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.
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Anchorage Daily News
Posted: August 2, 2010 - 10:54 am
A couple more guys familiar to Anchorage hockey fans are headed across the pond for the upcoming season, according to eliteprospects.com.
Former Alaska Aces sniper John Lammers, who spent much of last season up in the AHL, has signed wth HC Pizen in the Czech Extraliga.
Also, former UAA and Aces defenseman Nils Backstrom, a Swede, has committed to Ilves of the Finnish Elite League.
