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Published on January 16, 2006 under ECHL (ECHL) News Release


Dayton Bombers
* Scott Cameron leads team with 16 goals and 25 assists and is tied for eighth in the league with 41 points.
* Dayton swept two games against Trenton last weekend to improve to 4-3-2 against Titans.
* Bombers play at Trenton on Friday and Saturday.

Johnstown Chiefs
* Justin Kelly leads team with 13 goals, 19 assists and 32 points in 24 games.
* All-Star Jonathan Boutin is 8-8-2 with goals against of 2.82 and save percentage of .923.
* Chiefs host Reading on Wednesday before traveling to Toledo on Friday and Reading on Saturday.

Reading Royals
* Mike Kompon leads the league with 32 assists and is tied for eighth in scoring with 41 points.
* Chris Bala leads the league with five shorthand points and is tied for the lead with four shorthand goals.
* Royals play at Johnstown on Wednesday and then host Wheeling on Friday and Johnstown on Saturday.

Toledo Storm
* Ken Magowan is tied for second in the league with 11 power-play goals.
* Bracken Kearns has a five-game home assist streak (5a) and a four-game home goal-scoring (5g) streak.
* Storm hosts Johnstown on Friday and Wheeling on Saturday.

Trenton Titans
* Trenton leads the league with 13 one-goal wins and is 13-3-2 in one-goal games.
* All-Star starter Scott Bertoli has 15 points (5g-10a) in his last 10 games.
* Titans host Dayton on Friday and Saturday.

Wheeling Nailers
* Making 26 saves in 5-0 win against Trenton on Sunday, Andy Franck recorded his second professional shutout.
* 2006 All-Star Sean Collins leads ECHL rookies with 31 assists and is tied for lead with 46 points.
* Nailers play at Reading on Friday and at Toledo on Saturday.

American Conference - South Division

Augusta Lynx
* Joel Stepp is second on the team with 28 points and third with 19 assists in 28 games.
* In the last three games, Jason Wolfe is 2-1-0 with a 2.59 goals-against average.
* Lynx play at South Carolina on Friday and at Florida on Saturday.

Charlotte Checkers
* Defenseman Ryan Glenn is tied for the league lead with three shorthand assists.
* Dusty Jamieson leads the team with 31 points and is tied for the team lead with 14 goals.
* Checkers host Pensacola on Tuesday and visit Columbia on Friday before hosting Greenville on Saturday and South Carolina on Sunday.

Columbia Inferno
* Travis Lisabeth has a team-leading 12 points (6g-6a) in the last 10 games.
* Leon Hayward is fifth in the league with 19 goals and tied for team lead with 31 points.
* Inferno plays at Greenville on Monday and at South Carolina on Saturday while hosting Charlotte on Friday.

Florida Everblades
* Florida is 6-1-0 in its last seven games and 11-2-1 in its last 14 games.
* All-Star Dan Sisca leads team in plus-minus rating (+16), assists (29) and points (40).
* Everblades play at Fresno on Tuesday before hosting Pensacola on Friday and Augusta on Saturday.

Greenville Grrrowl
* In his last five games, All-Star goaltender Mike Brodeur is 4-1-0 with goals-against average of 1.78.
* Les Haggett has a six-game assist (8a) and six-game scoring streak (1g-8a).
* Grrrowl hosts Pensacola on Monday and Gwinnett on Friday before traveling to Charlotte on Saturday.

Gwinnett Gladiators
* Jeff Campbell leads the team with 27 assists and is tied for fifth in the league with 43 points.
* All-Star right wing Guillaume Desbiens is second on the team with 40 points.
* Gladiators host Columbia on Monday before traveling to Greenville on Friday and Pensacola on Saturday.

Pensacola Ice Pilots
* Pensacola has won season-high four consecutive games and is 4-1-0 on current eight-game road trip.
* Todd Ford went 4-0-0 with overtime win, a shootout win and 133 saves last week.
* Ice Pilots play at Greenville on Monday, at Charlotte on Tuesday and at Florida on Friday before hosting Gwinnett on Saturday.

South Carolina Stingrays
* Evan Schwabe leads the team in the last 10 games with five goals, seven assists and 12 points.
* Maxime Daigneault is second in the league with 1,615 minutes and 795 saves.
* Stingrays host Augusta on Friday and Columbia on Saturday before traveling to Charlotte on Sunday.

National Conference - Pacific Division

Bakersfield Condors
* Sean Venedam has five goals and seven points in his last three games.
* In the last five games, Condors have scored 14 of their 16 goals in the first and second period.
* Condors host Victoria on Friday and Saturday before traveling to San Diego on Sunday.

Fresno Falcons
* Falcons have lost in regulation only twice in the last 23 games (14-2-7).
* John Wroblewski leads the Falcons in the last five games with five goals and six points.
* Falcons host Florida on Tuesday before playing at Idaho on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Long Beach Ice Dogs
* Justin Aikens leads the Ice Dogs with seven assists and 10 points in the last five games.
* Greg Hewitt and Jaroslav Halak are 4-0-0 with a 2.04 goals-against average in their last four starts.
* Ice Dogs host San Diego on Saturday and Victoria on Sunday.

San Diego Gulls
* Pierre-Luc Sleigher has scored in eight of his last nine games (4g-11a).
* Gulls have won their last two games, outscoring their opponents 11-6.
* Gulls host Las Vegas on Friday and Bakersfield on Sunday while visiting Long Beach on Saturday.

Stockton Thunder
* Thunder has drawn crowds over 6,000 in three of its last four home games.
* Five of Stockton's wins have come outside the Pacific Division.
* Thunder plays at Alaska on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.

National Conference - West Division

Alaska Aces
* All-Star starter Chris Beckford-Tseu is 12-1-2 with league-leading 1.97 goals-against average.
* Joe Talbot leads the Aces in January with 12 points (7g-5a) in eight games.
* Aces host Stockton on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.

Idaho Steelheads
* Garett Bembridge (5g-3a) and Mike Stutzel (2g-6a) lead the Steelheads in scoring the last five games.
* Matt Yeats is 2-0-0 with a 2.06 goals-against average and .928 save percentage in January.
* Steelheads host Pacific Division leader Fresno on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Las Vegas Wranglers
* Wranglers are 5-0-0 with goal against of 1.20 in their last five games.
* Rookie Chris Neiszner has two game-winning goals and five points (4g-1a) in his last four games.
* Wranglers play at Phoenix on Thursday and at San Diego on Friday.

Phoenix RoadRunners
* Michael Mole has goals against of 1.99 in the last five games yet is 1-3-1.
* Phoenix ranks fifth in the league with five shorthand goals allowed.
* RoadRunners host Las Vegas on Thursday before traveling to play at Utah on Friday and Saturday.

Utah Grizzlies
* All-Star Matt Craig leads Utah with seven assists and nine points in January.
* Tom Reimann is tied for third among ECHL defensemen and tied for team lead with 23 assists.
* Grizzlies host Phoenix on Friday and Saturday.

Victoria Salmon Kings
* All-Star starter Steve Lingren leads ECHL defensemen with 15 goals and 10 power-play goals.
* In the last six games, Salmon Kings are 4-2-0 and have outscored their opponents 25-23.
* Victoria plays at Bakersfield on Friday and Saturday and at Long Beach on Sunday.




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