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East Beats West In ECHL Skills Competition

January 20, 2004 - ECHL (ECHL)
Charlotte Checkers News Release


(Peoria, Illinois. – Tuesday, January 20) The following are the results from the 2004 Par-A-Dice ECHL All-Star Skills Competition held Tuesday, January 20 at Carver Arena. A crowd of 6,169 watched the Skills Competition on the eve of the 2004 ECHL All-Star game which will be played Wednesday night.

The Checkers Dusty Jamieson represented Charlotte in the Skills Competition Tuesday night, competing first in the ITECH Rapid Fire competition. Jamieson and Greenville's Chris Lynch shot against Idaho goalkeeper Dan Ellis. Dusty also competed in the ITECH "Breakaway Relay," and again was matched against Idaho's Ellis.

Eastern Conference 11 d. Western Conference 10

Puck Control Relay Team

Eastern Conference (Kevin Spiewak, South Carolina; Tom Reimann, Greensboro; and Alex Burrows, Columbia) d. Western Conference (David Cornacchia, Idaho; Greg Jacina, Augusta; and Greg Barber, San Diego.

Puck Control Relay Individual

Eastern Conference (Jon Zion, Reading) d. Western Conference (Brent Gauvreau, Mississippi).

Fastest Skater

Eastern Conference (14.508 average) d. Western Conference (15.074 average)

1. Kevin Spiewak, South Carolina, 14.166
2. Sam Paolini, Atlantic City, 14.550
3. Brian McCullough, Florida, 14.808
4. Joe Talbot, Alaska, 14.791
5. J-F Plourde, Columbus, 15.033
6. Kevin Truelson, Fresno, 15.399

Hardest Shot

Western Conference (92.775 average) d. Eastern Conference (92.375 average)

1. Ben Storey, Louisiana, 96.3
2. Randy Rowe, Peoria, 94.1
2. Brian Fahey, Atlantic City, 94.1
4. Troy Milam, Gwinnett, 93.0
5. Morten Ask, Toledo, 91.2
6. Dave Cousineau, Las Vegas, 91.1
7. Corey Neilson, Pensacola, 90.7
8. Nate Kiser, Dayton, 90.1

Rapid Fire

Western Conference d. Eastern Conference

Eastern Conference (4 of 30) – Jason Notermann, Johnstown and Mark McRae, Florence, 1 of 10 vs. Fred Cloutier, Louisiana (9 saves); Jason Maleyko, Cincinnati, and Brian McCullough, Florida, 3 of 10 vs. Michael Garnett, Gwinnett (7 saves); Chris Lynch, Greenville and Dusty Jamieson, Charlotte, 0 of 10 vs. Dan Ellis, Idaho (10 saves).

Western Conference (7 of 30) – Justin Kelly, Las Vegas, and Charles Linglet, Alaska, 1 of 10 vs. Scott Stirling, Atlantic City (9 saves); Andrew Ianiero, Bakersfield and John Snowden, Texas, 3 of 10 vs. Chris Houle, Trenton (7 saves); Greg Chambers, Pensacola and Nick Ganga, Long Beach, 3 of 10 vs. Cory Campbell, Johnstown (7 saves).

Accuracy Shooting

Eastern Conference (9 of 23) d. Western Conference (8 of 23)

Individual Winner – Steffon Walby, Mississippi (4 of 8)

Eastern Conference – Shawn Limpright, Roanoke (3 of 7), David Masse, Reading (3 of 8), Jason Jaffray, Wheeling (3 of 8).

Western Conference – J-F Plourde, Columbus (1 of 8), Justin Kelly, Las Vegas (3 of 7), Steffon Walby, Mississippi (4 of 8).

Breakaway Relay

Eastern Conference d. Western Conference

Western Conference vs. Cory Campbell, Johnstown (Saves – 4 of 6) – Charles Linglet, Alaska (made), Greg Jacina, Augusta (made), Andrew Ianiero, Bakersfield (missed), J-F Plourde, Columbus (missed), Kevin Truelson, Fresno (missed), Troy Milam, Gwinnett (missed).

Eastern Conference vs. Dan Ellis, Idaho (Saves – 2 of 6)– Sam Paolini, Atlantic City (made), Dusty Jamieson, Charlotte (made), Jason Maleyko, Cincinnati (made), Alex Burrows, Columbia (missed), Nate Kiser, Dayton (missed), Mark McRae, Florence (made).

Western Conference vs. Chris Houle, Trenton (Saves – 4 of 6) – David Cornacchia, Idaho (missed), Greg Chambers, Pensacola (missed), Dave Cousineau, Las Vegas (missed), Nick Ganga, Long Beach (made), Ben Storey, Louisiana (made), Steffon Walby, Mississippi (missed).

Eastern Conference vs. Fred Cloutier, Louisiana (Saves – 5 of 6) – Brian Fahey, Atlantic City (missed), Brian McCullough, Florida (missed), Tom Reimann, Greensboro (missed), Chris Lynch, Greenville (missed), Jason Notermann, Johnstown (made), David Masse, Reading (missed).

Western Conference vs. Scott Stirling, Atlantic City (Saves – 4 of 6) – Justin Kelly, Las Vegas (missed), Brent Gauvreau, Mississippi (missed), Corey Neilson, Pensacola (missed), Greg Barber, San Diego (made), John Snowden, Texas (missed), Joe Talbot, Alaska (made).

Eastern Conference vs. Michael Garnett, Gwinnett (Saves – 5 of 6) – Jon Zion, Reading (missed), Shawn Limpright, Roanoke (missed), Kevin Spiewak, South Carolina (made), Morten Ask, Toledo (missed), Jason Jaffray, Wheeling (missed), Randy Rowe, Peoria (missed).

Outstanding Goaltender – Fredric Cloutier, Louisiana IceGators (14 of 16 saves)

The Checkers will send out a complete game summary of the 2004 Par-A-Dice ECHL All-Star Game Wednesday night. Fans may also access complete information on the team website at www.gocheckers.com. The ECHL Board of Governors will also meet in Peoria in conjunction with the All-Star game festivities. Checkers President Jeff Longo will represent Charlotte as the teams' Governor at the meetings.

The Checkers will get back to action this Friday night as they open up a three-game homestand by hosting the Greensboro Generals at 7:30 p.m. at Cricket Arena. Charlotte will host the Greenville Grrrowl the following night, Saturday, January 24 at 7:30 p.m., also at Cricket Arena.

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UPCOMING PROMOTIONS:

Fri., Jan. 23rd - 7:30 p.m. vs. Greensboro Nostalgia Night Celebrate the Checkers history and see how hockey started in Charlotte!

Sat., Jan. 24th - 7:30 p.m. vs. Greenville Turn Back the Clock NIght Join us as we turn back the clock at Cricket Arena with food and ticket prices from the past!

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TICKET INFO: All individual game tickets are on sale and may be purchased at the Cricket Arena Box Office, the Charlotte Coliseum Box Office, and all Ticketmaster locations. Tickets may also be purchased by phone by using a credit card and calling Ticketmaster at (704) 522-6500, and through the Internet at www.ticketmaster.com.

Individual game tickets for the 2003-04 season are priced at $7.00 for balcony seats, $10.00 for end mezzanine seats, $12.00 for side mezzanine seats, $15.00 for circle seats, and $20.00 for box seats.

Season Tickets, mini plans and group tickets remain on sale through the Checkers office. Further information can be obtained by calling the Checkers office at (704) 342-4423.

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