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March 17, 2003 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release


Arkansas RiverBlades

* RiverBlades lead the ECHL on the power play with 23.7 percent (84-for-354).

* Buddy Smith leads the ECHL with 91 points and 65 assists.

* Matt Pagnutti leads ECHL defensemen with 12 power-play goals and ranks third in scoring with 50 points.

* Arkansas hosts Mississippi on Monday and Pensacola on Friday and Saturday.

Baton Rouge Kingfish

* Kingfish have scored one or more power-play goals in their last six victories.

* Baton Rouge ranks 25th in the ECHL in goals allowed, averaging 3.69 goals per game.

* Niklas Sundberg is 4-2-0 with a 2.81 goals against average in his last six games.

* Baton Rouge travels to Jackson on Saturday.

Jackson Bandits

* Adam Hauser is 5-0-1 with a 1.64 goals against average in his last six games.

* Jackson ranks 27th in the ECHL on the power play with 12.3 percent (41-for-332).

* John McNabb has scored 35 (13g-22a) of team-leading 62 points (31g-31a) at home.

* Jackson hosts Pensacola on Monday and Louisiana on Wednesday, travels to Louisiana on Friday, and hosts Baton Rouge on Saturday and Pensacola on Sunday.

Louisiana IceGators

* Shawn McNeil ranks third in the ECHL with eight game-winning goals and fifth in scoring with 82 points (35g-47a).

* Kyle Kettles broke his own team record of 12 straight starts when he started his 14th consecitive game on Saturday.

* Bobby Brown has three power-play goals and 12 points (5g-7a) in his last 10 games.

* Louisiana travels to Jackson on Wednesday before hosting Jackson on Friday and Mississippi on Saturday.

Mississippi Sea Wolves

* Mississippi has won a team-record 10 consecutive home games.

* Jim Baxter leads ECHL defensemen with 73 points and 57 assists.

* Greg Gardner is 6-0-0 with a 2.42 goals against average in his last seven games.

* Mississippi travels to Arkansas on Monday and Louisiana on Saturday before hosting Arkansas on Sunday.

Pensacola Ice Pilots

* Greg Pankewicz leads the ECHL with 41 goals and is tied for the lead with 17 power-play goals.

* Brad Dexter ranks fourth among ECHL defensemen in assists with 40 and is fifth in scoring with 48 points.

* Maxime Gingras ranks second in the ECHL in minutes (3,013) and saves (1,594).

* Pensacola hosts Jackson on Monday before traveling to Arkansas on Friday and Saturday and Jackson on Sunday.

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