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Published on December 16, 2005 under ECHL (ECHL) News Release


Florida Everblades (14-6-0) at Charlotte Checkers (11-9-1) 7:05 p.m. ET
* Daniel Sisca (4g-4a), Paul Cabana (5g-3a) and Kevin Bergin (3g-5a) lead Florida in the last five games.
* Charlotte won 5-2 at home on Nov. 25 and is 1-0-0 at home and 1-2-0 overall against the Everblades.
* In its last five games, Florida is 5-0-0 and averaging 5.6 goals and all wins are against South Division.
* Checkers have the league's best penalty kill at 86.6 percent and are tied for the shorthand goals lead (9).

Toledo Storm (10-7-3) at Columbia Inferno (12-9-3) 7:05 p.m. ET
* Storm won the only meeting between the two teams, 3-2 at Columbia on Jan. 9, 2004.
* Inferno's Travis Lisabeth has an eight-game scoring streak (5g-9a) and a two-game goal-scoring streak (3g).
* Six different players scored at least two points in Toledo's 7-1 win against Johnstown on Sunday.
* In December, the Inferno has scored 12 of its 20 goals in the second period.

Gwinnett Gladiators (12-5-4) at Greenville Grrrowl (12-9-1) 7:05 p.m. ET
* After missing the first two games, Grrrowl's Mike Brodeur has started 20 consecutive games.
* In its last six games, Gwinnett is 4-0-2 and averaging 4.5 goals per game.
* Colin Pepperall leads Greenville with six assists and six points in two games against Gwinnett.
* Pascal Pelletier has eight goals and 12 points in the last six games for the Gladiators.

Augusta Lynx (10-12-2) at South Carolina Stingrays (9-10-6) 7:05 p.m. ET
* Lynx 3-2 in shootout at home on Nov. 12 to improve to 2-0-0 at home and 2-1-0 overall against Stingrays.
* Stingrays' Marty Clapton has a four-game goal-scoring (4g) and scoring streak (4g-3a).
* Augusta's Nicolas Corbeil has a nine-game scoring streak (7g-9a).
* South Carolina's Brad Parsons has a six-game assist streak (9a).

Fresno Falcons (10-4-7) at Johnstown Chiefs (8-11-6) 7:30 p.m. ET
* Falcons lost 3-2 in a shootout to the Chiefs at home on December 2.
* Chiefs rookie Jon Boutin has two straight shutouts, stopping 68 shots in his last two starts.
* Fresno has played the most combined overtime (1-1) and shootout (3-6) games in the ECHL.
* Justin Kelly has the last two game-winning goals for the Chiefs and leads the team with 24 points (11g-13a).

Reading Royals (14-5-1) at Wheeling Nailers (15-6-2) 7:30 p.m. ET
* Nailers won 5-2 on Tuesday at Reading and are 2-0-0 against the Royals, including 1-0-0 at Wheeling.
* Royals' Mike Kompon has a seven-game assist (10a) and scoring streak (1g-10a).
* Wheeling's Kurtis McLean leads ECHL rookies with 18 goals, eight power-play goals and 31 points.
* Reading has won its last two road games and is 5-2-1 and averaging 3.63 goals per game on the road.

Dayton Bombers (7-14-2) at Trenton Titans (11-10-2) 7:35 p.m. ET
* Titans have won the last two meetings to improve to 2-0-0 at home and 2-1-0 overall against the Bombers.
* Dayton's Brian Gornick has four points (2g-2a) in his last four games.
* Mathieu Brunelle has seven points (2g-5a) in the last six games and leads the team with seven goals.
* Bombers' Scott Cameron is tied for second in the league with 20 assists in 23 games.

Utah Grizzlies (13-8-2) at Idaho Steelheads (14-6-1) 7:10 p.m. MT
* Garett Bembridge leads Idaho with four goals and seven points in two games against the Grizzlies.
* Three of Utah's five goals against Idaho are on the power play, accounting for 60 percent of their offense.
* Idaho is 57.1 percent (4-for-7) on the power play against Utah.
* Grizzlies' Jeff Miles has four goals and six points in his last four games.

Alaska Aces (17-3-2) at Victoria Salmon Kings (9-15-1) 7:00 p.m. PT
* Alaska has won the last seven meetings and is 9-1 against the Salmon Kings, including 5-0 at Victoria.
* Victoria's Adam Taylor has two game-winning goals and seven points (5g-2a) in his last six games.
* Aces' Barrett Heisten (4g-8a) and Ryan Gaucher (4g-11a) have an eight-game scoring streak.
* Lanny Gare leads the Salmon Kings with 24 points and is tied for the team lead with 17 assists.

Bakersfield Condors (8-7-4) at Phoenix RoadRunners (8-11-2) 7:11 p.m. PT
* First-ever meeting between the two clubs.
* Four of the last five Condors win have come in a shootout.
* In his last three starts, Condors' Ryan Munce is 3-0-0 with goals against of 1.30 and 97 saves.
* RoadRunners have won three of their last four games by one goal.

Long Beach Ice Dogs (11-11-2) at San Diego Gulls (10-8-4) 7:35 p.m. PT
* Each team is 1-1-0 against the other and the home team has won each time.
* Christian Larrivee, Mike Vellinga and Max Birbraer all have a goal and two assists against the Gulls.
* San Diego has won its last two games by one goal and Alex Kim has the game winning in both contests.
* Ice Dogs' Ash Goldie is third among ECHL rookies with 14 goals and six power-play goals.

Las Vegas Wranglers (16-4-2) at Stockton Thunder (5-9-3) 7:30 p.m. PT
* Thunder's Geno Parrish leads ECHL defensemen with 10 power-play assists.
* Wranglers' Todd Alexander had two power-play goals in 3-2 win against Stockton on Nov. 25.
* Stockton's Steve Slonina and Mike Lalonde each have four goals in their last five games.
* Las Vegas' Matt Dzieduszycki (4g-7a) and Dan Tudin (5g-6a) each have 11 points in the last 11 games.

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