Brooklyn Aces

Brooklyn Aces
City Brooklyn, New York
League Eastern Professional Hockey League
Founded 2008
Home arena Aviator Arena (2,500)
Colors Navy blue, Red, Silver
Owner(s) Alan Friedman
Head coach Chris Firriolo
Franchise history
2008 to 2009 Brooklyn Aces
Championships
Regular season titles 1 (08-09)

The Brooklyn Aces are a defunct minor professional ice hockey team that played the 2008-09 season in the Eastern Professional Hockey League. They played their home games at the 2,500 seat Aviator Arena.

On June 17, 2008 the Brooklyn Aces announced Chris Firriolo as the team's first head coach.[1]

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Notable players

On March 21 and 22, 2009, former New York Ranger great, Ron Duguay, suited up to played two games in the EPHL, one game with the Brooklyn Aces and the other with the Jersey Rockhoppers, to raise money for the Garden of Dreams Foundation, a nonprofit organization associated with Madison Square Garden[2]. Duguay signed a waiver, and played his game with the Brooklyn Aces without a helmet, which allowed his hair to flow free as it did when he played in the NHL. With 37 seconds left in regulation, he assisted on the game-tying goal, but the Aces would lose 4-3 in overtime.

Team Roster

Roster as of Feb. 20, 2009.[3]

Forwards
# Player Position Shoots Date of birth Place of birth
8 B.J. Kuper F L Jan. 24, 1985 Succasunna, New Jersey, USA
9 C.J. Tozzo F L May 3, 1985 New Rochelle, New York, USA
10 Eric Frank F R Dec. 20, 1981 Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
13 Kyle McCullough W R Oct. 2, 1983 Danvers, Massachusetts, USA
14 Tony Resendes LW L Dec. 1, 1987 Wilmington, Massachusetts, USA
16 Chris Holmes F R Aug. 28, 1986 Brick, New Jersey, USA
18 James Brannigan RW R Oct. 20, 1984 Brooklyn, New York, USA
26 Eddie Chlanda F R Apr. 18, 1982 Central Islip, New York, USA
27 Mike Christensen F R Jan. 14, 1985 Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, USA
40 Jesse Felten F R Nov. 22, 1986 Cashton, Wisconsin, USA
Defensemen
# Player Position Shoots Date of birth Place of birth
4 C Rob Miller D R Apr. 12, 1979 Morristown, New Jersey, USA
5 Bill Horton D R Jul. 15, 1987 Utica, New York, USA
6 Chris Robinson D R Feb. 7, 1985 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
11 Ian McLoughlin D L May 27, 1985 Long Valley, New Jersey, USA
12 Dan Carney D R Dec. 23, 1971 Brooklyn, New York, USA
20 Kevin Kaminski D R Mar. 8, 1972
33 Andrew Scampoli D R Feb. 25, 1985 Islip, New York, USA
44 Doug Hoffman D R Apr. 12, 1984 Huntington, New York, USA
Goalies
# Player Position Catches Date of birth Place of birth
30 Miroslav Recicar G R Jul. 2, 1984 Spisska Nova Ves, Slovakia
35 Eddie Neville G R May 27, 1985 Greene, New York, USA
Injured Reserve
# Player Position Shoots Date of birth Place of birth

References

  1. ^ Eastern Professional Hockey League Welcomes the Brooklyn Aces
  2. ^ Klein, Jeff Z (March 22, 2009). "Locks Still Flowing 20 Years Later, Duguay Returns". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/22/sports/hockey/22duguay.html?ref=sports. 
  3. ^ Brooklyn Aces Playoff Roster on LeagueStat.com

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