Three former PSHL teams, the Alaska Gold Kings ( Fairbanks, Alaska ), Anchorage Aces ( Anchorage, Alaska ), and Fresno Falcons ( Fresno, California ) were joined by the Bakersfield Fog ( Bakersfield, California ), Reno Renegades ( Reno, Nevada ) and San Diego Gulls ( San Diego, California ) to become the founding member teams of the WCHL.

The Anchorage Aces renamed themselves the Alaska Aces before joining the ECHL.

The Steelheads finished third in the WCHL North Division in 1997 – 98, but were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs by the Anchorage Aces ( now Alaska Aces ).

Undrafted, Brookbank has previously played for the Anchorage Aces of the West Coast Hockey League ( WCHL ), the Oklahoma City Blazers of the Central Hockey League ( CHL ), the Orlando Solar Bears of the International Hockey League ( IHL ), the Grand Rapids Griffins, Providence Bruins, Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins, Binghamton Senators, Milwaukee Admirals, Norfolk Admirals and Manitoba Moose of the American Hockey League ( AHL ), and the Nashville Predators, Vancouver Canucks, Boston Bruins and Carolina Hurricanes of the NHL.

During the NHL lockout that forced the cancellation of the 2004 – 05 season, Gomez returned to his native hometown of Anchorage, Alaska and played for the Alaska Aces of the ECHL.

The Alaska Aces, previously known as Anchorage Aces, are a minor league ice hockey team in Anchorage, Alaska.

The Alaska Aces hockey team was established in 1989, as the Anchorage Aces.

The Aces joined the Pacific Northwest Hockey League for the 1991 – 1992 season, playing six of their home games at the Sullivan Arena in Anchorage and eight at the Central Peninsula Sports Center in Soldotna.

Cusick included his ownership of the Anchorage Aces franchise in the filing.

The club's owner, Cusack, accepted a $ 1. 862 million bid from Duncan Harrison, owner of Alaskan Automotive Distributing in Anchorage, but U. S. Bankruptcy Court judge Donald MacDonald converted the Aces ' bankruptcy case to Chapter 7, which allowed him to reject the Harrison bid.

It is home to the Alaska Aces ECHL ice hockey team, the University of Alaska Anchorage Seawolves hockey team ( WCHA ), the Great Alaska Shootout basketball tournament, and the Alaska Fighting Championship mixed martial arts events.

Seattle: University of Washington Press in association with Aleutian / Pribilof Islands Association, Anchorage, 1995.

Binky ( 1975 – July 20, 1995 ) was a polar bear who lived at the Alaska Zoo in Anchorage.

Anchorage Assembly, Seat H 1995

The station's alumni include Brent Carey ( went on to WDRQ & WDVD Detroit, and PD of WIOG Saginaw, WTWR-FM Toledo, and KCIX / KXLT in Boise, ID ), McConnell " Man @ Large " Adams ( went on to WIOG, WDRQ, KKDA / K-104 ( APD / Nights ) Dallas Texas, My 103. 9 and Wild 96. 3 in Ft. Wayne, and KFAT 92. 9 in Anchorage, Alaska, Aaron Santini ( KKHQ PD in Waterloo, Iowa ), WQAL ( Cleveland ) morning jock Rebecca Wilde, Radio Disney jock Aaron K., Craig Russell, who did 2 tours of duty in the Alpine City, hosted both the Morning Hustle ( 1993 – 1995 ) and the Afternoon Hustle ( 1999 – 2004 ); he is now at WFGR in Grand Rapids ; Andrew Delancey ( now producing television news in Tampa, and doing afternoon news for the statewide " Smile FM " contemporary Christian music network ), and former WDRQ ( Detroit ) jock Jake Edwards ( now on WDVD ).

* 1994 – A jury in Anchorage, Alaska, blames recklessness by Exxon and Captain Joseph Hazelwood for the Exxon Valdez disaster, allowing victims of the oil spill to seek $ 15 billion in damages.

* 1964 – The Good Friday Earthquake, the most powerful earthquake in U. S. history at a magnitude of 9. 2 strikes South Central Alaska, killing 125 people and inflicting massive damage to the city of Anchorage.

* March 27 ( Good Friday ) – The Great Alaskan earthquake, the second most powerful known ( and the most powerful earthquake in the United States ) at a magnitude of 9. 2, strikes South Central Alaska, killing 125 people and inflicting massive damage to the city of Anchorage.

Sutton is located at ( 61. 712473 ,-148. 885625 ), 52 – 72 miles ( 84 – 116 km ) northeast of Anchorage along the Glenn Highway.

It was also called " Scottman's Anchorage " for the many lumber barges that traversed the Blackwater River – thus lending further support to the nickname " Scratch Ankle " ( Scottsman's Anchorage – Scratch Ankle ).

* Anchorage Trail -- 19th National Trails Symposium – Nov. 2008

* Habitat – Gormley's first permanent installation in the United States, in Anchorage, Alaska on the grounds of the Anchorage Museum, cost an estimated $ 560, 000.

The Battle of Fuzhou, or Battle of Foochow, also known as the Battle of the Pagoda Anchorage ( French: Combat naval de Fou-Tchéou, Chinese:, 馬江之役 or 馬尾海戰, literally Battle of Mawei ), was the opening engagement of the 16-month Sino-French War ( December 1883 – April 1885 ).

Each team of 12 – 16 dogs must go from Anchorage all the way to Nome.

* December 15 – All four engines of KLM Flight 867, a Boeing 747-406M with 245 people on board, shut down when the plane flies through a cloud of volcanic ash from Mount Redoubt during descent to a landing at Anchorage International Airport in Anchorage, Alaska.

In the winter of 1946 – 47, Reeve filed with the CAA for a license to operate on the run between Anchorage and Attu, and in the summer of 1947 he was making weekly flights down the chain.

* July 21, 1951 – A Douglas DC-4 departed Vancouver, British Columbia for Anchorage, Alaska but disappeared en route without a trace.

* 1 – America West Airlines starts service between Phoenix and Anchorage.

* 6 – Alaska Airlines starts service between Denver and Anchorage and discontinues service between San Jose and Tucson.

* June 21 – 22 – In response to an erroneous report that a Japanese task force is threatening Nome in the Territory of Alaska, 55 U. S. Army Air Forces and commandeered civilian aircraft carry out the first mass airlift in U. S. military history, carrying 2, 272 men, 20 antiaircraft guns, and tons of supplies in 179 trips from Anchorage to Nome over a 24-hour period.

* September 1 – Using Douglas DC-4 aircraft, Northwest Airlines initiates service between Seattle, Washington, and Anchorage, Territory of Alaska, as the first leg of its proposed United States-Japan North Pacific route.

* January 26 – A United States Air Force Strategic Air Command C-54D-1-DC Skymaster with 44 people on board disappears without trace over Canadas Yukon Territory near Snag during a flight from Elmendorf Air Force Base outside Anchorage, Territory of Alaska, to Great Falls Air Force Base in Cascade County, Montana.

* July 21 – Flying in heavy rain, icing conditions, and limited visibility, the Canadian Pacific Air Lines Douglas DC-4 CF-CPC disappears during a United Nations flight from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, to Anchorage, Territory of Alaska, in the United States with 37 people on board.

* Niki Raapana and Nordica Friedrich-authors of " The Anti Communitarian Manifesto " ( 2003 ) ACL Books, Anchorage, Alaska and founders of the Anti-Communitarian League website.

Similarly, in 2003, a blowing cloud of snow was mistaken by an employee of the ConocoPhillips Building in Anchorage for an ash plume.

The voters of Anchorage approved a school bond in 2003 to provide funding for the addition of a new science lab and relocation and renovation of the staff lounge, offices surrounding the gymnasium, and the special education office.

Anchorage, Alaska: Todd Communications, 2003.

" Anchorage Daily News ( Anchorage, AK ) April 18, 2003.

However, Alaska – Anchorage has been highly competitive in the women's Shootout, winning the tournament five times since 2003.

A former mayor of Anchorage, he served on the Anchorage Assembly for almost ten years prior to being elected mayor in 2003.

Anchorage Mayor, 2003