Woody on Hockey

Alaska is hockey heaven -- the Alaska Aces are perennial ECHL contenders, the UAA Seawolves play in the nation's premier college league and NHL star Scott Gomez headlines a contingent of pros. Join the conversation about the Aces and Alaska hockey with Doyle Woody, who has covered the game here at all levels for 29 years.

Contact: dwoody@adn.com

Aces v. Idaho

Alaska's Zach Harrison races Idaho's Jace Coyle into the corner in the first period. The Alaska Aces played the Idaho Steelheads in Anchorage on Friday, January 20, 2012.

The Alaska Aces played the Idaho Steelheads in Anchorage on Friday, January 20, 2012.

Aces 3 Stockton 1

Lured out of retirement to aid his injury-depleted former team, Matt Shasby celebrates after scoring the first goal of the game for the Alaska Aces during first-period action against the Stockton Thunder Friday evening January 13, 2012 at Sullivan Arena. Shasby had last scored a goal April 24, 2009, and had last played a game June 5, 2009, the seventh game of the Kelly Cup finals.

Matt Shasby scores a goal and Jim Dahl earns an assist in a 3-1 Alaska Aces win over Stockton January 13, 2012 at Sullivan Arena.

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Our Man Chris Holt, The Former Aces Goalie, Remains King Of The Transactions Wire

Just another weekend in the life of fifth-year pro goaltender Chris Holt, the former Alaska Aces backstop who always has a packed suitcase in the closet, a travel toothbrush handy and is ready to roll at a moment's notice.

Holt was sent down from AHL Binghamton to ECHL Elmira on Friday -- at least that's when the transaction was published -- and was in Elmira long enough to pick up a cup of coffee and a 27-save W in a 5-1 win over visiting Wheeling. Of course, today, Holt was called back up to Binghamton.

Not that any of this is new -- Holt remains King Of The Transactions Wire.

He's appeared on the AHL transactions wire five times already this season -- a quick perusal of that wire indicates his career-high is 12 AHL transactions as a rookie in 2005-06 -- and, by my hurried, rough count, 37 times in his career.

And that's not even counting his appearances on the NHL and ECHL transactions wires.

Holt went 3-2-0 with a 1.80 goals-against average and .946 save percentage for the Aces last season. For Binghamton this season, he is 8-7-0 with a 2.95 and .906. And for Elmira, he's 8-4-1, 2.85, .901.

I should also remind you that Holt served some NHL time with St. Louis last season and with the New York Rangers as a rookie. Two NHL relief appearances for a total of 29 minutes, or half a game. Stopped all five shots he faced combined, so his NHL goals-against average is 0.00 and his save percentage is 1.000.

By the way, he wins. His pro W-L-T record is 85-67-9 -- 28-19-3 in the AHL and 57-48-6 in the ECHL.

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