
Aces to Play Stockton Thunder in Second Round
April 14, 2013 - ECHL (ECHL)
Alaska Aces News Release
The top-seeded Alaska Aces will square off against the fourth-seeded Stockton Thunder in the Western Conference Semifinals, beginning this weekend at Sullivan Arena, the Aces announced on Sunday. The complete schedule for the best-of-seven series was announced following Stockton's 6-4 victory over the Las Vegas Wranglers in Game 7 of their opening round series. The second round series between the Aces and Thunder is a rematch of the Western Conference Semifinals from last year's playoffs, in which the Aces beat the Thunder in five games. Game 1 is Friday and Game 2 is Saturday at 7:15pm AKT at Sullivan Arena in Anchorage. Individual tickets for both games will go on sale Monday morning at 9:00am at the Aces office, the Sullivan Arena Box Office, Fred Meyer Stores, or online at www.ticketmaster.com. For more information, please call the Aces at 907.258.ACES or visit them online at www.facebook.com/alaskaaceshockey.
The Aces advanced to the second round after a five-game, opening-round victory over the San Francisco Bulls, while the Thunder escaped in seven games over the Wranglers. This year the Aces went 8-2 against the Thunder. The Aces won all six contests at Sullivan Arena, and went 2-2 in Stockton. Conversely, the Thunder posted a 2-6-2 record in the ten head-to-head games with the Aces. Half of the ten games were one or two-goal games, with two going to overtime.
This series will be the third ever playoff meeting between the Aces and Thunder - all coming in the last four postseasons. In 2010 the clubs squared off in the best-of-five, opening round series with Stockton earning a 3-1 series victory, en route to a Conference Finals berth. That series loss marks the only time in the Aces ten-year ECHL history that they have failed to advance past the opening round of the playoffs. Last year the Aces exacted revenge with a five-game ousting of the Thunder in the Conference Semifinals.
Games One and Two will be played in Anchorage, before the series shifts to Stockton Arena for the next three games. If necessary, the teams will return to Anchorage to finish the series at Sullivan Arena on Tuesday and Wednesday, April 30 and May 1. The winner will advance to the Western Conference Finals to take on the winner of the other Western Conference Semifinal series between the second-seeded Ontario Reign and third-seeded Idaho Steelheads.
Make your plans to join the Aces for the 2013 Kelly Cup Playoffs at Sullivan Arena on Friday and Saturday. The entire series schedule is as follows:
Western Conference Semifinals: #1 Alaska Aces vs. #4 Stockton Thunder (All Times AKT)
Game 1 - Friday, April 19, 7:15pm @ Sullivan Arena
Game 2 - Saturday, April 20, 7:15pm @ Sullivan Arena
Game 3 - Thursday, April 25, 6:00pm @ Stockton Arena
Game 4 - Friday, April 26, 6:30pm @ Stockton Arena
*Game 5 - Sunday, April 28, 5:00pm @ Stockton Arena
*Game 6 - Tuesday, April 30, 7:15pm @ Sullivan Arena
*Game 7 - Wednesday, May 1, 7:15pm @ Sullivan Arena
* If necessary
The Western Conference Semifinals series between the Aces and Thunder begins in Anchorage this weekend. Game 1 is Friday and Game 2 is Saturday at 7:15pm AKT at Sullivan Arena. Individual tickets for both games will go on sale Monday morning at 9:00am at the Aces office, the Sullivan Arena Box Office, Fred Meyer Stores, or online at www.ticketmaster.com. For more information, please call the Aces at 907.258.ACES or visit them online at www.facebook.com/alaskaaceshockey.
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