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Published on December 30, 2005 under ECHL (ECHL) News Release


Toledo Storm (11-10-3) at Dayton Bombers (8-16-3) 7 p.m. ET
* Bombers are 3-1-1 against Toledo in 2005-06 with four of the games decided by one goal.
* Storm has scored 13 of its 27 goals (48.1 percent) on the road on the power play.
* Scott Cameron has eight assists and nine points in five games against Toledo.
* Ken Magowan leads the Storm on the road with 11 points (5g-6a) in eight games.

South Carolina Stingrays (10-12-6) at Augusta Lynx (12-16-2) 7:05 p.m. ET
* Five different Augusta players scored two points or more in Lynx's 5-2 win at South Carolina on Dec 16.
* Home team has won three of the four meeting in 2005-06.
* Stingrays have scored nine of their 10 goals against the Lynx in the second and third period.
* Lynx are 1-for-20 (4.5 percent) and Stingrays are 4-for-25 (16 percent) on power play against each other.

Gwinnett Gladiators (16-6-4) at Florida Everblades (19-7-1) 7:30 p.m. ET
* Home team has won each of the four games and season series is tied at 2-2-0.
* Defenseman Ryan Brindley leads Florida with four assists and five points in four games against Gwinnett.
* Gwinnett's Guillaume Desbiens has a four-game goal-scoring streak (5g) and scoring streak (5g-1a).
* Everblades are 30 percent (6-for-20) on the power play in four games against Gwinnett.

Columbia Inferno (13-13-3) at Wheeling Nailers (19-7-2) 7:30 p.m. ET
* Wheeling's Kurtis McLean has five points (3g-2a) in two games against Columbia in 2005-06.
* Travis Lisabeth leads the Inferno in scoring in December with 14 points (4g-10a) in 12 games.
* Bo Cheesman has a perfect shooting percentage against Columbia scoring three goals on three shots.
* Inferno's Chris Houle leads ECHL goaltenders with 742 saves.

Johnstown Chiefs (9-12-7) at Trenton Titans (14-12-2) 7:30 p.m. ET
* Chiefs have won last two games to improve to 2-1-3 against Titans.
* Titans, who lost 5-2 at Dayton on Wednesday, are 8-3-0 in games after a loss.
* Johnstown has a goals-against average of 1.45 and a .958 save percentage against Trenton.
* Trenton has scored 17 of its 36 goals (47.2 percent of offense) at home in the third period.

Charlotte Checkers (14-11-3) at Pensacola Ice Pilots (10-14-3) 7:05 p.m. CT
* Checkers' Brandon Cullen has four goals and seven points in his last five games.
* Pensacola is 2-0-0 against Charlotte in 2005-06 with both games determined by single goal.
* Charlotte rookie Hugh Jessiman has three goals in two games against the Ice Pilots.
* Teams are tied for second in the league with nine shorthand goals.

San Diego Gulls (11-11-4) at Idaho Steelheads (19-7-2) 7:10 p.m. MT
* Idaho scored unanswered goals in the second and third period for a 2-1 win over Gulls on Thursday.
* Since joining San Diego on Nov. 23, Alex Kim has scored in 11 of 13 games (9g-10a).
* Steelheads have the league's best power play at 28.9 percent (43-for-149).
* Gulls have scored 46.9 percent of their goals (15 of 32) on the road on the power play.

Fresno Falcons (14-4-7) at Bakersfield Condors (9-10-4) 7 p.m. PT
* Falcons have won four in a row and are unbeaten in regulation in their last seven games (4-0-3).
* Condors won last meeting 4-3 in a shootout on Nov. 26.
* Falcons' defenseman Cory Murphy has five goals and 12 points in 10 road games.
* Bakersfield's Kevin St. Jacques has four points (2g-2a) in the last four games.

Utah Grizzlies (17-10-2) at Las Vegas Wranglers (23-4-2) 7:05 p.m. PT
* Five different players had two points or more in Utah's 6-5 win over Idaho on Tuesday.
* Las Vegas has won 12-straight games tying it for the third-longest winning streak in league history.
* Utah has won four of its last five games scoring an average of 4.8 goals-per game in that span.
* Wranglers' Mike McKenna has eight straight starts and is second in ECHL in goals-against average (1.92).

Phoenix RoadRunners (9-15-2) at Long Beach Ice Dogs (13-13-3) 7:30 p.m. PT
* Long Beach won 5-0 on Dec. 17 to improve to 1-1-0 at home and 3-1-1 overall against Phoenix in 2005-06.
* RoadRunners are 1-1-0 at Long Beach and 1-2-2 overall against Long Beach in 2005-06.
* Christian Larrivee (1g-5a) and Ash Goldie (3g-3a) lead the Ice Dogs offensively against Phoenix.
* Dean Tiltgen (3g-1a) and Shawn Snider (1g-3a) lead Phoenix offensively in the last five games.

Reading Royals (17-6-2) at Stockton Thunder (5-14-3) 7:30 p.m. PT
* Royals have won their last five road games, including 2-0-0 on current seven-game road swing.
* Mike Lalonde leads Stockton with two game-winning goals and 14 goals.
* Reading's Grant Jacobsen has seven points (5g-2a) in his last six games.
* Thunder is ninth in the league on the power play (20 percent) and 10th on the penalty kill (82.4 percent).

Victoria Salmon Kings (10-20-1) at Alaska Aces (20-3-3) 7:15 p.m. AT
* In his last three starts, Alaska's Matt Underhill is 3-0-0 with two shutouts and goals against of 0.33.
* Mike Wirll leads Victoria in assists (19) while Lanny Gare and Kurt Drummond are tied for second (18).
* In his last four games, Aces' Chris Minard has three two-goal games and nine points (6g-3a).
* Alaska has won its last 10 home games and is 14-0-1 in its last 15 games.

Longest Winning Streak
14 - Louisiana IceGators, Nov. 23-Dec. 22, 2001
Knoxville, Cherokees, Dec. 28, 1993-Jan. 29, 1994
12 - Las Vegas Wranglers, Dec. 3, 2005-
Pensacola Ice Pilots, Jan. 22-Feb. 18, 2005
Wheeling Nailers, Feb. 20-Mar. 12, 2004
Florida Everblades, Dec. 14, 1999-Jan. 13, 2000
Chesapeake Icebreakers, Feb. 14-Mar. 13, 1998
Erie Panthers, 1989-90


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