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The Alaska Aces completed the 3 game series against the Bakersfield Condors with a 4-3 win, claiming the series 2 games to 1. The first bit of action didn't come until the last minutes of period one, when Kane Lafranchise capitalized on the power play assisted by Chad Anderson and Garry Nunn. The Aces dominated the second period, with Chris Langkow lighting the lamp at 10:10 to give Alaska the 2-0 advantage.  At second intermission, Alaska had 22 shots on goal to Bakersfield's 11. In the third, Brian Miller and Nick Mazzolini both added a goal a piece giving the Aces a promising 4-0 lead.  In the final minutes, the Condors pulled the goalie to rally back 4-3 but were unable to send the game into overtime.

The Alaska Aces avenged Friday's loss with a 9 - 4 win over the Bakersfield Condors Saturday evening. Lighting the lamp at 4:30 in the first was Brian Swanson from Dan Kissel and Tyson Marsh.  Wes Goldie would roll with the momentum adding another goal shortly after.  The Condor's Evan Trupp narrowed the gap by netting Bakersfield first goal of the evening, making the score 2-1. But Alaska didn't flinch, adding 3 more by the conclusion of...

Chris Langkow scored 36 seconds into regulation in his first hockey game in nearly four months, but the Alaska Aces were silenced the rest of the way in a 4-1 loss to the Bakersfield Condors.  The Aces have dropped five of their last six games and fall to 33-14-6 overall, still five points better than Las Vegas for the most in the ECHL. Matt Keetley stopped 49 of Alaska's 50 shots in his second victory at Sullivan Arena this season.  He also blanked the Aces, 4-0 on November 2nd.  Parker Stanfield scored twice for the Condors, including the go-ahead goal in the second period.  Kyle Calder buried a back breaking goal just 32 seconds later to make it 3-1.  Langkow was a playoff hero for the Aces during last year's run to the Kelly Cup, scoring eight goals in Alaska's final eight postseason games.  He began the season in the AHL, but prior to Friday night, he had not played since late October because of an injury.

J.T. Brown scored four goals, including a natural hat trick in the first period as top-ranked Minnesota Duluth skated past UAA, 4-1 on Friday night at Sullivan Arena.  The loss marks the eighth straight for the Seawolves.  Mitch Bruijsten buried his team-leading eighth goal of the season for UAA, but it went unanswered as the Seawolves drop to 3-17-1 in the WCHA.  The defending NCAA champion Bulldogs improve to 12-4-3 in conference play....

The Denver Pioneers served the Seawolves a 4 - 2 loss Friday evening at the Sullivan Arena.  The Pioneers jumped to a 2 - 0 lead in the first period with goals from Ty Loney and Nick Shore.  UAA's Matt Bailey was able to net one for the wolves before period end, giving hope to UAA with a 2 -1 score. Denver didn't let UAA back in, netting two more in the second from Drew Shore and Luke Salazar.  Into the third, UAA was able to score again from Eric Sheid but the late charge was not enough.

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 completed the series sweep against the Stockton Thunder 4 - 2 Saturday evening at the Sullivan Arena. Aces charged ahead 2 - 0 just five minutes into the game with a pair of goals from Wes Goldie.  Before the end of the first, Stockton managed to tally one courtesy of Ian O'Connor. Less than 20 seconds into the second period, Stockton came in with the equalizer from Jordan Fulton. The Aces battled to find the back of the net, but weren't able to until 3:57 when Nick Mazzolini scored the game winner.  Jaques Lamoureux added to the total with an empty netter less than a minute left in the game.  The Aces are home next weekend, hosting the Idaho Steelheads Friday, January 20th. 

The Alaska Aces held off the Utah Grizzlies 2 - 1 in a shootout thriller Saturday evening at the Sullivan Arena. Scoring first was Utah's Tysen Dowzak at 5:33.  The Aces were unable to score but still outshot the Grizzlies 16-6. After a scoreless second period, Alaska's scoring attempts finally produced a goal from Bryan Miller on the power play.  With neither team able to net one again, the game was sent into OT and then a shootout. Nick Mazzolini was the only one able to score, giving Alaska the advantage as Gerald Coleman stopped all of Utah's shots.  The Aces pick up again next Thursday, January 12th, hosting the Stockton Thunder. 

The Alaska Aces dropped game 2 of the 3 game series, 4 - 1, to the Ontario Reign Saturday night at the Sullivan Arena. After a scoreless first period, Nick Mazzolini found the back of the net at 2:08 in the second. The Reign were quick to fire back. CJ Stretch came in with the equalizer at 4:21, and the go-ahead from Vincent LoVerde less than a minute later. Also scoring in the period for the Reign was right wing Derek Couture. The fourth Ontario goal came from Chris Huxley with the empty netter, at 18:59 in the third.

Wes Goldie scored for the fourth straight game and Gerald Coleman made 33 saves as the Alaska Aces fended off the Ontario Reign, 3-1 in a series opener Friday night at Sullivan Arena.  The Aces improve to an ECHL-best 19-4-2 overall, and remain unbeaten in their last 13 games. Following a scoreless first period, Alaska struck on two second period power plays.  Steve Ward buried his third goal of the season at 6:10 and Garry Nunn tallied his eighth about 11 minutes later to make it 2-0 after two periods.  With Ontario down only 2-1, Goldie closed the scoring with his 12th of the year at the 10:42 mark of period three.