Aces Officially Release 2008-09 Season
Published on May 7, 2008 under ECHL (ECHL)
Alaska Aces News Release
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Alaska Aces open the 2008-09 regular season at home against the team that ended their 2007-08 campaign, the Las Vegas Wranglers, in a two-game set October 17 and 18 at Sullivan Arena.
The ECHL schedule is comprised of 72 games each for a total of 24 teams, 14 in the American Conference and 10 in the National Conference, including the most recent addition in the West, the Ontario (Calif.) Reign, pending final approval of conference and divisional alignments by the ECHL Board of Governors this summer. Alaska's schedule opens October 17 against Las Vegas in Anchorage at 7:15 p.m., and concludes with a two-game series at Utah April 3 and 4. The latter two teams will meet in the 2008 National Conference Finals which gets underway next Monday.
The Aces drew 23 Friday and Saturday night games among their 36 dates at home, as compared to 22 in 2007-08. Five Sunday games (all beginning at 5:05 p.m.), seven Wednesdays, and one Tuesday tilt rounds out the schedule. All home games except for those played on Sunday will start at 7:15 p.m. Ontario makes its first visit to Anchorage January 28, 30, and 31, while the Aces make their first trip to $130 million Citizens Business Bank Arena to tangle with the Reign on November 29.
19 of the 24 ECHL teams have played at least five years in their current city, including the Aces, who drew more than 200,000 fans to Sullivan Arena for the fourth straight season. 2008-09 season tickets are on sale throughout the summer at the Alaska Aces offices on the corner of 15th and Gambell. Regular office hours are Monday-Friday between 9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
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