BOMBERS HOLD ONTO CUP, DROP ACES

The FLYING ACES were home Sunday night for an AIAHL, Federal C, A.S. Cup Match up with the BOMBERS.  Captain, Darren Jones, and Kyle Turner were healthy scratches.  Bill Marcolini was out with an upper body injury, and Craig Jones was a game time no show.  Johnson, Brown, and Leoszewski were unavailable for call up from Perkasie.  Healthy scratch Darren Jones loaded the ‘Ace Case’ and had it at EuroVan pick up point Bravo to avoid a possible ‘Ace Case’ Disgrace II.

At Aspen Ice the BOMBERS came strong with their usual band of high powered A.S. Cup ‘Call Ups’.  In the second with a 2-1 lead, they took control of the game scoring 4 unanswered.  In the third, down 6-1, the FLYING ACES, in their new black jerseys, battled back, scoring 3 in a row.  But at 6-4, all hope was lost when the BOMBERS dropped another one on the ACES that left a crater the boys just couldn’t climb out of.  Kevin Smith lead the ACES with 2 goals.  Preston and Lovering also scored.  Ryan Warn had 2 assists.  Gianetti, Petersen and Weaver each had 1.
The ACES are back in action at home tonight for a 10:15 puck drop against the SHAMROCKS.

FLYING ACES BACK TO .500 AS SHAMROCKS DON'T SHOW. THEY LITERALY DID NOT COME TO THE GAME

The FLYING ACES were juiced to play an exciting game against the rival SHAMROCKS in prime-time at Aspen Ice Arena. It was easily the ACES largest crowd of the season. Even the FLYING ACE EuroVan was filled to capacity with players and fans alike. One problem... The SHAMROCKS didn't show. Do to SHAMROCK scheduling error, there was no game to be played. AIAHL Federal C league Commissioner, Bill Auld, said the game counted as an official win for the FLYING ACES, who came ready to play. The forfeit win put the ACES back to .500 and jumped them out of the Federal C basement and into 4th place. And as we all know, with each ACE win, a 'First Star Patch' is handed out. And this one very deservedly went to first time recipient, Mike Gianetti who, against a strong recommendation from the team trainer, suited up to play despite a serious lower body injury.

Since 'Donnie' Donahue brought an awesome ACE CASE and the majority of the team was there, including Kevin Brown and Steve Leoszewski (up from Perkasie). And the ACES were dawning the new RDS Solution sponsored 'bad guy' Black jerseys. And the crowed needed to be entertained, the ACES decided to take a team photo and play the first ever inner-squad game. It was Team Marcolini vs. Team Donahue. And what a fantastic battle it was. Team Donahue ended up winning 6-3, but both sides played like it was a real game.

The ACES are back at it Sunday, March 15 for an AS Cup battle against those pesky BOMBERS.

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ACES RETURN HOME AND SMOTHER THE SMOKE AFTER GETTING WHACKED ON THE ROAD

Between bye weeks and bad weather the FLYING ACES have been out of action for 19 days. But Saturday night they headed to the WHACK-A-DOME for an out of league match up with the B league MOLES. The FLYING ACES called up Kevin Brown and Steve Leoszewski from the Perkasie RED BARONS. 'Donny' Donahue, Eric Kusznier and Kyle Turner were healthy scratches. Josh Lovering had 'the case'. At the drop of the puck, the ACES out played the WHACK-A-MOLES but couldn't get the biscuit in the basket. After a scoreless first period, the MOLES put 3 on the board. But the FLYING ACES rallied back in the third with goals from both Kevin Brown (Smith) and Steve Leoszewski (Petersen, Stockwell). Down 3-2 the ACES had all the momentum untill an ill-fated pass in the ACE defensive zone was picked off by a WHACK and quickly put in the net. At 4-2 with under 5 minutes to play, the game was all but lost. Mike Gianetti recieved an undisclosed lower body injury, but played the rest of the game.

Sunday night the ACES headed back home to Aspen Ice Arena for their second game in as many days. Their opponent, the SMOKE. Bill Marcolini was a healthy scratch. Mike Gianetti on IR. Matt Stockwell had 'the case'. Kevin Brown, still up from Perkasie, will skate with the team through Tuesday. 

The game started with a quick goal from the SMOKE when they took advantage of an ACES defensive miss que. But the FLYING ACES, eager to stay out of the AIAHL basement, roared back behind the lethal power of the 'Shock and Warn' line (10 points) and some fabulous net minding from Nick Minarik. The ACES posted 6 unanswered goals in the Sunday night victory. Two of them and an assist came from the first star patch recipient, Kevin Smith. This was Smith's fifth time receiving the patch in his ACE career. Kyle Turner had a goal and 3 assists. Ryan Warn had a goal and 2 assists. Derek Weaver and Mike Petersen both had goals. Darren Jones, Kevin Brown, Craig Jones, Eric Kusznier, Nick Minarik and Scott Preston had assists. The Ace win put their career record at 43-42-5. And 3-4-1 on the season. The boys are back at it Tuesday night when they welcome the Shamrocks to Aspen Ice Arena for a prime time battle. A win gets the ACES back to .500.