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Published on November 15, 2002 under ECHL (ECHL) News Release


Greenville Grrrowl (6-5-2) at Columbus Cottonmouths (7-4-2) 7:00 ET / 6:00 CT

... Greenville is 2-0-0 against the Cottonmouths, including a 7-5 win at Columbus on October 26. ... Columbus' Jeff Zehr has four points (3g-1a) in two games against Greenville. ... Greenville is tied for the ECHL lead with five road shorthand goals. ... Cottonmouths' Brett Cullaton has nine points (6g-3a) in his last five games.

Charlotte Checkers (5-5-1) at Columbia Inferno (8-6-0) 7:05 ET / 6:05 CT

... Columbia is 3-1-1 all-time against Charlotte in the regular season. ... Charlotte's Allen Egeland has nine points (4g-5a) in his last 10 games. ... Columbia has allowed four power-play goals and leads the ECHL in penalty killing with a 93.4 percent. ... Checkers' Pat Aufiero has six points (2g-4a) in his last five games.

Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies (8-3-3) at Reading Royals (8-6-1) 7:05 ET / 6:05 CT

... Atlantic City is 1-0-1 against Reading in 2002-03 and 6-2-2 all-time in the regular season. ... Reading leads the ECHL on the power play with 24.2 percent (22-for-91). ... Atlantic City leads the ECHL in fewest goals allowed with 2.29 goals per game. ... Royals' Brian McCullough has 11 points (4g-7a) in his last five games.

Wheeling Nailers (6-9-1) at Dayton Bombers (5-7-2) 7:30 ET / 6:30 CT

... Dayton is 2-0-0 against the Nailers after a 3-2 overtime win at Wheeling on November 3. ... Wheeling's Mario LaRocque is tied for the ECHL lead among defensemen with six goals. ... Bombers' Shane Bendera is second in the ECHL with a 1.18 goals against average. ... Nailers' Chris McNamara had three goals last week and ranks third among ECHL rookies with 16 points.

Augusta Lynx (4-8-0) at Florida Everblades (4-4-4) 7:30 ET / 6:30 CT

... Florida is 1-0-1 against Augusta in 2002-03 and 22-4-3 all-time in the regular season. ... Augusta is tied for 26th in the ECHL in scoring averaging 2.00 goals per game. ... Florida is 0-0-4 in overtime/shootouts despite outshooting its opponents, 24-7 in overtime. ... Lynx' Colin Zulianello earned his first professional shutout with 2-0 win against Columbia on Saturday.

Trenton Titans (7-6-2) at Greensboro Generals (7-4-2) 7:30 ET / 6:30 CT

... Trenton is 0-1-0 against Greensboro in 2002-03 and 11-4-3 all-time in the regular season. ... Greensboro's Daniel Berthiaume stopped 33-of-34 shots in a 2-1 win against Trenton on Thursday. ... Adam Edinger leads Trenton with 14 points (6g-4a) and four power-play goals. ... Generals' Chris Bell has eight points in his last five games (6g-2a).

Toledo Storm (12-1-1) at Johnstown Chiefs (5-8-1) 7:30 ET / 6:30 CT

... Johnstown is 1-2-0 against Toledo in 2002-03 and 35-36-0 all-time in the regular season. ... Storm's Alexandre Jacques has eight points (4g-4a) in his last five games. ... Nine different Johnstown players have scored a goal against Toledo in three games. ... Toledo is second in the ECHL in goals allowed with 2.64 goals per game.

Cincinnati Cyclones (5-5-1) at Lexington Men O' War (4-5-4) 7:30 ET / 6:30 CT

... Cincinnati is 1-0-0 all-time against Lexington after a 4-3 overtime win on November 8. ... Lexington's Van Burgess had two goals and one assist at Cincinnati on November 8. ... Cyclones' Aaron Brand has five points (3g-2a) in his last five games. ... Lexington has not allowed a shorthand goal this season.

South Carolina Stingrays (10-3-0) at Pee Dee Pride (8-3-1) 7:30 ET / 6:30 CT

... South Carolina is 1-0-0 against Pee Dee after a 5-4 shootout win on opening night. ... Pride is 5-0-1 at home and 7-1-0 when leading after the first period. ... Stingrays' Dave Seitz had two goals against Pee Dee on October 11. ... Pee Dee leads the ECHL in scoring averaging 4.25 goals per game.

Roanoke Express (7-3-2) at Richmond Renegades (8-7-0) 7:35 ET / 6:35 CT

... Richmond is 37-28-9 all-time against Roanoke in the regular season. ... Express' Jason Jaffray has 10 points (4g-6a) in his last five games. ... Richmond has won two in a row and seven of its last nine, improving to 8-7-0. ... Dylan Gyori has scored in 10 of 11 games for Roanoke, and leads the team with 17 assists and 21 points.

Arkansas RiverBlades (9-3-2) at Peoria Rivermen (6-3-2) 8:00 ET / 7:00 CT

... Arkansas is 2-5-2 all-time against Peoria in the regular season. ... Tyler Rennette leads the Rivermen with six power-play goals, eight goals and 16 points. ... RiverBlades' Buddy Smith has nine points (2g-7a) in his last five games. ... Rivermen have not allowed a shorthand goal this season.

Louisiana IceGators (8-4-2) at Pensacola Ice Pilots (4-4-3) 8:05 ET / 7:05 CT

... First of 10 meetings between Louisiana and Pensacola in 2002-03. ... Pensacola's Maxime Gingras is 2-1-1 with a 2.05 goals against average in his last five games. ... Louisiana's Shawn McNeil leads the ECHL with 12 goals. ... Greg Pankewicz leads the Ice Pilots with six goals in seven games.

Jackson Bandits (6-8-0) at Mississippi Sea Wolves (8-3-1) 8:35 ET / 7:35 CT

... Mississippi is 1-0-0 against Jackson after a 4-3 win on October 13. ... Jackson's Jeff Bes had two goals against Mississippi on October 13. ... Sea Wolves defensemen Jim Baxter has seven points (4g-3a) in his last five games. ... Bandits' Scott Kelman has six points (3g-3a) in his last five games.




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