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October 29, 2004 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release


Wheeling Nailers (0-2-0) at Dayton Bombers (1-2-0) 7:00 p.m. ET
* Defenseman Grady Moore has four assists through three games for the Bombers.
* Wheeling was 9-0-1 vs. Dayton in 2003-04.
* Dayton travels to Peoria on Saturday and then back home to face Wheeling on Sunday.
* Pat Bingham is in his second year as head coach of the Nailers.

Pee Dee Pride (2-1-0) at Johnstown Chiefs (1-0-1) 7:00 p.m. ET
* Kyle Kidney of Pee Dee was named In Glas Co ECHL Player of the Week on Monday.
* The Chiefs host the Pride again on Saturday.
* Pee Dee will play eight out of its next 10 games on the road.
* The Pride are looking for their first-ever victory against Johnstown.

South Carolina Stingrays (2-0-1) at Greenville Grrrowl (0-3-0) 7:05 p.m. ET
* Rich Peverley has two goals and one assist in his first three games with the Stingrays.
* Greenville is looking for its first win against the Stingrays since 2002-03.
* This is head coach John Mark's seventh season with the Grrrowl.
* South Carolina is 28-14-5 all-time against Greenville.

Trenton Titans (2-0-0) at Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies (1-1-0) 7:05 p.m. ET
* This is the first meeting between these state rivals this season.
* Trenton goaltender Andrew Allen has 65 saves in the first two games.
* Atlantic City went 4-5-1 against Trenton last season.
* Titans head coach Mike Haviland was Atlantic City's head coach for the past three seasons.

Charlotte Checkers (2-0-0) at Columbia Inferno (1-0-2) 7:30 p.m. ET
* Inferno is 11-3-2 all-time against the Checkers.
* Left wing Alex Burrows has five goals and six points in three games for Columbia.
* Goaltender Alex Westlund has a goals-against average of 1.45 in two games.
* Teams travel to Charlotte on Saturday for the Checkers home opener.

Mississippi Sea Wolves (1-1-0) at Florida Everblades (2-1-0) 7:30 p.m. ET
* The Everblades were 3-2-0 against the Sea Wolves last season.
* This is the opening road game for the Sea Wolves, who were 21-13-2 on the road in 2003-04.
* Mississippi won its season opener 3-1 against Louisiana and lost 4-2 to Pensacola.
* Damien Surma and Reggie Berg lead the Everblades in scoring with five points each.

Peoria Rivermen (1-0-0) at Toledo Storm (2-0-0) 7:30 p.m. ET
* Toledo will begin a seven-game road trip after tonight's game.
* The Storm's Andrew Oke leads the team with 14 penalty minutes.
* Igor Valeev had two assists and scored the game-winning goal in Peoria's 5-2 win against Dayton.
* Five different players have each scored one goal for the Rivermen this season.

Augusta Lynx (0-2-0) at Gwinnett Gladiators (2-0-1) 7:35 p.m. ET
* Cam Brown leads the Gladiators with two power-play goals.
* Augusta's Louis Goulet led the team in points last year with 84 (32g-52a).
* The Lynx won the last meeting with Gwinnett to improve to 1-5-0 in 2003-04.
* The Gladiators opened the season with three consecutive road games.

Idaho Steelheads (2-0-0) at Fresno Falcons (0-3-0) 7:00 p.m. PT
* Fresno hosts the Steelheads for three games in three days - Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
* Idaho rookie goaltender Frank Doyle is 2-0 with a goals-against average of 1.50.
* The Steelheads were 8-1-2 against Fresno last season.
* This is the second game in an eight-game home stand for Fresno.

San Diego Gulls (1-1-0) at Alaska Aces (0-2-0) 7:15 p.m. AT
* This is Alaska's first home game and the first of three consecutive meetings between these teams.
* Two-time Stanley Cup winner Scott Gomez makes his Aces debut in front of a sold-out crowd.
* The Gulls were swept by Alaska in last year's Pacific Division Semifinals.
* San Diego leads the league in penalty minutes with 100.

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