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Published on February 3, 2006 under ECHL (ECHL) News Release


Johnstown Chiefs (18-17-8) at Dayton Bombers (12-27-3) 7:00 p.m. ET
* Chiefs are 5-0-1 and 37.9 percent (11-for-29) on the power play against the Bombers.
* Dayton has scored 52.9 percent of its goals (9 of 17) on the power play against the Chiefs.
* Jay Latulippe has six points (3g-3a) in his last four games for the Bombers.
* Chiefs' rookie Morgan Cey got his first pro shutout with 28 saves in 5-0 win against Trenton on Feb. 1.

Greenville Grrrowl (25-12-2) at Columbia Inferno (14-25-5) 7:05 p.m. ET
* Grrrowl is 2-1-1 on its eight-game road trip and three of the games have gone to overtime or shootout.
* Columbia All-Star Brandon Nolan has three goals and four points in his last for games.
* Greenville is 2-0-0 and has outscored the Inferno 12-2 in the last two meetings.
* Leon Hayward leads the Inferno at home with 12 goals, including five power-play goals.

Idaho Steelheads (24-14-5) at Florida Everblades (26-14-6) 7:30 p.m. ET
* Jarad Bourassa had two goals and an assist in Idaho's 6-4 win at Florida on Wednesday.
* All-Star Daniel Sisca has six points (4g-2a) in the first five games of Florida's seven game home stand.
* In the last five games, Florida has scored 10 of its 12 goals in the first and second period.
* Steelheads have the league's best power play at 24.4 percent (63-for-258).

Reading Royals (25-11-3) at Wheeling Nailers (27-12-3) 7:30 p.m. ET
* Wheeling rookie All-Star Sean Collins has 12 points (2g-10a) in six games against Reading.
* Royals' Yutaka Fukufuji has started 11 straight games, going 5-5-1 in that span.
* Nailers' Eric Sonnenberg scored his third game-winning goal in 4-1 win against Dayton on Jan. 29.
* In the last five games, the Royals are 82.4 percent (28 of 34) on the penalty kill.

Toledo Storm (20-11-5) at Trenton Titans (20-18-2) 7:35 p.m. ET
* Storm forward Bracken Kearns has two goals and one assist in two games against the Titans.
* Trenton is a perfect 11-0-0 when leading after the second period.
* Toledo's Chris Blight has two game-winning goals and 11 points (7g-4a) in his last seven games.
* In 10 home games this season, Trenton goaltender Dustin Traylen is 7-2-0 in 528 minutes.

South Carolina Stingrays (17-14-10) at Gwinnett Gladiators (28-9-5) 7:35 p.m. ET
* Gwinnett is 2-1-0 against the Stingrays as the teams have combined for 34 goals in three meetings.
* Stingrays are 11-1-5 when leading after the first period and 14-0-5 when leading after the second period.
* Gladiators lead the league in goals per game with 4.36 and goals in the third period with 67.
* South Carolina's Davis Parley is 4-0-1 with a 1.07 goals-against average in his last five starts.

Phoenix RoadRunners (15-24-3) at Pensacola Ice Pilots (16-22-5) 7:05 p.m. CT
* Phoenix has won its last two games in overtime to extend its winning streak to four games.
* Ice Pilots are 1-1-2 in their last four games and all have been decided by one goal.
* RoadRunners' Jake Riddle scored 30 seconds into overtime in 3-2 win at Pensacola on Thursday.
* In the last five games, Pensacola has scored 10 of its 12 goals in the second and third period.

Fresno Falcons (24-7-10) at Utah Grizzlies (22-18-4) 7:05 p.m. MT
* Falcons All-Star MVP Luke Curtin leads the league with 25 power-play assists and 30 power-play points.
* Jeff Miles leads Utah against Fresno with three assists and three points in two games.
* Fresno defenseman Matt O'Dette has a team-leading plus-minus rating of +6 in 22 road games.
* Utah's Alfie Michaud returned from injured reserve and had 31 saves in 4-3 OT loss at Stockton on Feb. 1.

Augusta Lynx (17-23-3) at Victoria Salmon Kings (16-25-3) 7:00 p.m. PT
* Augusta's Martin Lapointe had a goal and an assist in Wednesday 4-3 loss at Victoria.
* Victoria's B.J. Boxma is 2-2-2 with 162 saves in six home games.
* Augusta has scored 10 goals in its last five games.
* Victoria is 9-2-0 when leading after the first period.

San Diego Gulls (19-16-5) at Bakersfield Condors (16-16-5) 7:00 p.m. PT
* Gulls are 5-1-0 and 31 percent (13-for-42) on the power play against the Condors.
* Ryan Munce has started a team-record 16 straight games for Bakersfield dating back to Dec. 18.
* San Diego's Steve Hildenbrand is averaging 2.5 points per game (8g-7a) in six games against Condors.
* In the last five games, Bakersfield has scored seven of its 18 goals (38.8 percent) on the power play.

Alaska Aces (34-6-3) at Stockton Thunder (8-22-7) 7:30 p.m. PT
* In its last seven games, Alaska is 7-0-0 and has outscored its opponents 38-10.
* Stockton's Nathan Martz had a game-winning goal and team-leading 10 points (3g-7a) in January.
* Aces' Matt Underhill is 21-5-1 and leads the league with four shutouts and goals-against average of 1.96.
* Thunder is 4-0-1 when leading after the second period.

Las Vegas Wranglers (32-7-4) at Long Beach Ice Dogs (22-16-5) 7:30 p.m. PT
* Wranglers have won last two games in shootout to improve to 3-1-1 on current seven-game road trip.
* Long Beach is 4-1-0 with goals-against average of 1.16 in the last five games.
* Las Vegas is 3-0-0 with goals-against average of 2.27 against Long Beach.
* Ice Dogs' Sean McAslan has scored in eight of his last 10 games (7g-6a).

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