Ethan Cox

Having last season's MVP serving the second half of a two-game suspension would not normally be considered the recipe for a team to post a season-high in goals.  Ethan Cox did a pretty good Wes Goldie impression on Friday night. Cox tallied his first professional hat trick, his first three goals of the season as the Aces beat the Ontario Reign, 8-4 to begin a three-game series.  Zach Harrison and Steve Ward each had a goal and an assist for Alaska, while Bryan Miller notched three assists.

The Alaska Aces defeated the Ontario Reign 7-4 Sunday evening to claim the series victory 2-1.  After being blanked Saturday, the Aces offense fired up from the get go.  At 3:44 in the first period, Dan Kissel found the back of the net.  Alaska's second goal would come at 7:04, courtesy of Russ Sinkewich.  Aces would finish out the period with two more goals from Ethan Cox and Chris Bruton. Ontario came back in the third period, with a goal from Geoff Irwin to make the game 5-4.  Dan Kissel answered immediately, scoring only 11 seconds later.  The Aces will be on the road the next 3 weeks.

The Alaska Aces won for the first game in five games, and more importantly, extended their lead for the ECHL's best overall record to 10 points with a clutch 4-2 victory over the Las Vegas Wranglers on Thursday.  The win gives the Aces a record of 32-9-6, tops in the ECHL.  The Wranglers drop to 28-14-4, still good for the second most points in the league. Ethan Cox, Zach Harrison, Jordan Kremyr, and Dan Kissel all scored goals for the Aces.  Kremyr's 12th of the season broke a 2-2 tie at the 9:34 mark of the third period and gave him a third period goal in back to back games.

Ethan Cox scored two of the Aces four goals and James Reid made 24 saves for his first pro victory as the Alaska Aces started a three-game road trip with a 4-2 win over the Stockton Thunder. Wes Goldie added his team-leading 31st goal, while Blair Yaworski tallied three assists for the ECHL leaders.  Alaska improves to 37-14-8 this season, and stays five points ahead of the Las Vegas Wranglers for the most in the league.  The 21-year old Reid, signed last week, played one game in net last weekend, a shootout loss to Las Vegas.

The Alaska Aces summoned the resolve of a champion on Wednesday night and rallied from an early 2-0 deficit to defeat the Victoria Salmon Kings, 4-2.   The victory, Alaska's seventh in a row, and its 13th in the last 14 games, enables the Aces to pull one step closer towards securing the regular season ECHL points title and home ice advantage throughout the Kelly Cup Playoffs.  The Aces need only a win or an overtime / shootout loss in their final two games to clinch the Brabham Cup. Mark Isherwood, Wes Goldie, Curtis Fraser, and Ethan Cox scored goals for Alaska.

The Alaska Aces took a giant step towards a return trip to the Kelly Cup finals with a 6-2 victory over the Victoria Salmon Kings in game 3 of the ECHLs Western Conference finals Saturday night in Victoria. Alaska allowed the first goal of the game before reeling off the next six to take a commanding three games to none lead in the best of seven series. Scott Howes again led the Aces offense with a goal and three assists. His second period power pay goal put Alaska on the board and tied the game at one. Chris Langkow, who scored in sudden death overtime in game two, buried two goals in a span of less than three minutes to extend the Aces lead to 3-1. Howes then set up Brian Swanson with 1:01 left in the period, and the Aces found themselves up 4-1 into the third period.

The Alaska Aces pulverized the Kalamazoo Wings, 5-0 in game one of the Kelly Cup Finals on Saturday night at Sullivan Arena. Chris Langkow scored two goals and Gerald Coleman saved all 25 shots he faced for his third shutout of the 2011 postseason. Game two is Sunday night at Sullivan Arena. ECHL Most Valuable Player Wes Goldie scored his first goal in seven games for the only strike of the opening frame as Alaska outshot Kalamazoo 17-7 in the period. Langkow the gave the Aces a 2-0 lead on a timely goal with 57 seconds left in the second.

The man with the midas touch will be back with the reigning Kelly Cup Champion Alaska Aces. Wes Goldie, who won the ECHL Most Valuable Player award in his first season with Alaska, has re-signed to play another season with the Aces. Goldie, whose five straight seasons of 40 goals or more is an ECHL record, scored a league-high 46 times in the 2010-11 season, and added a career high 37 assists. He also ended the regular season with a point in 18 straight games, the longest streak by anyone in the league.

The Alaska Aces avenged Friday's loss with a 6 - 3 win over the Idaho Steelheads, Saturday at the Sullivan Arena. Nick Mazzolini put Alaska on the board just 4:24 into the first, with the assist from Wes Goldie.  The Steelheads were able to answer with the equalizer from Michael Neal, however Dan Kissel gave the Aces control again with a power play goal shortly after. Less than two minutes into the second, Kissel netted another courtesy of Bryan Miller and Steve Ward.  14 seconds after, Ethan Cox added another to the total.  The score at second intermission was 5 - 2 after goals from Idaho's Tommy Lange and Alaska's Goldie.

The Alaska Aces have made another deal to avoid any further stumbling down the stretch of the regular season.  Four days after acquiring goaltender Shane Owen in a trade with Florida, the Aces ship forward Ethan Cox to the Reading Royals in exchange for the Royals' all-time points leader, Ryan Cruthers. Cox has been a solid contributor for the Aces, both last season and this season.  He is a dependable third line center who takes faceoffs and kills penalties.  Cox has produced 13 goals and 15 assists this season.

Ryan Cruthers scored both Aces goals, including the game-winner on a deflection with 4:06 remaining in regulation to lift Alaska to a 2-1 victory over the Las Vegas Wranglers in game one of the ECHL's Western Conference Finals.  Cruthers, acquired late in the season for forward Ethan Cox, now has four goals in six playoff games. Alaska controled play in a scoreless first period, outshooting Las Vegas, 17-6.  Cruthers opened the scoring on a power play with a tremendous slap shot at 9:07 of the second period.  The Wranglers answered quickly, getting the tying goal from Scott Campbell with 2:31 to go in the frame.  The teams stayed tied until Cruthers tipped in Tyson Marsh's shot late in the third.

The Alaska Aces have made another deal to avoid any further stumbling down the stretch of the regular season.  Four days after acquiring goaltender Shane Owen in a trade with Florida, the Aces ship forward Ethan Cox to the Reading Royals in exchange for the Royals' all-time points leader, Ryan Cruthers. Cox has been a solid contributor for the Aces, both last season and this season.  He is a dependable third line center who takes faceoffs and kills penalties.  Cox has produced 13 goals and 15 assists this season.

Ethan Cox scored two of the Aces four goals and James Reid made 24 saves for his first pro victory as the Alaska Aces started a three-game road trip with a 4-2 win over the Stockton Thunder. Wes Goldie added his team-leading 31st goal, while Blair Yaworski tallied three assists for the ECHL leaders.  Alaska improves to 37-14-8 this season, and stays five points ahead of the Las Vegas Wranglers for the most in the league.  The 21-year old Reid, signed last week, played one game in net last weekend, a shootout loss to Las Vegas.

The Alaska Aces won for the first game in five games, and more importantly, extended their lead for the ECHL's best overall record to 10 points with a clutch 4-2 victory over the Las Vegas Wranglers on Thursday.  The win gives the Aces a record of 32-9-6, tops in the ECHL.  The Wranglers drop to 28-14-4, still good for the second most points in the league. Ethan Cox, Zach Harrison, Jordan Kremyr, and Dan Kissel all scored goals for the Aces.  Kremyr's 12th of the season broke a 2-2 tie at the 9:34 mark of the third period and gave him a third period goal in back to back games.

The Alaska Aces avenged Friday's loss with a 6 - 3 win over the Idaho Steelheads, Saturday at the Sullivan Arena. Nick Mazzolini put Alaska on the board just 4:24 into the first, with the assist from Wes Goldie.  The Steelheads were able to answer with the equalizer from Michael Neal, however Dan Kissel gave the Aces control again with a power play goal shortly after. Less than two minutes into the second, Kissel netted another courtesy of Bryan Miller and Steve Ward.  14 seconds after, Ethan Cox added another to the total.  The score at second intermission was 5 - 2 after goals from Idaho's Tommy Lange and Alaska's Goldie.

The Alaska Aces defeated the Ontario Reign 7-4 Sunday evening to claim the series victory 2-1.  After being blanked Saturday, the Aces offense fired up from the get go.  At 3:44 in the first period, Dan Kissel found the back of the net.  Alaska's second goal would come at 7:04, courtesy of Russ Sinkewich.  Aces would finish out the period with two more goals from Ethan Cox and Chris Bruton. Ontario came back in the third period, with a goal from Geoff Irwin to make the game 5-4.  Dan Kissel answered immediately, scoring only 11 seconds later.  The Aces will be on the road the next 3 weeks.

Having last season's MVP serving the second half of a two-game suspension would not normally be considered the recipe for a team to post a season-high in goals.  Ethan Cox did a pretty good Wes Goldie impression on Friday night. Cox tallied his first professional hat trick, his first three goals of the season as the Aces beat the Ontario Reign, 8-4 to begin a three-game series.  Zach Harrison and Steve Ward each had a goal and an assist for Alaska, while Bryan Miller notched three assists.

The man with the midas touch will be back with the reigning Kelly Cup Champion Alaska Aces. Wes Goldie, who won the ECHL Most Valuable Player award in his first season with Alaska, has re-signed to play another season with the Aces. Goldie, whose five straight seasons of 40 goals or more is an ECHL record, scored a league-high 46 times in the 2010-11 season, and added a career high 37 assists. He also ended the regular season with a point in 18 straight games, the longest streak by anyone in the league.

The Alaska Aces pulverized the Kalamazoo Wings, 5-0 in game one of the Kelly Cup Finals on Saturday night at Sullivan Arena. Chris Langkow scored two goals and Gerald Coleman saved all 25 shots he faced for his third shutout of the 2011 postseason. Game two is Sunday night at Sullivan Arena. ECHL Most Valuable Player Wes Goldie scored his first goal in seven games for the only strike of the opening frame as Alaska outshot Kalamazoo 17-7 in the period. Langkow the gave the Aces a 2-0 lead on a timely goal with 57 seconds left in the second.

The Alaska Aces took a giant step towards a return trip to the Kelly Cup finals with a 6-2 victory over the Victoria Salmon Kings in game 3 of the ECHLs Western Conference finals Saturday night in Victoria. Alaska allowed the first goal of the game before reeling off the next six to take a commanding three games to none lead in the best of seven series. Scott Howes again led the Aces offense with a goal and three assists. His second period power pay goal put Alaska on the board and tied the game at one. Chris Langkow, who scored in sudden death overtime in game two, buried two goals in a span of less than three minutes to extend the Aces lead to 3-1. Howes then set up Brian Swanson with 1:01 left in the period, and the Aces found themselves up 4-1 into the third period.