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Published on March 18, 2006 under ECHL (ECHL) News Release


Toledo Storm (37-19-5) at Johnstown Chiefs (27-21-13) 7:00 p.m. ET
* Rookie defenseman Brady Greco has four points (2g-2a) in four games against the Storm.
* Ken Magowan (5g-6a) and Bracken Kearns (6g-5a) have 22 points in eight games against the Chiefs.
* Andre Deveaux had two points (1g-1a) in his first game for Chiefs, a 6-5 overtime loss at Reading Friday.
* Chris Blight had four points (2g-2a) in Toledo's 4-0 win against Trenton on Friday.

Trenton Titans (26-33-3) at Dayton Bombers (18-40-5) 7:00 p.m. ET
* Defenseman Mike Jarmuth had four assists in Trenton's last meeting with Dayton, an 8-3 win on Jan. 21.
* Bombers are 4-1-0 at home against Trenton, outscoring them 18-6.
* Scott Bertoli leads Trenton with 16 points (5g-11a) and a +8 rating in 11 games against Dayton in 2005-06.
* Tim Konsorada has nine points (3g-6a) and is a +3 in seven games against the Titans.

Reading Royals (37-17-7) at Wheeling Nailers (36-17-5) 7:30 p.m. ET
* Sean Collins is averaging two points per game against Reading with 12 points (2g-10a) in six games.
* Grant Jacobsen has 11 points (4g-7a) and is a +7 in eight games against the Nailers in 2005-06.
* Andy Franck stopped all 17 shots for his fourth shutout in Wheeling's 7-0 win over Dayton on Friday.
* Royals are 2-0-1 at Wheeling, winning the last two meetings by a combined scored of 8-4.

Greenville Grrrowl (39-21-3) at Columbia Inferno (21-33-8) 7:30 p.m. ET
* Rory McMahon has six goals and nine points in eight games against the Inferno in 2005-06.
* All-Star Brandon Nolan has six points (2g-4a), including a game winner, in five games against the Grrrowl.
* Jan Vodrazka has four points (2g-2a), including two game winners, in the last five games for Greenville.
* Inferno is 1-1-3 in their last five games at home of which three have been decided in a shootout.

Charlotte Checkers (29-28-5) at Gwinnett Gladiators (42-12-7) 7:35 p.m. ET
* Gladiators are 6-0-1, with a combined goals against of 2.12 and .925 save percentage against Charlotte.
* Checkers' Brandon Cullen has scored in 10 of his last 12 games, recording 15 points (5g-10a) in that span.
* All-Star Guillaume Desbiens has eight goals and 10 points in seven games against the Checkers.
* Charlotte has scored 68.8 percent of its goals against Gwinnett on special teams (8ppg-3shg).

Florida Everblades (39-19-3) at Augusta Lynx (26-29-6) 7:35 p.m. ET
* Kevin Nastiuk stopped 33 of 34 shots and 4 of 6 shooters in Florida's 2-1 shootout win at Augusta Friday.
* Nicolas Corbeil has five goals and seven points in six games against the Everblades in 2005-06.
* Everblades are 6-1-0 in their last seven road games, outscoring opponents 23-11 in that span.
* Augusta is 2-0-2 in its last four games, all of which have been decided by one goal.

South Carolina Stingrays (27-21-12) at Pensacola Ice Pilots (20-37-7) 7:05 p.m. CT
* Eric Labelle and Ryan Finnerty had three points (2g-1a) in South Carolina's 5-2 win at Pensacola on Friday.
* Ice Pilots' Steven Later has scored in each of his last three games, registering four points (2g-2a).
* Marty Clapton has four points (2g-2a) in three games against the Ice Pilots in 2005-06.
* Shaun Landolt has scored in seven of his last 10 games (5g-5a) and leads Pensacola in that span.

Stockton Thunder (13-36-11) at Idaho Steelheads (36-20-7) 7:10 p.m. MT
* D'Arcy McConvey has seven points (3g-4a) in his last two games against the Thunder.
* Thunder is 3-2-0 on their eight-game road trip, scoring an average of four goals per game in that span.
* Matt Yeats is 2-1-0 in his last three starts and stopped all 21 shots in Idaho's 2-0 win at Utah on Friday.
* Seven different players have averaged one point per game in the last five games for the Thunder.

Long Beach Ice Dogs (33-21-8) at Fresno Falcons (36-11-13) 7:00 p.m. PT
* Five different players registered a goal in the Falcons' 5-1 win against the Ice Dogs on Friday.
* Ben Knopp has three points (1g-2a) and is a +2 in five games since joining Long Beach on Mar. 10.
* Luke Curtin is second in the league with 58 assists and 79 points in 60 games.
* All-Star Steve Villaneuve leads the Ice Dogs defense with 21 points (7g-14a) and is +9 in 32 road games.

San Diego Gulls (28-27-6) at Victoria Salmon Kings (21-34-7) 7:00 p.m. PT
* Steve Roberts had two goals in Victoria's 3-1 win against the Gulls on Friday.
* Gulls are 7-for-23 (30.4 percent) on the power play against the Salmon Kings.
* Rob McVicar is 2-0-0 with a goals against of 0.54 and .982 save percentage against San Diego in 2005-06.
* Steve Hildenbrand leads the Gulls with 26 points (14g-12a) in 31 games on the road in 2005-06.

Phoenix RoadRunners (19-40-5) at Bakersfield Condors (31-23-5) 7:00 p.m. PT
* Joel Irving had two goals and Scott Balan had three assists in the Condors' 5-2 win over Phoenix on Friday.
* Patrick Levesque has six points (3g-3a) in five games since joining the RoadRunners on Mar. 10.
* Defenseman Kevin Truelson leads the Condors with six points, all assists, in the last five games.
* Miguel Lafleche has nine points (2g-7a) and is a +4 in 13 road games for the RoadRunners in 2005-06.

Alaska Aces (49-9-4) at Las Vegas Wranglers (46-11-6) 7:05 p.m. PT
* Alaska scored four unanswered goals in the second and third period in its 5-1 win at Las Vegas on Friday.
* Marco Peluso has scored in six of his last seven games, registering five goals and seven points in that span.
* Rookie Alex Leavitt leads all ECHL players in scoring with 80 points (20g-60a) in 62 games with the Aces.
* Defenseman Christian Chartier leads Las Vegas with four points, all assists, in five games against Alaska.

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