Anchorage Aces
| Alaska Aces | |
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 2016–17 ECHL season
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| City | Anchorage, Alaska |
| League | ECHL |
| Conference | Western |
| Division | Mountain |
| 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, Jerry Mackey |
| General manager | Terry Parks |
| Head coach | Rob Murray |
| Media |
Root Sports Northwest KFQD (NewsTalk 750/103.7) |
| Affiliates |
Vancouver Canucks (NHL) Utica Comets (AHL) |
| Franchise history | |
| 1989–2003 | Anchorage Aces |
| 2003–present | Alaska Aces |
| Championships | |
| Regular season titles | 5 (2005–06, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14) |
| Division Championships | 8 (2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14) |
| Conference Championships | 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, are a minor league ice hockey team in Anchorage, Alaska. Home games are played at Sullivan Arena in Anchorage. The Aces have won three Kelly Cup championships, most recently in 2013–14.
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. As of the 2015–16 ECHL season, the Aces play in the Mountain Division of the ECHL's Western Conference.
The Aces official team mascot is a polar bear named Boomer. Aces fans are known for using small, ceremonial cow bells painted with the Aces insignia to show their support during games.
The team was established in 1989 as the Anchorage Aces. They were originally a semi-professional club in the Pacific Southwest Hockey League organized by Dennis Sorenson, as a senior men's ice hockey team to compete against the established Alaska Gold Kings in Fairbanks.
The Aces played four unofficial games during in the 1989-90 season. During the 1990–91 season, Keith Street led the team on a 22–game schedule, which included 20 games against teams registered with USA Hockey. The 1990–91 season ended with the Aces winning the Senior Men's Open National Championship held in Fairbanks. In 1993 and 1994, they won the National Amateur Championship. They finished second in 1992 and 1995.
The Aces joined the Pacific Northwest Hockey League (PNHL) for the 1991–92 season, playing six of their home games at the Sullivan Arena in Anchorage and eight at the Central Peninsula Sports Center in Soldotna. The Aces finished second in the PNHL with a 16–12–2 regular season record, and were the runners-up in the national USA Hockey tourney after a 0–4–1 tourney run.
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