Alaska Aces

Faced with seven games in a 10 day span, the Alaska Aces are showing very little drop-off in productivity.  If anything, they keep improving.  Alaska defeated Las Vegas, 3-1 on Friday night to extend their unbeaten streak to 12 games.  Jordan Kremyr and Spencer Bennett scored first period goals for Alaska, while Nick Mazzolini tallied his 31st of the year.  Spencer's goal was his fourth in as many games. Mark Guggenberger made 21 saves for the victory in net.  The Aces move to an ECHL-best 39-11-6 on the season.

Mark Guggenberger made 23 of his career-high 50 saves in the first period, an ECHL season best for any goaltender in any period, as the Alaska Aces blew out the Utah Grizzlies, 6-1 to improve to 37-11-6 on the season.  Spencer Bennett scored twice for Alaska, including one of three Aces goals in a 2:06 span in the opening frame. The Aces dominated on special teams, with Nick Mazzolini scoring a rare 5-on-3 shorthanded goal in the third period with Alaska killing off a Utah two-man advantage.  Alaska killed the penalty, and moments later, Garry Nunn buried a power play strike.

Utah Grizzlies goaltender Adam Morrison stopped all four Alaska Aces in a shootout as the Grizzlies edged the Aces, 3-2 in a shootout in Friday night ECHL action.  Alaska stands 35-11-6 overall. Nick Mazzolini and Chris Clackson scored goals for the Aces, who earn just one point despite not trailing in regulation.  Mazzolini's 27 goals are the second most in the ECHL.  Mark Guggenberger stopped 37 shots for the Aces.

Alexandre Imbeault and Garry Nunn scored first period goals and Gerald Coleman made 17 of his 31 saves in the third period as the Alaska Aces responded from a 5-2 loss on Friday by edging the San Francisco Bulls, 5-2 in Saturday's rematch.  The Aces have yet to lose back to back games all season and improve to an ECHL-best 32-11-2 overall.  Chris Clackson and Chris Haltigin assisted on Imbeault's ice breaker, while Dustin Molle and Zach...

For the first time in four meetings against the Las Vegas Wranglers this season, the Alaska Aces came away without a victory, falling to Las Vegas in a shootout, 3-2 on Monday afternoon.  The result leaves Alaska an ECHL-best 31-10-2 entering the league's All-Star break.  Nick Mazzolini and newly acquired Shawn Skelly scored goals for the Aces, while Skelly assisted on Mazzolini's team-high 24th of the season.  The Aces allowed Las Vegas...

Colton Yellow Horn, who appeared in The Hockey News Greatest Name Tournament earlier this year, appeared on the score sheet often as the Ontario Reign snapped the Alaska Aces 13-game unbeaten streak with a 3-1 victory over Alaska on Saturday night.  The Aces had not tasted regulation defeat since December 12th.  Yellow Horn scored twice, his 25th and 26th goals of the season, and added an assist in the game to drop the Aces to 30-9-1. ...

Nick Mazzolini scored a shorthanded goal and a power play goal, and then added an assist on Jordan Kremyr's empty net tally as the Alaska Aces took down the Ontario Reign, 4-1 on Friday night to extend their winning streak to 13 straight games. The Aces set a season-high with 46 penalty minutes in the first period alone as several fights broke out.  Ontario and Alaska were playing for the fourth consecutive time and face off again on Saturday.  Zach Harrison scored his ninth goal of the season, while Kremyr returned to action after missing several weeks with an injury.

Bobby Hughes socred a goal and added two assists in the second period alone as the Alaska Aces rallied from a 3-0 deficit to tie and then defeat the Ontario Reign in a shootout, 4-3 on Wednesday night.  The win enables the Aces to extend their unbeaten streak to 12 games with an ECHL-best record 29-8-1 overall. Alaska scored its three second period goals in a span of 6 minutes, 36 seconds.  Hughes tallied the equalizer, and assisted on goals by Alexandre Imbeault and Merit Waldrop.

It appears that the NHL lockout will end and there could be a season after all, which means that Scott Gomez, Joey Crabb, and Nate Thompson will end their terms with the Alaska Aces. The National Hockey League and the National Hockey League Players' Association reached an agreement early Sunday morning but that deal still needs to be signed off before it's official. As of Sunday, the NHL players on the Aces roster are sitting out the game in Ontario, with the exception of Thompson, who remains on the injured list.

The youngest member of the Alaska Aces will be the club's only all-star selection.  Defenseman William Wrenn, just 21, has been named to the ECHL all-star squad that will play against the Colorado Eagles in Loveland, Colorado on January 23rd. Wrenn is making his pro debut this season for Alaska, and own totals of 5 goals and 11 assists and is one of three Aces to suit up in all 34 games this season.  His 5 goals are the most of any Alaska blueliner. The Aces are on a season-long eight game winning streak and visit Stockton on Friday.