Las Vegas Wrangers Top Alaska Aces 5-2 - ECHL Playoffs

MLN - THE RAW FEED - www.mlntherawfeed.com - ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Kevin Lalande stopped 36 shots and Marco Peluso scored
twice as Las Vegas once again never trailed in a 5-2 win over Alaska in
front of 4,389 Tuesday at Sullivan Arena.

The Wranglers lead the best-of-seven National Conference semi-finals
3-0 and can wrap up a four-game sweep Thursday night at 7:15 p.m.  Game
Five, if necessary, has been scheduled for Friday at 7:15 p.m. in Anchorage.
Tickets for Thursday's Game Four will be on sale at the team offices at the
corner of 15th and Gambell tomorrow and Thursday from 9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.

Adam Miller immediately gave Las Vegas control of Tuesday's contest
by scoring from between the circles just 2:10 into the game.  Peluso scored
the first of his two goals at 4:46 of the second period to give the
Wranglers a 2-0 edge, but on a delayed penalty, defenseman Derick Martin put
the Aces on the board with his third goal of the playoffs, a wrist shot that
sailed past a screened Lalande with 13:46 left in the middle frame.  Martin

Advertisement = and fellow blue-liner Matt Shasby, two of only three Alaska players to score
in this series, share the Aces lead with three postseason goals.

Peluso, one of two Las Vegas holdovers that lost to Alaska in the
2006 West Division Finals, scored on the power play to push the Wranglers
back in front by a pair of goals with 4:50 left in the second period, and 16
seconds later, Gerry Burke's shot from the point slipped past a screened
Chris Beckford-Tseu.  The fourth-year goalie, one of eight Aces still
remaining from the 2006 ECHL champions, left after the second period, having
stopped 15 of 19 shots, and was replaced by Marek Schwarz, who stopped all
eight shots on goal he faced in relief.

Kimbi Daniels scored on a rebound with 9:45 remaining in the third period
and Alaska drew a late third period penalty, allowing the Aces to operate
with a six-on-four situation, but an empty-netter by Vegas defenseman Jason
Dest, his first goal of the entire season, sealed the victory.  Alaska
out-shot the Wranglers 17-9 in the third period and 38-28 for the game, but
went 0-for-4 on the power play and is now 0-for-11 in the series.  Las Vegas
has scored 16 of the 19 goals in this series.  Thursday's game will be
broadcast live on the flagship home of Aces hockey, AM 750 KFQD, with
coverage beginning at 7:00 p.m.
 
#1 Las Vegas vs. #5 Alaska: (all times AT)

Game 1: Las Vegas 8, Alaska 0
Game 2:    Las Vegas 3, Alaska 1
Game 3: Las Vegas 5, Alaska 2

Game 4: Vegas at Alaska THURSDAY 7:15 p.m.
Game 5: Vegas at Alaska FRIDAY 7:15 p.m. *
Game 6: Alaska at Vegas Tue., May 6 6:05 p.m. *
Game 7: Alaska at Vegas Wed., May 7 6:05 p.m. *

*If necessary

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