Alaska Aces

ALASKA ACES

Injury bug hits Aces in final exhibition

Two exhibition hockey games provided Alaska Aces coach Keith McCambridge the opportunity to evaluate players before he makes his training-camp cuts this morning and settles on his roster to open the ECHL season.

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Call it 'making the team 101'

By the time Erik Felde hit his teenage years, Anchorage's hockey community already was abuzz with word of his speed. Wednesday night, he showed that his gift remains now that he's all grown up.

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Exhibitions are the last chance Aces prospects have to impress

Entering the Alaska Aces' mid-week exhibition games, the boys on the bubble for making the ECHL club's season-opening roster don't have much margin for mistakes.

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Training camp starts Saturday for the Aces

A couple of local skaters will merit a look when the Alaska Aces open training camp Saturday, but they likely will have to shine from the drop of the first practice puck to make the ECHL club.

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Aces in the pink for cancer fight

The fountain at Loussac Library will glow pink for the month of October in an effort to raise awareness of the importance of early detection of breast cancer. And not just the fountain. The Alaska Aces are going pink too.

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Shasby will play smarter this season

Matt Shasby of Eagle River returned to Alaska in 2005 harboring two ambitions: To continue making a living in hockey and to finish his college degree.

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You can bet Ace will miss 2 games Schmidt and Hill

Maybe Corbin Schmidt's absence will be attributed to a sudden case of the flu. Or perhaps that old hockey standby, an undisclosed upper body injury. Maybe even the ominous-sounding "coach's decision.''

Latest Ace to sign is as good off ice as on

One of the things that makes Vladimir Novak such a premier penalty killer -- besides sharp instincts, a big brain, remarkable fitness and an unbending work ethic -- is that he's available.

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'Big Rig' digs it here

Though Canadian by citizenship -- hometown: Nelson, British Columbia -- Cam Keith feels like an Alaskan.

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Longtime Alaska center says rival really wanted him.

Savvy old hockey pro that he is, well-traveled Kimbi Daniels need only be fed straight lines.

Aces add battling, scoring defenseman

Defenseman Nick Tuzzolino, the latest player signed by the Alaska Aces, brings a lot of everything to the rink.

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An icon is gone for Aces

After eight seasons, more than 500 games, more than 500 points and countless one-liners, Kimbi Daniels will not return for another season with Anchorage's pro hockey franchise.

Everybody's happy after Aces trade

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Everybody's happy after Aces trade

Winger Matt Robinson wanted to head east in the ECHL, to be closer to American Hockey League teams and a potential promotion.

Aces top scorer signs, but there's a catch

A contractual bummer for sniper Josh Soares could turn into a bonus for the Alaska Aces.

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Aces sign Hobey Baker Award finalist

One of the greatest goaltenders to suit up for the University of North Dakota is coming to play hockey in Anchorage.

Familiar players sign with the Aces

Friends since pre-school, Erik Fabian and Luke Erickson grew up together on the same block in the small town of Roseau in northwestern Minnesota, where just one home separated their houses.

Lifelong friends sign with Aces

Apart from skating at different colleges and a brief separation in junior hockey, the two newest members of the Alaska Aces have spent much of their lives together.

Fans help convince Ace to stick around

At the end of warmups before Alaska Aces home games, after other players from both teams have gone to their respective locker rooms, winger Bo Cheesman stays on the Sullivan Arena ice to provide one last piece of pre-game entertainment.

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Aces: Cheesman returning after 30-goal career season

Bo Cheesman, whose 30 goals last season marked a career high and ranked second on the Alaska Aces, will return for a second season with the ECHL club.

Toughness nets Green an Aces deal

The early, unofficial diagnosis was a sprained left wrist, and defenseman Lee Green let it go at that. Never complained. Never begged out of the lineup. Just trudged to the training room before and after hockey games to receive treatment or try out some new padding or tape job that might ease his agony.

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Aces add a veteran

Opening night in October can't get here soon enough for Alaska Aces defenseman Bryan Miller, repaired and ready for a return to the rink after enduring the fourth shoulder surgery of his young career.

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