Woody on Hockey : WCHA Final Five Field Set

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.

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Aces v. Idaho

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

Aces 3 Stockton 1

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.

WCHA Final Five Field Set

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Anchorage Daily News

Posted: March 14, 2010 - 7:31 pm

North Dakota, St. Cloud State and Minnesota-Duluth won deciding Game 3s tonight to join Denver and Wisconsin the Western Collegiate Hockey Association Final Five, set later this week in St. Paul, Minn.

North Dakota used one goal and two assists from Jason Gregoire to close the three-game series with a 4-1 win over visiting Minnesota.

St. Cloud State needed Drew LeBlanc's goal 3:21 into OT to beat visiting Minnesota State-Mankato 3-2.

And Minnesota-Duluth used one goal and two assists from Brady Lamb, and 25 saves from Kenny Reiter to beat visiting Colorado College, 4-0.

All five of the higher seeds in the first round won their series.

The Final Five opens Thursday with a play-in game between Minnesota-Duluth and North Dakota who tied for fourth in the league. The winner gets No. 1 ranked Denver in the semis. The other semi pits Wisconsin and St. Cloud.