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January 6, 2003 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release


Arkansas RiverBlades

* Matt Pagnutti has a career-high 10 goals and ranks fifth among ECHL defensemen with 30 points.

* Buddy Smith is tied for the ECHL scoring lead with 53 points and is second in the ECHL with 35 assists.

* Jason Bermingham is tied for the team lead with 18 goals and ranks second with 42 points.

* RiverBlades host Toledo on Tuesday and Mississippi on Friday.

Baton Rouge Kingfish

* Bryan Richardson has 99 goals as a Kingfish, four shy of coach Cam Brown's team record of 103 goals.

* Niklas Sundberg is 2-0-1 with a 2.59 goals against average in his first three games with Baton Rouge.

* Kingfish have improved penalty kill from 74.6 percent to 82.4 percent, climbing from 25th to 12th in the ECHL.

* Kingfish host Toledo on Friday.

Jackson Bandits

* Brian Forslund has seven points (3g-4a) in his last four games.

* Adam Hauser went 2-0 and picked up his third shutout, tying him for the ECHL lead, last week.

* Bandits playing final home games before 20-game road trip, returning home on March 14 against Baton Rouge.

* Jackson hosts Toledo on Wednesday, Pensacola on Friday and Mississippi on Saturday.

Louisiana IceGators

* Dave Farrish is 120-44-18 in his third season with Louisiana and 399-341-78 in his 11th season as a head coach.

* Louisiana has played an ECHL-high 14 overtime games and is 3-4 in overtime games and 3-4 in shootouts.

* Derek Boogaard picked up his first professional goal, the game winner, in Saturday's 5-0 win at Baton Rouge.

* Louisiana hosts Columbus on Thursday.

Mississippi Sea Wolves

* Jim Baxter, who is a starter on defense in the All-Star Game, has an eight-game scoring streak (2g-9a).

* Greg Gardner has played in 29 of Mississippi's 36 games and leads the ECHL in minutes with 1,889.

* Steffon Walby, who is the starter at right wing in the All-Star Game, leads the ECHL with seven game-winning goals.

* Sea Wolves play at Arkansas on Friday and at Jackson on Saturday.

Pensacola Ice Pilots

* Louis Dumont has six points (3g-3a) in his last five games and leads the team with 23 assists.

* Gregor Baumgartner has 12 points (7g-5a) in his last 10 games and 25 points (14g-11a) in 27 games.

* Greg Pankewicz leads the team with 20 goals, eight power-play goals and 35 points.

* Ice Pilots play at Florida on Tuesday and at Jackson on Friday before hosting Toledo on Sunday.

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