Wes Goldie

The Alaska Aces remained unbeaten on their eight game road trip with a 4-2 come from behind victory over the Utah Grizzlies on Friday night.  Wes Goldie scored the game winner, his sixth goal of the season, with 1:19 left in regulation.  An empty net goal by Brian Swanson ended Utah's final bid to tie the game. The Aces improve to 13-4-1 overall, and 4-0-1 on their road swing.  Dan Kissel also delivered his team-leading 11th goal while Russ Sinkewich had two assists.

Gerald Coleman made 29 saves for his second shutout of the season as the Alaska Aces remained unbeaten on their eight-game road trip with a 2-0 win over the Bakersfield Condors.  Alaska improves to 5-0-2 on its trip with one game left. Wes Goldie and Tyler Ruegsegger each scored their seventh goals of the season for the Aces, who own a league-high 30 points and a mark of 14-4-2.   

The Alaska Aces beat the Las Vegas Wranglers at the Sullivan Arena, for the second straight night. Coming off Friday's shootout win, the Aces scored early and often, winning 5-1. First goal came on a pass from Wes Goldie to David Shields in the first period.  Aces' Tyler Ruegsegger would strike in the same frame, giving Alaska to 2-0 lead. The boys would let in a single goal from the Wranglers before scoring 3 in the second period. The Aces host Idaho at home in a 3 game series, starting October 20th at 7pm.

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 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.

Wes Goldie reached the 40-goal plateau for the fifth consecutive year, helping the Alaska Aces win, for the ninth time in the last 10 games, 3-2 over the Las Vegas Wranglers Tuesday night at the Orleans Arena. The victory gives the Aces a nine point lead over the Stockton Thunder in the race for the best record in the ECHL Western Conference with six games to go. Alaska won for the fourth straight time in Las Vegas despite never being granted a power play the entire game. Curtis Fraser and Russ Sinkewich also tallied goals for the Aces, who improve to 42-21-3 on the season.

Alaska Aces forward Scott Howes, who sat out game three of the Kelly Cup Finals with an upper body injury, will be back in the lineup Friday night as the Aces look to extend their series lead to 3-1 over the Kalamazoo Wings. Howes leads all Aces in playoff points with 7 goals and 10 assists in his 10 games. The presence of Howes means that the Aces can get back to using the line combinations that were so successful all season and postseason. Howes will skate alongside usual linemates Wes Goldie and Brian Swanson on Alaska's top line.

Garry Nunn scored one minute, 45 seconds into overtime to lift the Alaska Aces to a 4-3 come from behind win over the Bakersfield Condors on Tuesday night, giving the Aces a 2-0-1 start to their eight-game road trip. Alaska trailed 2-0 into the third period, carrying a streak of five consecutive scoreless periods.  However, the defending Kelly Cup champions rallied behind third period goals from Brian Swanson, Wes Goldie, and Dan Kissel to force overtime.  Swanson's tally was the first of the season for the Alaska captain.  Alaska's only lead was the final score.

The Alaska Aces defeated the Utah Grizzlies 3-1 Wednesday night at the Sullivan Arena. The Grizzlies were first to score, with the first goal of the night coming from Utah's Justin Dowling with only 20.8 seconds left in the first period. Less than two minutes into the second period, Alaska's Kane Lafranchise scored the equalizer with assists from Dan Kissel and Garry Nunn. Before the period was over, Alaska took the 2-1 advantage with a goal from Matt Ambroz. Wes Goldie would add another in the third, for a final score of 3-1. The Aces and Grizzlies will meet again this Friday at the Sullivan.

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.

Two weeks after signing last season's top point producer, the Alaska Aces have learned that forward Dan Kissel has instead decided to play professionally in Norway this season.  Kissel burst onto the scene after being acquired late in the 200-11 season, scoring a goal in seven of his first 10 games with Alaska and adding 11 points in 13 postseason games. During the 2011-12 campaign, he was arguably the Aces most consistent forward, tying then-teammate Wes Goldie with 35 goals, the second highest total in the ECHL.  The Aces still own Kissel's ECHL rights should he opt to return to North America.   

One week after locking down their top goal scorer from last season, the Alaska Aces re-sign their 2011-12 leader in assists. Nick Mazzolini, a native of Anchorage, returns to the Aces for next year. Mazzolini put up 21 goals and a team-high 35 assists last season for 56 points, third most on the club behind Dan Kissel and Wes Goldie. His vision of the ice makes him a premier playmaker. Mazzolini has had tough luck in his Aces tenure. He led the club in scoring during the 2009-10 campaign, but then played the following year in Italy while the next group of Aces won the Kelly Cup. Then last season, he was part of the Alaska team that led the league in regular season points before coming up short in the Western Conference Finals against Las Vegas.

Sparked by two goals in a span of 19 seconds, the Alaska Aces broke open a close game by scoring three times in the third period of a 4-0 win over the Stockton Thunder in game three of the ECHL Western Conference Semifinals.  The win gives Alaska a 2-1 series edge after the teams split the first two contests at Sullivan Arena. Ryan Cruthers gave the Aces a 1-0 lead with his first goal of the playoffs on a power play at 11:37 of the first period.  Gerald Coleman made 13 first period saves, and shut out the Thunder on 22 saves for the night.  But the game was still in doubt entering the third.

The Alaska Aces improved to 6-0-0 against the Colorado Eagles this season with a 4-1 road victory on Wednesday night.  The win enables Alaska to pull six points ahead of the Las Vegas Wranglers for the most in the ECHL, as the Aces improve to 40-15-9 with eight games remaining in the regular season. Dan Kissel tied Wes Goldie for the team lead with 33 goals, and Chad Anderson added a key goal with six seconds left in the second period to give Alaska a 3-1 cushion.  Zach Harrison and Brian Swanson also scored for the Aces.  The Aces have scored at least three goals in all six head to head meetings with Colorado this season, and face the Eagles again Friday and Saturday.

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 bounced back after a pair of shootout losses with a 5-0 victory over the Las Vegas Wranglers, Sunday at the Sullivan Arena. Alaska's Dan Kissel found the back of the net early in the first to get the ball rolling.  Garry Nunn would sink another before the period end to give the Aces a 2-0 advantage going into the second. Nunn and Kissel finished the night with two goals a piece, and one from Wes Goldie to round out the final. The Aces are on the road next weekend in Stockton with games starting Friday, March 2rd. 

The Alaska Aces fell to the Las Vegas Wranglers 2-1 in a shootout Saturday evening. Alaska was first on the board when Wes Goldie found the back of the net at 10:24 in the first. After a scoreless second period, former Seawolf Sean Wiles put Las Vegas on the board with the equalizer.  The Aces were unable to answer, sending the game into overtime. Las Vegas' Barry Goers gave the Wranglers the advantage in the shootout, and Alaska was unable to come back. The two teams are at it again in the final game of the series Sunday, February 26, at the Sullivan Arena.

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...

The Alaska Aces lost for the sixth time in nine games on Wednesday, falling to the Idaho Steelheads, 3-2 in the ninth contest of Alaska's 11-game road trip.  Nick Mazzolini scored both of the Aces goals to snap a six-game drought, but Alaska never led.  The Aces best chance to tie the game in the final minute was denied by Idaho goaltender Jerry Kuhn, who robbed Wes Goldie at point-blank range. With the loss, the Aces drop to 32-12-6 overall, still tops in the ECHL.  The Aces and Steelheads play twice more Friday and Saturday in Boise.

The Alaska Aces matched their second-highest goal scoring output of the season on Wednesday, but it almost wasn't enough.  Alaska received a pair of goals from Wes Goldie and the go-ahead strike by Dan Kissel in the third period in a 7-6 win over Bakersfield in the Aces first of 11 straight road contests. Alaska scored three times in the opening period as Garry Nunn, Danny Markowitz, and Jordan Kremyr all scored as the Aces led 3-1 at the first intermission.  The Aces never trailed, although the Condors managed to tie the game at five goals each with three unanswered tallies.  Bakersfield now has 11 one-goal regulation losses this season, while Alaska improves to an ECHL-best 31-6-5.