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February 8, 2006 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release


Toledo Storm (21-12-5) at Wheeling Nailers (27-13-4) 7:00 p.m. ET
* Teams are 2-1-1 in the last four meetings and three games have been decided by one goal.
* Drew MacIntyre has started eight of Toledo's last nine games and is 6-1-1 with goals against of 2.30.
* Wheeling has killed off 26 of its opponents last 27 power plays (96.3 percent).
* Nailers have a plus-minus rating of +71 in 26 home games while Storm is -32 in 21 road games.

San Diego Gulls (19-18-5) at Utah Grizzlies (23-19-4) 7:05 p.m. MT
* San Diego All-Star Jesse Bennefield has seven points (4g-3a) in three games against the Grizzlies.
* Utah's Jeff Miles has a five-game scoring streak (4g-4a).
* Gulls' Tyler Weiman is 3-0-0 with 1.98 goals-against average and .939 save percentage against Utah.
* Utah defenseman Ian Forbes has a plus-minus rating of +10 in 16 home games.

Bakersfield Condors (18-17-5) at Idaho Steelheads (25-15-5) 7:10 p.m. MT
* All-Star Scott Basiuk has four points (1g-3a) and leads Bakersfield with a +3 in the last five games.
* Idaho leads the league on the power play at 24.1 percent and is third in scoring with 3.93 goals per game.
* Sean Venedam had two goals and an assist in the Condor's 5-1 win against Idaho on Jan. 9.
* Idaho has scored all 21 of its goals in the last five games in the second (21) and third (8) period.

Fresno Falcons (25-8-10) at Stockton Thunder (8-25-7) 7:00 p.m. PT
* Falcons are 2-1-2 in the last five games and have scored seven of their 12 goals in the second period.
* All-Star Mike Lalonde has scored four of his five goals at home on the power play.
* Fresno is 4-0-0 with goals-against average of 1.71 against Stockton.
* Jeff Weber is 0-2-1 against Fresno despite goals against of 1.93 and save percentage of .940.

Long Beach Ice Dogs (24-16-5) at Victoria Salmon Kings (16-26-4) 7:00 p.m. PT
* Ice Dogs have won their last six road games with five decided by one goal.
* Victoria has earned points in seven of its last 10 games (4-3-3).
* Long Beach's Sean McAslan has seven goals and eight points in his last four games.
* Victoria All-Star defenseman Steve Lingren has seven points (2g-5a) in his last five games.

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