ACES On Fire And Turner Off IR

Sunday night the ACES finished off their regular season on the road in MAV land. The FLYING ACES recalled Lou Johnson and Bob Mitchell from the Perkasie RED BARONS and welcomed Kyle Turner back from injured reserve. Matt Donahue and Bill Marcolini were healthy scratches along with Steve Leoszewski. Matt Stockwell brought the 'Ace Case'.    For the second time this season Nick 'The Brick' Minarik and the ACES held the defending champ MAVERICKS to a single goal. ACE attackers, Kevin 'From the Heavens' Smith, Kyle 'Turbo' Turner and Darren 'Rolling Stones' Jones, each lit the lamp and each had an assist. Josh 'Oh My Gosh' Lovering tallied two goals and an assist in the 5-1 ACE victory. Lovering took first star honors for the sixth time in his ACE career. "It was a great win to end the regular season." Said Lovering after the big contest. "It gives us good momentum going into the playoffs. The whole team played awesome. A lot of solid passing that we've been missing." Lovering then added, "Ultimately, I think we are still rolling strong off Donny's goal against the Dutchmen." Before Matt 'Donny' Donahue's goal the ACES had scored six goals in their last 5 games. A 1.2 goal a game average. Since and including 'Donny's' goal the FLYING ACES have scored 14 times in two games. Mike Petersen had two assists. Ryan Bleck and Lou Johnson each had an assist. So the ACES await the playoffs with a 7-5-0 record (their fourth best in nine seasons). Currently sitting in third place, their seeding will be determined by the outcome of the Federal C's next week of games. Playoffs will start for the FLYING ACES on Monday, December 14th at 10:00 PM or Wednesday, December 16th at 10:30 PM. With almost two weeks off until their next game, we hope the ACES keep skating during all this down time.