Idaho Steelheads

The Alaska Aces have erased the memory of an eight-game winless streak on the road, a skid that stretched into February. Alaska won its fourth straight game away from home and moved into the lead in the ECHL Mountain Division with a 5-2 victory over the Idaho Steelheads. Wes Goldie scored his league-leading 30th goal of the season and tallied three assists, while fellow veteran Brian Swanson added two goals and one helper. With the win, Alaska improves to 30-19-2 overall, and its 62 points are enough to pass Utah for first place.

The Alaska Aces collected their fifth straight win on Tuesday, a 3-2 victory over the Idaho Steelheads.  The win enables Alaska to leapfrog Idaho for second place in the ECHL Mountain Division.  The Aces now have 33 points, one more than the Steelheads.   Jerad Stewart got the Aces rolling just 70 seconds into regulation with a shot that picked the upper left corner of the net.  After Idaho forged a 1-1 tie, Kory Falite gave the Aces a lead they would not relinquish with a power play goal at 14:09 of the first.

The Alaska Aces collected their fifth-straight win on Tuesday with a 3-2 victory over the Idaho Steelheads.    The win enables Alaska to leapfrog Idaho for second place in the ECHL Mountain Division. The Aces now have 33 points, one more than the Steelheads.   Jerad Stewart got the Aces rolling just 70 seconds into regulation with a shot that picked the upper left corner of the net.  After Idaho forged a 1-1 tie, Kory Falite gave the Aces a lead they would not relinquish with a power play goal at 14:09 of the first.

The Alaska Aces dropped their final contest of an epic three-week, eight-game road trip to the Idaho Steelheads in a 4-1 loss Saturday night. Mark Isherwood was the only Ace to find the net. The Aces are 4-4 on the overall trip, which took them to the East Coast and back. The team’s next 12 games will be played on home ice in Anchorage. Contact Charlie Sokaitis at csokaitis@ktuu.com

The Aces scored late in the second period and early in the third to beat the Idaho Steelheads, 3-0 in the penultimate game of their season-long eight game road trip.  Adam Courchaine stopped all 23 shots for the shutout.  Alaska improves to 11-7-1 overall, and those victories include at least one blanking of each National Conference opponent it has faced thus far. Chad Anderson scored at 19:05 of the second to give the Aces a 1-0 lead.  They kept the momentum into the third when Ethan Cox buried his third of the year at 2:58.

The Alaska Aces continued their three-week, eight-game road trip with a 2-1 loss to the Idaho Steelheads on Thursday night. Alaska falls to 10-7-1 overall, and 3-3-0 during the trip. The Aces played largely a mistake-free game and led 1-0, after a goal by Steve Ward in the first period. However, Mike Gabinet evened things up for Idaho late in period two. The Steelheads took their only lead of the night on a John Swanson tally 14:15 into the third. Alaska outshot Idaho, 26-23.

On Friday night, it took the Alaska Aces an extra frame to defeat the Idaho Steelheads, but the aces picked up the win. Saturday’s rematch saw more drama as the Aces trailed 1-0 in the first period, until Brian Swanson scored a power-play goal to tie the game. Chris Langkow scored in the second period to make it 2-1 Aces, although Idaho would tie it again – forcing a second overtime showdown. Once more the Aces showed their true grit, as Jerad Stewart sank a puck to end the extra frame with a 3-2 Aces win, despite protest from Idaho.

The Alaska Aces welcomed the Idaho Steelheads into the not-so-friendly confines of Sullivan Arena Friday night, as both sides put points on the board in short order. In the third period, the game was tied at 2 and looking destined for overtime with 1:23 left to play, when Scot Burt scored his second goal of both the game and the year. The Aces appeared poised to skate off with the win, but with 28 seconds left on the clock Idaho’s Mark Derlago shocked Aces fans by equalizing the scoreboard at 3-all.