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January 22, 2007 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release


National Conference - West Division


Alaska Aces
* Alaska leads ECHL in plus-minus rating with +204 and has six of its players are in the Top 10.
* Joe Talbot has 13 points (8g-5a) in 10 games in January.
* Aces host Stockton on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.


Idaho Steelheads
* Steelheads are 27.2 percent (10-for-37) on the power play the last five games.
* Marty Flichel is on a six-game point streak (5g-7a).
* Idaho plays at Utah on Wednesday and at Las Vegas on Friday and Saturday.


Phoenix RoadRunners
* Phoenix has 126 goals and 66 (52.3 percent) have been power-play or shorthand goals.
* Daniel Winnik registered his first professional points with three assists at Idaho on Jan. 19.
* RoadRunners play at Fresno on Friday.


Utah Grizzlies
* Utah is on a season-high five-game win streak.
* Rob McVicar is 4-0-0 with a shutout and 1.24 goals-against average in his last four starts.
* Grizzlies host Idaho on Wednesday and play at Long Beach on Friday and Saturday.


Victoria Salmon Kings
* Salmon Kings are 3-1 in shootouts and 2-0 in overtime.
* Defenseman Phil Cole scored first goal in 6-5 shootout win against Bakersfield on Jan. 20.
* Victoria hosts Bakersfield on Monday before traveling to Long Beach on Wednesday and Sunday and Bakersfield on Friday and Saturday.



National Conference - Pacific Division


Bakersfield Condors
* Condors are 6-1-1 in January.
* Brett Lutes has an eight-game point streak (6g-6a).
* Bakersfield plays at Victoria on Monday before hosting Fresno on Wednesday and Victoria on Friday and Saturday.


Fresno Falcons
* Falcons have a shorthand goal in the last three games and lead the ECHL with 16 shorthand goals.
* Luke Curtin has 322 assists in the ECHL to rank 16th all-time in league history.
* Fresno hosts Long Beach on Tuesday and Phoenix on Friday while playing at Bakersfield on Wednesday and at Las Vegas on Sunday.


Las Vegas Wranglers
* Las Vegas ranks sixth in the ECHL on the power play with 18.0 percent (45-for-250).
* Bryce Thoma recorded his first professional goal in 3-2 loss to Utah on Jan. 20.
* Wranglers host Idaho on Friday and Saturday and Fresno on Sunday.


Long Beach Ice Dogs
* Ice Dogs were shut out for the first time all season on Jan. 20, 3-0 by Fresno.
* Rookie T.J. Trevelyan is tied for fifth in ECHL with three shorthand goals.
* Long Beach plays at Fresno on Tuesday before hosting Victoria on Wednesday and Sunday and Utah on Friday and Saturday.


Stockton Thunder
* Stockton is 11-2-5 against West Division opponents this season.
* Troy Bodie ranks second in ECHL in rookie scoring with 32 points (16g-16a).
* Thunder play at Alaska on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.



American Conference - North Division


Cincinnati Cyclones
* Cincinnati has killed off 64 of 67 power-play chances (95.5 percent) since Dec. 28.
* Sam Ftorek had eight-game point streak (4g-5a) end in 4-0 loss at Toledo on Jan. 19.
* Cyclones play at Wheeling on Friday and at Dayton on Saturday.


Dayton Bombers
* Bombers are 6-2-2 in their last 10 home games and 8-4-1 overall at home.
* Yannick Tifu is on a three-game goal streak (4g).
* Dayton hosts Wheeling on Wednesday, Toledo on Friday and Cincinnati on Saturday before playing at Johnstown on Sunday.


Johnstown Chiefs
* Stanislav Lascek has 18 points (6g-12a) in 12 games with the Chiefs.
* Defenseman Dmitri Tarabrin had two goals and an assist in 6-3 loss at Dayton on Jan. 19.
* Chiefs play at Trenton on Wednesday before hosting Augusta on Saturday and Dayton on Sunday.


Reading Royals
* Royals snapped season-high three-game losing streak with 3-0 win over Trenton on Jan. 19.
* Jeff Pietrasiak tied season high with 43 saves in 3-2 shootout loss to Charlotte on Jan. 20.
* Royals host Charlotte on Friday and Toledo on Saturday before visiting Trenton on Sunday.


Toledo Storm
* Toledo leads ECHL with 32 points and 16 wins (16-5-0) at home.
* Mike Brodeur is 3-2-0 and has two shutouts in five starts with Toledo.
* Storm play at Dayton on Friday and at Reading on Saturday.


Trenton Titans
* Titans have a power-play goal in 10 of the last 11 games, going 15-for-84 (17.9 percent).
* Mike Pandolfo leads ECHL with 29 goals and is second with 14 power-play goals.
* Trenton hosts Johnstown on Wednesday, Augusta on Friday and Reading on Sunday while playing at Wheeling on Saturday.


Wheeling Nailers
* Wheeling is fifth in the ECHL on the power play at 18.1 percent (38-for-210).
* Ryan Moren and Paul Bissonnette are tied for team lead among defensemen with five goals.
* Nailers play at Dayton on Tuesday before hosting Cincinnati on Friday, Trenton on Saturday and Augusta on Sunday.



American Conference - South Division


Augusta Lynx
* Augusta is 4-0-1 in the last five games and 7-2-1 in the last 10 games.
* Ryan Lang has an 11-game point streak (4g-16a).
* Lynx play at Columbia on Tuesday, at Trenton on Friday and at Johnstown on Saturday.


Charlotte Checkers
* Checkers have won five straight and are 5-0-2 in their last seven games.
* Mike Ouellette is on a nine-game point streak (5g-11a).
* Charlotte plays at Reading on Friday.


Columbia Inferno
* Columbia is 86.9 percent (93-for-107) on the penalty kill at home.
* Bryson Busniuk is on a five-game point streak (2g-5a).
* Inferno host Augusta on Tuesday and Pensacola on Friday and Saturday.


Florida Everblades
* Florida is tied for fifth in ECHL on the penalty kill with 85.5 percent (225-for-263).
* Defenseman Ryan Van Buskirk skated in his 300th career game on Jan. 19.
* Everblades host Gwinnett on Friday and Saturday.


Gwinnett Gladiators
* Gwinnett leads ECHL with 77 power-play goals and is 38 shy of league power-play goal record.
* Jon Awe leads league with 17 power-play goals, ECHL record for power-play goals by defenseman.
* Gwinnett plays at Florida on Friday and Saturday.


Pensacola Ice Pilots
* Mike Wirll has a 12-game point streak (13g-6a).
* Travis Lisabeth is tied for sixth in ECHL with four first goals.
* Ice Pilots play at Columbia on Friday and Saturday.


South Carolina Stingrays
* Stingrays had 10,496 on Jan. 20, first sellout since Oct. 24, 1998 and second over 10,000 this year.
* Davis Parley recorded his career-high 19th win on Jan. 20 (19-10-3).
* South Carolina plays at Texas on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.


Texas Wildcatters
* Texas is 5-0 in the first game at Ford Arena following a road trip.
* Marco Rosa has five goals in four games since returning from Providence of the AHL on Jan. 21.
* Wildcatters host South Carolina on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

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