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ECHL Today - October 19

October 19, 2013 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release


A preview of ECHL games for Saturday, Oct. 19, 2013

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Florida Everblades (1-0-0) at Orlando Solar Bears (0-1-0) 7 p.m. ET

- Florida's Matthew Pistilli had two assists on Friday.

- Corey Fienhage scored Orlando's lone goal on Friday.

- Everblades' goaltender Kristers Gudlevskis made 20 saves to record first pro win last night.

- Solar Bears went 8-for-8 on the penalty kill on Friday.

Greenville Road Warriors (1-0-0) at Gwinnett Gladiators (0-1-0) 7:05 p.m. ET

- Andrew Rowe had four points (3g-1a) for Greenville in 5-3 win at Gwinnett last night.

- Gwinnett's Jonathan Narbonne scored first pro goal last night.

- Greenville goaltender Carsen Chubak recorded win with 20 saves on Friday.

- Gladiators went 1-for-3 on the power play on Friday.

Wheeling Nailers (1-0-0) at Cincinnati Cyclones (0-0-0) 7:35 p.m. ET

- Wheeling's Christiaan Minella scored two goals in 3-2 win against Elmira on Friday.

- Ben Simon makes his head coaching debut tonight for the Cyclones.

- Nailers' goaltender Mike Condon made 40 saves last night.

- Cincinnati is 47-42-6 all-time against the Nailers.

Toledo Walleye (0-0-0) at Fort Wayne Komets (0-0-0) 7:35 p.m. ET

- Toledo head coach Nick Vitucci is 273-231-49 in eight seasons with the club.

- Gary Graham makes his debut as Fort Wayne head coach.

- Walleye went 7-3-1 against Fort Wayne last season.

- Komets led the ECHL in attendance last season with 7,583 fans per game.

South Carolina Stingrays (0-0-0) at Reading Royals (0-0-0) 7:35 p.m. ET

- South Carolina head coach Spencer Carbery is 75-54-15 in two seasons with the club.

- Yannick Tifu led Reading last season with 27 goals and 72 points.

- Stingrays have advanced to the postseason in 19 of their 20 ECHL seasons.

- Royals look to become first ECHL team to repeat as champions since Toledo in 1993 and 1994.

Kalamazoo Wings (0-0-0) at Evansville IceMen (0-0-0) 7:15 p.m. CT

- Kalamazoo's Sam Ftorek is three games shy of becoming just third player in ECHL history to play 700 career games.

- Evansville head coach Jeff Pyle ranks third in ECHL history with 860 games coached and 446 wins.

- K-Wings' Joel Martin led ECHL with 31 wins and 2,051 saves last season.

- Dylan Clarke led Evansville last season with 25 goals.

Bakersfield Condors (0-0-1) at Ontario Reign (0-0-0) 6 p.m. PT

- Chase Schaber scored lone Bakersfield goal on Friday.

- Ontario head coach Jason Christie is fourth in ECHL history with 396 wins.

- Bakersfield goaltender Tyler Bunz made 22 saves last night.

- Reign have won Pacific Division title each of the last two seasons.

Utah Grizzlies (1-0-0) at Las Vegas Wranglers (0-0-0) 7:05 p.m. PT

- Utah's Jamie MacQueen scored all four of his team's goals in 4-2 win against Idaho on Friday.

- Mike Madill makes his debut as Las Vegas head coach.

- Grizzlies were 6-for-6 on the penalty kill last night.

- Las Vegas is 39-29-7 all-time against the Grizzlies.

Colorado Eagles (1-0-0) at Stockton Thunder (0-0-0) 7:30 p.m. PT

- Colorado's Kyle Ostrow scored team's lone regulation goal on Friday.

- Garet Hunt is Stockton's all-time leader with 314 games played.

- Eagles' goaltender Adam Brown made 27 saves last night.

- Thunder won club record 22 home games last season.

San Francisco Bulls (1-0-0) at Alaska Aces (0-1-0) 7:15 p.m. AKT

- San Francisco's Tyler Beskorowany made 44 saves in 2-1 win against Aces last night.

- Tim Coffman scored Alaska's lone goal on Friday.

- Bulls were 5-for-5 on the penalty kill on Friday.

- Alaska's Peter Sivak had seven shots on goal last night.




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