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November 15, 2008 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release
Mississippi Sea Wolves (5-5-1) at Charlotte Checkers (5-6-1) 7
p.m. ET
- Checkers have won the last two meetings to improve to 9-7-0 all-time
against Mississippi.
- Sea Wolves are fourth in the league with 3.73 goals per game.
- Charlotte's Mike
Bayrack leads the ECHL with eight power-play assists.
- Mathieu
Melanson (1g-3a), Ryan
Cruthers (2g-2a) and Kyle
McAllister (2g-2a) lead Sea Wolves against Charlotte.
Trenton Devils (2-8-1) at Reading Royals (4-8-0) 7:05 p.m.
ET
- Royals have won the last six meetings to improve to 36-32-8 all-time
against Trenton.
- Trenton's Ryan
Gunderson leads ECHL defensemen with seven power-play assists and 10
power-play points.
- Royals' Brock
Hooton is tied for the league lead with two shorthand goals and three
shorthand points.
- Devils rookie Tyler
Burton had career-high two assists and tied career high with two points
Friday at Johnstown.
South Carolina Stingrays (7-2-0) at Gwinnett Gladiators (3-4-2) 7:05
p.m. ET
- Gladiators have won four of the last five meetings at Gwinnett and are
24-11-3 all-time against South Carolina.
- Stingrays' Bobby
Goepfert is 3-0-0 and leads ECHL in goals-against average (1.00) and
save percentage (.961).
- Gwinnett's Jordan
Fox had two points (1g-1a) on Friday and is tied for the team lead with
nine points (3g-6a).
- Stingray rookie Michael
Dubuc has a three-game goal streak (5g) and a nine-game point streak
(9g-6a).
Augusta Lynx (5-4-2) at Florida Everblades (7-2-1) 7:30 p.m.
ET
- Everblades lead the ECHL in goals-against average with 2.10.
- Lynx are 4-2-2 on the road with a shootout win and an overtime win.
- Kevin
Baker leads Florida with six goals, three power-play goals and 12
points in 10 games.
- Chase
Watson leads Augusta with seven assists and is tied for second on the
team with seven points.
Johnstown Chiefs (9-3-0) at Dayton Bombers (7-2-1) 7:30 p.m.
ET
- Dayton rookie Paul
Drew is 2-0-0 with a goals-against average of 3.00 in two starts.
- Johnstown rookie defenseman Jon
Landry is tied for the ECHL lead with three game-winning goals.
- Chiefs' Kris
Mayotte is 5-0-0 with a goals-against average of 2.36.
- Bombers' Dan
Riedel has a three-game assist streak (4a) and leads the team with nine
assists and 13 points.
Wheeling Nailers (6-1-4) at Elmira Jackals (7-4-1) 7:35 p.m.
ET
- Jackals have won the last two meetings to improve to 5-0-0 at home and
8-1-0 overall against Wheeling.
- Nailers lead the league on the power play with 25.7 percent (18-for-70)
and in scoring with 4.64 goals per game.
- Elmira's Tyler
Donati leads the league with 13 assists and is tied for the league lead
with 19 points.
- Wheeling's Rob
Sirianni (8g-11a) and Tommy
Goebel (7g-12a) are tied for the ECHL lead with 19 points.
Stockton Thunder (4-5-2) at Ontario Reign (7-4-1) 7 p.m. PT
- Reign are 5-1-1 in one-goal games including a 3-2 shootout win against
Stockton on Wednesday.
- Thunder rookie Bryan
Lerg tied career highs with three assists and three points on Friday at
Fresno.
- Ontario rookie Geoff
Walker is tied for the ECHL lead with 10 power-play points (3ppg-7ppa).
- Stockton is 2-1-2 in its last five games with three shootouts (1-2).
Phoenix RoadRunners (6-4-2) at Victoria Salmon Kings (6-6-1) 7:05 p.m.
PT
- Salmon Kings have won the last seven games at Victoria to improve to
7-0-2 at home against Phoenix.
- RoadRunners are fourth in the ECHL with a goals-against average of 2.50.
- Victoria's Todd
Ford is 1-1-0 with a goals-against average of 1.88 in two starts
against Phoenix.
- Phoenix is second in the league on the penalty kill with 91.3 percent
(73-for-80).
Idaho Steelheads (6-5-2) at Las Vegas Wranglers (4-6-1) 7:30 p.m.
PT
- Idaho is 5-4-1 in the last 10 games at Las Vegas and 23-15-7 all-time
against the Wranglers.
- Las Vegas' Chris
Ferraro has four goals and seven points in his last four games.
- Steelheads' Rejean
Beauchemin is 2-0-0 with a goals-against average of 1.97 in his last
two starts.
- Wranglers are sixth in the ECHL on the penalty kill with 84.8 percent
(67-for-79).
Bakersfield Condors (3-7-1) at Fresno Falcons (8-3-1) 7:35 p.m.
PT
- Falcons have won the first three meetings to improve to 24-16-8 all-time
against Bakersfield.
- Condors are 24-15-9 all-time against Fresno.
- Fresno rookie Michael
Ouzas is 2-0-0 with a shootout win and a goals-against average of 1.92
against Bakersfield.
- Bakersfield rookie Matt
Pope has a three-game goal streak (4g) and a three-game point streak
(4g-1a).
Utah Grizzlies (6-4-0) at Alaska Aces (8-2-1) 7:15 p.m. AT
- Aces rookie Jean-Phillipe
Lamoureux leads the league in wins (8), shutouts (2), minutes (670) and
saves (349).
- Grizzlies are fifth in the league on the power play with 21.8 percent
(12-for-55).
- Alaska leads the ECHL on the penalty kill with 92.1 percent (58-for-63).
- Utah's Tom
May has a two-game goal streak (2g) and four goals in his last five
games.
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Premier 'AA' Hockey League Fast Facts
- The ECHL celebrated its 20th Anniversary in 2007-08 and is the
third-longest tenured professional hockey league behind only the National
Hockey League and the American Hockey League.
- ECHL began in 1988-89 with five teams in four states and has grown to be
a coast-to-coast league with 23 teams playing 828 games in 16 states and
British Columbia in 2008-09.
- The Reading Royals, the City of Reading and the Sovereign Center will
host the 17th
Annual ECHL All-Star Game on Jan. 21, 2009 and the 12th Annual All-Star
Skills Competition on Jan. 20, 2009.
- The league officially changed its name from East Coast Hockey League to
ECHL on May
19, 2003.
- Affiliations with 26 of the 30 teams in the National Hockey League
marking 12th consecutive season that the league has had affiliations with
at least 20 teams in the NHL.
- 368 former ECHL
players have played in NHL.
- 112 have played their first NHL game in the last four seasons.
- 13 former ECHL players have made their NHL debut this season: former
Wheeling Nailers and ECHL All-Star defenseman Paul
Bissonnette (Pittsburgh on Oct. 4), former Greenville Grrrowl
goaltender Jeff Drouin-Deslauriers (Edmonton on Oct. 17), former Gwinnett
Gladiators right wing Pat
Dwyer (Carolina on Nov. 2), former Columbus Cottonmouths and
Tallahassee Tiger Sharks left wing Mitch
Fritz (New York Islanders on Oct. 30), former Charlotte Checkers center
Dwight
Helminen (Carolina on Oct. 28), former Trenton Devils right wing Pierre-Luc
Letourneau-Leblond (New Jersey on Oct. 22), former Charlotte Checkers
defenseman
Steve MacIntyre (Edmonton on Oct. 15), former Phoenix RoadRunners and
Wheeling Nailers center Cam Paddock (St. Louis on Nov. 14), former Las
Vegas Wranglers defenseman Adam
Pardy (Calgary on Oct. 9), former Gwinnett Gladiators center Jared
Ross (Philadelphia on Oct. 11), former Alaska Aces goaltender Marek
Schwarz (St. Louis on Oct. 25), former Dayton Bombers and Las Vegas
Wranglers defenseman Tyler
Sloan (Washington on Oct. 21) and former Augusta Lynx defenseman Brett
Skinner (New York Islanders on Oct. 27).
- There were 72
former ECHL players on NHL opening-day rosters.
- Twenty-six former ECHL players made their NHL debut in 2007-08, including
six who played in both the ECHL and the NHL as goaltender Chris
Beckford-Tseu (Alaska and St. Louis), Adam
Berti (Pensacola and Chicago), Joe
Jensen (Wheeling and Carolina), Dan
LaCosta (Elmira and Columbus), Jonathan
Quick (Reading and Los Angeles) and Danny
Taylor (Reading and Los Angeles).
- Record 47 former ECHL players played their first NHL game in 2005-06.
- ECHL is represented for the eighth consecutive year on the National
Hockey League championship team in 2008 by
Aaron Downey of the Detroit Red Wings.
- Former ECHL coaches working as head coaches in the NHL are
Bruce Boudreau of the Washington Capitals, Scott
Gordon of the New York Islanders and Peter Laviolette of the Carolina
Hurricanes. Boudreau, who coached Mississippi for three seasons winning the
Kelly Cup championship in 1999, was named
NHL Coach of the Year in 2007-08 becoming the first former ECHL coach
to receive the award. Laviolette, who began his coaching career with the
Wheeling Nailers, led Carolina Hurricanes to the Stanley Cup in 2006.
- There are 18 assistant coaches in the NHL who were players or coaches in
the ECHL.
- There are 18 former ECHL officials scheduled to work as part of the NHL
officiating team in 2008-09 with referees David
Banfield, Chris
Ciamaga, Ghislain
Hebert, Marc Joannette, Mike Leggo, Wes McCauley, Dean Morton, Dan
O'Rourke, Brian Pochmara, Kevin Pollock, Kyle Rehman, Chris Rooney, Justin
St. Pierre and Ian Walsh and linesmen Steve Barton, Brian Mach, Tim
Nowak and Jay Sharrers. Barton, Joannette, Leggo, McCauley, Nowak, Pollock,
Rooney and Sharrers all worked the 2008 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
- ECHL has affiliations with 25 of the 29 teams in the American Hockey
League and for the past 19 years there has been an ECHL player on the
Calder Cup Champion.
- In the last six seasons the ECHL has had more call-ups to the AHL than
all other professional leagues combined with over 2,000 call-ups involving
more than 1,000 players since 2002-03.
- Further information on the ECHL is available from its website at ECHL.com.
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ECHL Stories from November 15, 2008
- Salmon Kings Sweep Away RoadRunners 9-0 - Phoenix RoadRunners
- Reading Dropped By Devils, 4-1 - Reading Royals
- Chiefs detonate Bombers - Johnstown Chiefs
- Checkers drop Sea Wolves in OT - Charlotte Checkers
- Nailers record big victory - Wheeling Nailers
- Tough Goaltending Stumps Jackals - Elmira Jackals
- Stingrays Laugh Last in 3-2 Shootout Victory - South Carolina Stingrays
- Bombers Fall 4-1 To Johnstown At Hobart Arena - Dayton Bombers
- T-Devils Wreck Royals, 4-1 - Trenton Devils
- Lynx fall in Florida 5-2 - Augusta Lynx
- Gladiators drop 3-2 Shootout Decision to Stingrays - Atlanta Gladiators
- Checkers checkmate Sea Wolves 3-2 in OT - Mississippi Sea Wolves
- Carlson's hat-trick gives Blades sixth straight win - Florida Everblades
- Wranglers Receive Carpentier From Flames - Las Vegas Wranglers
- Royals Sign Forward Luciano Aquino - Reading Royals
- Game Preview: Ontario Reign Vs. Stockton Thunder - Ontario Reign
- ECHL Transactions - ECHL
- Game Preview: Stockton Thunder At Ontario Reign - Stockton Thunder
- Paddock Becomes 368th Player To Play In NHL After ECHL - ECHL
- Former RoadRunners' Center Paddock Makes NHL Debut - Phoenix RoadRunners
- ECHL Today - ECHL
- Lamoureux too good for Grizzlies - Alaska Aces
- Steelheads Strangle The Wranglers, 6-1 - Idaho Steelheads
- Thunder forces overtime on late Petruic goal, drops second shootout defeat - Stockton Thunder
- Reign Prey On Condors In 3-2 Win - Ontario Reign
- Salmon Kings Strike Down Roadrunners At Home - Victoria Salmon Kings
- Ontario swipes win from Condors, 3-2 - Bakersfield Condors
- Grizzlies Fall 5-1 in Alaska - Utah Grizzlies
- Las Vegas Falls to Idaho, 6-1 - Las Vegas Wranglers
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