Nate Thompson

The Sports Xchange Bob Bellone, The Sports Xchange Lightning 5, Maple Leafs 2 TAMPA, Fla. -- Martin St. Louis tallied a hat trick and Steven Stamkos added a goal and an assist, leading the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 5-2 victory against the Toronto...

St. Louis' hat trick propels Lightning TAMPA, Fla. -- The Toronto Maple Leafs are trying to build momentum as they prepare for their first playoff series in nine years. The Tampa Bay Lightning will stay home and prepare to build through the draft. The...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin scored less than 2 minutes apart in the third period and the Pittsburgh Penguins rallied past the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3 on Monday night.   Chris Kunitz added his 12th of the season for...

It appears that the NHL lockout will end and there could be a season after all, which means that Scott Gomez, Joey Crabb, and Nate Thompson will end their terms with the Alaska Aces. The National Hockey League and the National Hockey League Players'...

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — While the NHL and its players remain engaged in a boardroom battle over dollars and cents, professional hockey is still being played across the United States. Philadelphia, New York, and Washington, of course, are not hockey...

In 2005, the Alaska Aces of the ECHL garnered a little bit of national attention when Alaskan-raised Scott Gomez decided to join his hometown team during the NHL lockout.  As rumors began to swirl in the summer of 2012 that another work stoppage was in...

The Alaska Aces have announced the signing of forward Scott Gomez during the NHL lockout.  This will be the Alaskan's second tour of duty with his hometown ECHL team.  He previously skated for the Aces during the 2004-05 season as well, capturing league...

NHL forwards Brandon Dubinsky and Joey Crabb of Anchorage will be in the Aces lineup on Monday night as Alaska faces Las Vegas in an ECHL exhibition at Sullivan Arena.  Dubinsky, Crabb, and Nate Thompson, all locked out NHL players, and all originally...

The Alaska Aces continue to benefit from the NHL lockout, signing local product Brandon Dubinsky to a professional tryout agreement.  Dubinsky becomes the fourth locked out Anchorage native to join the Aces in some capacity during camp.  Nate Thompson,...

On the day that marked the opening of training camp, the Alaska Aces announced the signing of locked out NHL players Scott Gomez, Nate Thompson, and Joey Crabb to their camp roster.  All three players are from Anchorage.  Thompson and Crabb both...

The Alaska Aces have named Rob Murray, former coach of the AHL's Providence Bruins, as their fourth head coach since becoming members of the ECHL. Murray takes over for Brent Thompson, who left the reigning Kelly Cup Champions following his second...