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December 12, 2005 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release


American Conference - North Division

Dayton Bombers
* Bombers are the only team in the league that has not allowed a shorthand goal.
* Rookie right wing Tim Konsorada has five points (1g-4a) in his last four games.
* Bombers host Wheeling on Thursday before traveling to Trenton on Friday and Saturday.

Johnstown Chiefs
* Justin Kelly has two power-play goals and eight points (2g-6a) in his last five games.
* Power play is 8-for-14 in December (57 percent) after going 16-for-131 (12 percent) in October and November.
* Chiefs host Trenton on Wednesday and Fresno on Friday and visit Wheeling on Saturday.

Reading Royals
* 2005 All-Star Jon Francisco has five points (2g-3a) in his last three games.
* Royals had seven different players score a goal in Friday's 7-2 win at Johnstown.
* Royals play home-and-home with Wheeling on Tuesday (home) and Friday (away) before hosting Fresno on Saturday and Sunday.

Toledo Storm
* Storm ranks fourth in the league with 3.75 goals per game.
* Ken Magowan (2g-2a) and Jeff Attard (0g-3a) combined for seven points in 7-1 win on Sunday.
* Storm travels to Columbia on Friday and Gwinnett on Saturday.

Trenton Titans
* Mathieu Brunelle has a five-game scoring streak (2g-5a).
* Titans are 11-2-0 when scoring two goals or more and 9-1-2 when allowing two goals or less.
* Trenton plays at Johnstown on Wednesday before hosting Dayton on Friday and Saturday.

Wheeling Nailers
* Kurtis McLean (6g), Sean Collins (3g) and Drew Fata (3g) have scored 12 of team's 15 goals in December.
* Sean Collins (9g-18a) and Kurtis McLean (15g-12a) lead ECHL rookies with 27 points
* Wheeling plays home-and-home with Reading on Tuesday (away) and Friday (home) while visiting Dayton on Thursday and hosting Johnstown on Saturday.

National Conference - West Division

Alaska Aces
* Aces have not started the same goaltender in back-to-back games during their 11-game win streak.
* Ryan Gaucher (1g-9a) and Chris Minard (6g-4a) have 10 points in their last five games.
* Aces travel to Victoria on Friday and Saturday.

Idaho Steelheads
* Scott Burt has four points (2g-2a) in his last three games.
* Jonathan Zion is tied for fifth among ECHL defensemen with 18 points (5g-13a) in 17 games.
* Steelheads host Utah on Friday and Saturday.

Las Vegas Wranglers
* Wranglers have not lost in regulation since Nov. 19 going 10-0-1.
* Rookie Mike McKenna is 6-0-3 and tied for fourth in the ECHL with goals against of 2.10.
* Wranglers travel to Stockton on Friday and Saturday.

Phoenix RoadRunners
* RoadRunners went 3-1-0 on four-game road trip against Pacific Division opponents.
* Jason Deskins has three points (1g-2a) in his last three games.
* Phoenix hosts Bakersfield on Friday and Sunday and travels to Long Beach on Saturday.

Utah Grizzlies
* Ryan Kinasewich has three straight multiple-point games (2g-4a).
* James Laux ranks second in the league with six power-play goals and 13 power-play points.
* Grizzlies host San Diego on Monday before traveling to Idaho on Friday and Saturday.

Victoria Salmon Kings
* Steve Lingren leads ECHL defensemen with nine goals and seven power-play goals.
* Adam Taylor is third on the team and tied for seventh among ECHL rookies with 20 points (9g-11a).
* Salmon Kings host Alaska on Friday and Saturday.

National Conference - Pacific Division

Bakersfield Condors
* Ryan Munce is 6-0-4 with a 2.31 goals-against average.
* Four of last five Condors victories have been in a shootout.
* Condors travel to Phoenix on Friday and Sunday and are at San Diego on Saturday.

Fresno Falcons
* Fresno has gone past regulation in eight of the last 11 games (4-1-6).
* Cory Murphy leads the Falcons defense with 17 points (5g-12a).
* Falcons continue six-game road trip playing at Johnstown on Friday and at Reading on Saturday and Sunday.

Long Beach Ice Dogs
* Ice Dogs went 3-1-0 on road trip against North Division opponents.
* Ash Goldie is second among ECHL rookies with 14 goals and six power-play goals.
* Long Beach concludes five-game road trip at San Diego on Friday before hosting Phoenix on Saturday.

San Diego Gulls
* Alex Kim has 11 points (6g-5a) in eight games since joining the Gulls on Nov. 23.
* Gulls have scored a power-play goal in 12 of their last 15 games.
* San Diego plays at Utah on Monday and hosts Long Beach on Friday and Bakersfield on Saturday.

Stockton Thunder
* Home crowd of 10,117 watched Jake Moreland record first shutout in Thunder history on Saturday.
* Stockton has a power-play goal in every game, going 29-for-136 (21.3 percent).
* Stockton hosts Las Vegas on Friday and Saturday.

American Conference - South Division

Augusta Lynx
* Nicolas Corbeil has three points in each of the last three games (4g-5a) and an eight-game scoring streak (7g-8a).
* Dan Sullivan has two goals and five points in his last two games.
* Lynx host Florida on Wednesday and Charlotte on Saturday while visiting South Carolina on Friday.

Charlotte Checkers
* Blake Bellefeuille had a hat trick with a power-play, a shorthand and an even strength goal on Dec. 9.
* Over 40 percent of Checkers offense has come on the power play, nine of 22 goals.
* Checkers host Columbia on Wednesday and Florida on Friday and Sunday while playing at Augusta on Saturday.

Columbia Inferno
* Travis Lisabeth has a six-game point streak (2g-8a).
* Chris Houle has started 11 straight games and is 4-2-0 in the last six games.
* Inferno play at Gwinnett on Tuesday and at Charlotte on Wednesday before hosting Toledo on Friday and Florida on Saturday.

Florida Everblades
* Defenseman Chris Lee has scored in seven of his last eight games (4g-6a).
* Florida has the ECHL's second best penalty kill at 85.7 percent (90-for-105).
* Everblades play at Augusta on Wednesday, at Columbia on Saturday and at Charlotte on Friday and Sunday.

Greenville Grrrowl
* Mike Brodeur leads the ECHL with 1,211 minutes and 11 wins and has started 20 straight games.
* Greenville has 11 different players who have scored 10 points or more.
* Grrrowl hosts Gwinnett on Friday and South Carolina on Saturday.

Gwinnett Gladiators
* Defenseman Matt York scored his first professional goal in 4-3 win on Dec. 8.
* Gladiators lead the league with 4.42 goals per game.
* Gladiators host Columbia on Tuesday and Toledo on Saturday while traveling to Pensacola on Wednesday and Greenville on Friday.

Pensacola Ice Pilots
* Corey Neilson and Bryson Busniuk each have six points (2g-4a) in the last five games.
* Luke Fulghum is fifth among ECHL rookies with 22 points (8g-14a).
* Ice Pilots play only game of the week on Wednesday when they host Gwinnett.

South Carolina Stingrays
* Brad Parsons is tied for the league lead with 20 assists in 23 games.
* Maxime Daigneault is 4-0-1 with goals against of 2.37 in December.
* Stingrays host Augusta on Friday before traveling to Greenville on Saturday.

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