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April 2, 2003 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release


Kelly Cup Playoffs Southeast Division Semifinals (Best-of-Five)

No. 3 Pee Dee Pride (40-26-6) at No 2 South Carolina Stingrays (42-22-8) 7:00 ET / 6:00 CT

* Pee Dee is 5-5 all-time against South Carolina in the postseason.

* South Carolina was 7-1-1 against Pee-Dee in 2002-03 and is 37-20-7 all-time in the regular season.

* Pride's Matt Reid scored 11 points (7g-4a) in nine regular season games against South Carolina.

* Stingrays' Kirk Daubenspeck was 6-1-1 with a 3.27 GAA in eight games against Pee Dee.

* Since moving to South Carolina in 1997, Pee Dee has never missed the Kelly Cup Playoffs.

* Stingrays have appeared in 75 playoff games, the fourth most postseason games in ECHL history.

* Pee Dee was eliminated in 2002 Southeast Division Finals by eventual Kelly Cup Champion Greenville.

* Stingrays' Dave Seitz scored 14 points (3g-11a) in nine regular season games against Pee-Dee.

* Stingrays have never missed the playoffs in each of their 10 seasons in the ECHL.

* South Carolina won 14 games in 2001 Kelly Cup Playoffs, tying the ECHL record for most playoff wins in a single season.

Kelly Cup Playoffs Southeast Division Semifinals (Best-of-Five)

No. 4 Greenville Grrrowl (28-36-8) at No. 1 Columbia Inferno (47-23-2) 7:05 ET / 6:05 CT

* Greenville won 3-2 at Florida in the Southeast Division Wild Card Game on Tuesday.

* Columbia's penalty kill led the ECHL in the regular season with 86.1 percent (297-for-345).

* Mike Henderson scored the game-winning goal for Greenville on Tuesday.

* Grrrowl is the defending Kelly Cup Champions.

* Columbia has qualified for the postseason in each of its first two seasons.

* Columbia is 2-3 all-time in the playoffs, losing to Pee Dee in the 2002 Southeast Division Semifinals.

* Greenville is in its third Kelly Cup Playoffs and is 22-11 all-time.

* Inferno's Patrick Couture and Rejean Stringer were named to the 2002-03 All-ECHL Second Team.

* Grrrowl coach John Marks is the only head coach in ECHL history to lead two different teams to the ECHL title, accomplishing the feat with Greenville in 2002 and Charlotte in 1996.

* Inferno's Rejean Stringer led the ECHL with 11 game-winning goals, was second in scoring with 96 points, and ranked third with 59 assists.

Kelly Cup Northwest Division Semifinals (Best-of-Five) Cincinnati Leads Series 1-0

No. 3 Cincinnati Cyclones (36-29-7) at No. 2 Peoria Rivermen (48-17-7) 8:05 ET / 7:05 CT

* Aaron Brand's game-winning goal gave Cincinnati a 4-3 win at Peoria on Tuesday.

* Rivermen are 33-22 all-time in the ECHL playoffs.

* Cyclones recorded first postseason win since returning to Cincinnati in 2001.

* Cyclones' Brent Twordik had two goals and Matt Casselman and Steve Rodberg each had two assists.

* Peoria was 6-2-0 against Cincinnati in the regular season and is 13-4-1 all-time in the regular season.

* Cincinnati qualified for its second consecutive Kelly Cup Playoffs.

* Peoria has made the postseason in each of its seven seasons in the ECHL.

* Cyclones lost to Dayton in three games in the 2002 Northwest Division Semifinals.

* Peoria's Tyler Rennette tied for the ECHL lead with seven shorthand goals and tied for second with 42 goals.

* Rivermen led the ECHL in goals allowed during the regular season, averaging 2.51 goals per game.

Kelly Cup Northeast Division Semifinals (Best-of-Five)

No. 4 Trenton Titans (38-24-10) at No. 1 Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies (41-19-12) 7:05 ET / 6:05 CT

* Atlantic City is 6-2-2 against Trenton in 2002-03 and 10-9-2 all-time in the regular season.

* Trenton qualified for the Kelly Cup Playoffs in its final game of the regular season, a 7-2 home win over Atlantic City.

* Titans rank second all-time in postseason road winning percentage with .550 (11-9).

* Atlantic City is 3-0 against Trenton in the playoffs, defeating the Titans in the 2002 Northeast Division Finals.

* Atlantic City led the ECHL in scoring during the regular season, averaging 3.69 goals per game.

* Titans' Adam Edinger scored 11 points (5g-6a) in eight regular season games against Atlantic City.

* Bullies' Jade Galbraith ranked third among ECHL rookies with 74 points and 47 assists.

* Trenton has qualified for the postseason in each of its first five seasons and is 22-18 all-time in the playoffs.

* Bullies have qualified for the postseason in each of their first two seasons in Atlantic City and are 7-5 all-time in the playoffs.

Kelly Cup Northwest Division Semifinals (Best-of-Five)

No. 4 Lexington Men O' War (34-31-7) at No. 1 Toledo Storm (47-15-10) 7:30 ET / 6:30 CT

* Toledo was 5-3-1 in the regular season against Lexington.

* Storm ranked third in the ECHL in regular season goals allowed, averaging 2.72 goals per game.

* Lexington ranked 26th in the ECHL in regular season scoring, averaging 2.61 goals per game.

* Storm's Matt Ellis and Tim Verbeek each scored 10 points (4g-6a) in nine regular season games against Lexington.

* Lexington's Mike Smith ranked fourth in the ECHL with a 2.55 goals against average.

* Toledo has the highest home playoff winning percentage in ECHL history with .780 (32-9).

* Men O' War are making their first Kelly Cup Playoffs appearance.

* Storm's regular season penalty kill was ranked third in the ECHL with 84 percent (357-for-425).

* Men O' War's Ben Storey tied for second among ECHL defensemen with 18 goals.

Kelly Cup Southwest Division Semifinals (Best-of-Five)

No. 3 Arkansas RiverBlades (37-24-11) at No. 2 Louisiana IceGators (40-20-12) 8:05 ET / 7:05 CT

* Louisiana and Arkansas have never met in the Kelly Cup Playoffs.

* Arkansas was 7-2-3 against Louisiana during 2002-03 and is 16-11-8 all-time. * Louisiana has never missed the Kelly Cup Playoffs in its eight seasons.

* RiverBlades' Buddy Smith had 22 points (5g-17a) in 12 games against Louisiana and led the ECHL with 104 points and 74 assists.

* IceGators' leading scorer Shawn McNeil was fourth in the ECHL in points (91) and goals (40).

* Arkansas' power play led the ECHL with 23.6 percent (94-for-399).

* Louisiana won eight consecutive playoff games in 1998, tying it for the third longest postseason winning streak in ECHL history.

* RiverBlades' Scott Fankhouser is 2-0-0 with a 1.44 goals against average in two games against Louisiana.

* IceGators rank fourth all-time with 42 ECHL Playoff wins.

* Arkansas' Jason Bermingham has 11 goals and six assists in 12 games against Louisiana.

Kelly Cup Southwest Division Semifinals (Best-of-Five)

No. 4 Pensacola Ice Pilots (33-30-9) at No. 1 Mississippi Sea Wolves (44-24-4) 8:05 ET / 7:05 CT

* Pensacola defeated Jackson 3-2 in overtime in the Southwest Division Wild Card Game on Tuesday.

* Sea Wolves have qualified for the Kelly Cup Playoffs for the fifth time in their seven-year history.

* Brad Dexter scored the game-winning goal on Tuesday.

* Mississippi is 5-1 against Pensacola all-time in the playoffs.

* Mississippi eliminated the Ice Pilots in their last two postseason appearances including last season's 3-0 sweep in the Southwest Division Semifinals.

* Greg Pankewicz scored two goals in Pensacola's 3-2 Wild Card Game Win at Jackson.

* Mississippi was eliminated by eventual Kelly Cup Champion Greenville in the 2002 Southern Conference Finals.

* Pensacola's Maxime Gingras leads ECHL goalies in the postseason with a 1.57 goals against average and a .962 save percentage.

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