
ALASKA HOCKEY
Aces rally to force overtime but fall short, losing 3-2
Alaska Aces coach Brent Thompson is trying to keep his team's temperament in perspective. In the wake of Sunday's 3-2 overtime loss to Idaho, Thompson said he believes his players have reduced their penchant for thoughtless penalties.
Aces beat Idaho Steelheads 3-2 in overtime
By almost any statistical measure -- the actual score being the glaring exception -- the Alaska Aces didn't have much business winning a hockey game Saturday night.
ALASKA ACES
Given their abundance of turnovers, their repeated failures to clear the puck from their zone and their seemingly unending string of errant passes, the Alaska Aces got pretty much what they deserved Friday night: their third straight loss.
Fans feel economic pinch at Sullivan Arena this year
Hockey fans this season are learning either to do without food, drinks and convenient parking -- or to bring extra cash.
ALASKA ACES
Aces add veteran Boguniecki to roster
When Brent Thompson was hired as the Alaska Aces' head coach over the summer, Eric Boguniecki phoned to offer his congratulations and the former American Hockey League teammates caught up for a bit.
Aces bring Gutierrez back home
Moises Gutierrez needed a job. The Alaska Aces needed a forward. Both solved their problem Wednesday.
Aces lose first-line center to AHL
At the rate Alaska Aces center John Lammers has produced points in the ECHL early this season, it's impossible to stay off the radar of American Hockey League teams.
Aces lose to Las Vegas for second time
Saturday night the bill for the Aces' lack of discipline finally came due, and they paid it with a 6-3 loss to the Las Vegas Wranglers at Orleans Arena in Nevada.
ALASKA ACES
Aces lose fight-filled game to Wranglers
A victory Friday night would have propelled the Aces to a franchise-record fifth straight win to open the ECHL season, but the Las Vegas Wranglers derailed that prospect with a 4-3 win over the visiting Aces in Nevada.
ALASKA ACES
Aces tie best start in team history
Might as well start the pucks parlor game now and place your bet on how soon an American Hockey League team comes sniffing around, inquiring about John Lammers' services.
This week's games
Aces continue solid penalty-killing
Just more than five minutes into their 2-1 victory over Victoria on Monday night, the Alaska Aces already trailed by a goal and faced a Salmon Kings power play.
HOCKEY
Aces winger knocks in winning goal to beat Salmon Kings
John Lammers scored twice and goaltender Scott Reid stopped 34 shots in his club debut Monday night to lead the Alaska Aces to a 2-1 win over the Victoria Salmon Kings and a sweep of the season-opening, three-game ECHL series.
Aces take another game from Victoria Salmon Kings
Midway through the Alaska Aces' 5-3 win Saturday night, circumstances for the home hockey team were not nearly as rosy as that result.
ALASKA ACES
Aces win season opener in last minute
All that proven, professional and veteran offensive scoring prowess coursing through the Alaska Aces' forward lines, and it turns out a couple of kids -- rookies, no less -- unlimber the heavy artillery in the season opener.
HOCKEY
Accolades end, season begins today for Alaska Aces
Before the Aces open their ECHL season against the Victoria Salmon Kings at Sullivan Arena tonight, there will be one last feel-good look back at last season, when the Aces made it to Game 7 of the Kelly Cup Finals before succumbing to the South Carolina Stingrays.
Injured players give Aces depth
Wednesday morning brought the ECHL's deadline for submitting season-opening rosters, and tracking the Alaska Aces' myriad moves practically required an organizational flow chart and a traffic cop.
Trickle-down effect nets Aces a winger
With the ECHL deadline for submitting season-opening rosters looming Wednesday, the Alaska Aces added rookie winger Anthony Peluso to their training-camp roster Monday.
ALASKA ACES
Alaska Aces coach Brent Thompson's decision to slow his timetable for making extensive preseason roster cuts turned fortuitous Friday, when wingers Justin Johnson and Jason Ryznar fell victim to hockey's occupational hazards.
ALASKA ACES
Dahm and Reid show the Aces' depth at goalie
Auditions to fill goaltending roles for the Alaska Aces produced two sharp performances Thursday night, when the Aces beat the Kalamazoo Wings 2-1 in an ECHL exhibition game at Sullivan Arena.
PRESEASON HOCKEY
Wings knock off Aces in overtime
The career highs in goals, assists and points Justin Johnson achieved last season did not alter his sense of his own hockey identity.
Exhibition game tonight kicks off Aces season
Following a busy off-season of transactions, the Alaska Aces' exhibition games tonight and Thursday night against the Kalamazoo Wings at Sullivan Arena will help coach Brent Thompson determine further cuts in preparation for next week's start of the regular season.
Tonight and Thursday
Ryznar's hockey journey leads to the Aces
More than 10 years have passed since Jason Ryznar left Anchorage as a 16-year-old to pursue his hockey dreams, so he finds it both strange and exciting to be haunting local rinks again.
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The Alaska Aces fitted some of the last pieces into their puzzle Thursday, and that included one very large piece in returning winger Matt Stefanishion, the 6-foot-3, 225-pounder who unloads a cannonading slap shot.
Aces sign goalie with eyes on prize
Incoming Alaska Aces goaltender Sebastian Dahm knows all about Jean-Philippe Lamoureux, the guy who backstopped the club to the ECHL's Kelly Cup Finals last season and set the bar high for masked men who follow.
3 new Aces signees bring 'A' game
One measure of the remarkable depth the Alaska Aces are accumulating is the number of their players who have skated in the American Hockey League, one step above the Aces' station in the ECHL.
Aces roster has no room for slackers
At this rate, the toughest task for a prospective Alaska Aces skater might be gaining a foothold in the lineup.
ALASKA ACES
Aces' defensive stalwart returns
For a guy who knows terrible physical pain -- after all, he absorbed a slap shot flush in the face last season -- Alaska Aces defenseman Derick Martin found losing Game 7 in the ECHL's Kelly Cup Finals more excruciating.
Aces add offense by signing Erickson
Little wonder Luke Erickson has re-signed with the Alaska Aces. After all, Anchorage is where he rekindled his joy for hockey.
Aces sign blue-collar blueliners
Lee Green has not skated in a hockey game for more than nine months -- shoulder surgery tends to limit activity -- so, yeah, he's eager for the puck to drop on the upcoming season.
Hemingway brothers will return to the Aces
The upside of losing Game 7 of the ECHL's Kelly Cup Finals: A lot of guys want to return for another grab at glory.
Galbraith will be back with Aces
Lance Galbraith's eight-season odyssey as a pro hockey player has spun him through four different leagues and 11 different cities, and he's ready to make his most recent stop on that journey his final one.
Bryan Miller's desire to return for his third hockey season with the Alaska Aces proved so strong the defenseman agreed to a deal as quickly as he unleashes a hard, accurate pass to kick-start the offense.
Johnson, Gebhardt keep Pilots alive in NBC World Series
Jonathan Johnson keeps scoring, Ryan Gebhardt keeps driving in runs and the Anchorage Glacier Pilots keep winning at the National Baseball Congress World Series in Wichita, Kan.
Enforcer returns home to the Aces
Justin Johnson is coming home, looking no worse for wear after a season during which the tough guy from East High and UAA punished opponents with his fists -- and a blossoming finesse.
Burt returns to Aces as player-coach
Even as his transition into coaching picks up pace, Scott Burt isn't ready to delete the hyphen from his job title with the Alaska Aces.
The Alaska Aces host the Victoria Salmon Kings in their 2009 hockey season opener on Friday October 16, 2009 at the Sullivan Arena.
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