They started their season playing what was touted as “The Last Hockey Game on Earth,” a tongue-in-cheek promotion spoofing a Christian broadcaster’s prediction of the apocalypse.
There is no love lost in this matchup. The Las Vegas Wranglers and Alaska Aces will renew their ECHL rivalry at 7:05 p.m. Thursday in the first game of a best-of-seven series in the Western Conference Finals at the Orleans Arena. If history repeats itself, the series will feature more than its share of hard-hitting and physical play, and a spiked interest between the fans of the two clubs.
The festivities had all the makings of a date auction for charity, except the suitors wore collars and leashes and eyed potential matches from artificial turf. If their good looks weren't enough, their bios were an attempt to woo future bidders in the audience:
Wranglers (31-16-1-4) forward Josh Lunden scored a wraparound goal with 1:33 left in overtime to end a three-game losing streak as Las Vegas secured a 4-3 victory over Ontario Saturday afternoon at the Orleans Arena.
After battling to a 2-2 tie through the first 40 minutes of action, Alaska scored two goals in the final period to defeat the Wranglers 4-2 Thursday night at the Orleans Arena.
Some fans came dressed for a late-night party, while others showed up wearing pajamas to watch the Wranglers defeat Stockton 5-2 Wednesday morning in the team’s ninth annual midnight game.
Leave it to Las Vegas’ hockey team, the Wranglers, to capitalize on the end of the world. Where Christian broadcaster Harold Camping saw the apocalypse, the Wranglers saw revenue.
Students enrolled in a D.A.R.E. Program are invited to attend a Las Vegas Wranglers hockey game for free Friday, Dec. 10. Their parents will receive a reduced ticket price of $10.
As Sen. Harry Reid and boxer Manny “Pac-Man” Pacquiao popped out from behind the curtain with their fists raised high, the crowd inside William E. Orr Middle School erupted. Reid and Pacquiao, a seven-time boxing world champion and Philippines congressman, were the main event Friday night at a get-out-the-vote rally.
Supporters crowded into a ballroom at the Orleans on Friday night to watch Sharron Angle be feted by the biggest Republican booster yet to visit Nevada on her behalf — former presidential candidate and Arizona Sen. John McCain.