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.