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 27 years.

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College Pucks: Cassi Campbell Makes Season Debut With Shutout (And Other Notable Performances By Alaskans) - 11/7/2009 3:36 pm

Former Aces Goalie Lamoureux Bags First AHL Shutout - 11/6/2009 5:57 pm

Anchorage's Wuthrich Flying The Team USA Flag - 11/6/2009 4:45 pm

Gutierrez Debuts In Johnstown (And Assorted Aces-Related Notes) - 11/5/2009 7:56 pm

In Praise Of Gene Williams, A Good Hockey Man Whose Legacy Lives On In Rinks All Over Anchorage - 11/4/2009 8:38 pm

Bring Your Blades And Skate With The Seawolves On Saturday Night - 11/4/2009 7:34 pm

Aces Update: Roster Shuffling - 11/4/2009 1:14 pm

Aces Release Gutierrez; And A Slew Of Non-Aces Hockey News - 11/3/2009 2:46 pm

Stingy Nanooks Move Up Rankings Behind Greenham's Goaltending - 11/2/2009 3:53 pm

Check Out Some Work By Goalies With Alaska Connections - 10/31/2009 8:07 pm

Former Aces Linglet & Minard Continue To Rack AHL Points - 10/31/2009 3:51 pm

A Most Brief Debut: Gutierrez Suspended 2 Games After Major Penalty In His First Aces Game - 10/31/2009 3:34 pm

UAA's Freshman Haven't Done Much - 10/31/2009 1:39 pm

Matt Carle Is Lighting It Up Again - 10/31/2009 12:55 pm

Cheverie's Injury Makes Anchorage's Murray The Man At DU For Now - 10/31/2009 11:41 am

The Small World Of Hockey Just Got Smaller (Nastiuk Signs With Idaho) - 10/29/2009 3:47 pm

Aces Lure Former NHLer Eric Boguniecki - 10/29/2009 10:11 am

No Dust On Glencross' Game - 10/28/2009 8:09 pm

ECHL Johnstown Releases Felde - 10/28/2009 4:04 pm

Aces Add A Big Body In Anchorage's Moises Gutierrez (6-4, 227) - 10/28/2009 12:05 pm

Alaskans In College Hockey: 66 Of Them (36 Men, 30 Women) - 10/27/2009 6:32 pm

Good News, Bad News: Lammers Is ECHL Player Of Week, But He's Outta Here - 10/27/2009 1:43 pm

Justin Bourne Was Already Done As A Player; Now He's Done As A Playah (Or Whatever Kids Call Single Dudes These Days)

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Congrats to former UAA and Alaska Aces winger Justin Bourne, who today got engaged.

And his gal, Brianna, is from all indications -- back-channel reports I've received from various sources, photos, etc. -- way out of Justin's league, so cool for him. She's the daughter of former Islanders stud Clark Gillies and he's the son of former Islanders stud Bob Bourne, so breeding potential looks strong.

In any event, Justin, who suffered a broken jaw last season at Sullivan Arena and has basically hung up his blades, isn't just through as a player, but as a playah, as well. (Is that even how you spell playah? Like I would know. I'm a thousand years old. Besides, Bourne evidently velcroed himself to Bri when these childhood friends reconnected, so I don't think he really had any "game'' to begin with).

Anyhow, to get the lowdown on Justin and Bri, click here to read Justin's most excellent blog, which is about 6,734 times (give or take a thousand) more interesting as this mopey one.

Also, thanks to Kronschnabel for the heads-up on the engagement news (you fall next, sucka).


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