Alaska Aces (ECHL)

Alaska Aces
City	Anchorage, Alaska
League	ECHL
Founded	1989 (In the PSHL)
Home arena	Sullivan Arena
Colors	Black, glacier blue, green, silver, white
Owner(s)	Terry Parks, Steve Adams, Al Haynes, Dan Coffey, Rod Udd (d. 2017), Jerry Mackey
Media	Root Sports Northwest KFQD (NewsTalk 750/103.7)
Affiliates	Calgary Flames Minnesota Wild Vancouver Canucks
Franchise history
1989–2003	Anchorage Aces
2003–2017	Alaska Aces
2018–present	Maine Mariners
Championships
Regular season titles	5 (2005–06, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14)
Division titles	8 (2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14)
Conference titles	4 (2005–06, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2013–14)
Kelly Cups	3 (2005–06, 2010–11, 2013–14)

The Alaska Aces, known as the Anchorage Aces until 2003, was a professional ice hockey team in Anchorage, Alaska. Home games were played at Sullivan Arena in Anchorage. The Aces won three Kelly Cup championships, with their last championship following the 2013–14 ECHL season.

The Aces were formed as a semi-professional team in the Pacific Southwest Hockey League (PSHL) in 1989 and became a charter member of the professional West Coast Hockey League (WCHL) in 1995. When the WCHL was absorbed by the East Coast Hockey League in 2003, the team joined the merged ECHL.

The Aces official team mascot was a polar bear named Boomer. Aces fans were known for using small, ceremonial cow bells painted with the Aces insignia to show their support during games.

In 2017, the ownership group announced that the 2016–17 season would be the team's last, after which the franchise would cease operations. The owners cited the struggling Alaskan economy, and sagging ticket sales among the reasons for the club's financial downfall.^[1] In June 2017, the franchise was sold and relocated to Portland, Maine, to become the Maine Mariners for the 2018–19 season.^[2]