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April 11, 2006 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release


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South Division Quarterfinals (Best-of-Three)

No. 4 South Carolina Stingrays (32-25-15) at No. 5 Charlotte Checkers (33-34-5) 7:05 p.m. ET

South Carolina Leads Series (1-0)
* South Carolina's Anders Strome had two goals in 6-3 win on Monday.
* Nathan Gillies had two goals and three points for Checkers in 6-3 loss at South Carolina on Monday.
* Six goals are the most playoff goals scored by the Stingrays since winning 7-1 at Pee Dee on Apr. 4, 2003.
* Checkers scored two of their three goals on the power play and are 40 percent with the man advantage.
* Stingrays outscored Charlotte 2-0 in the second period and 3-1 in the third period on Monday.
* Charlotte is 5-0-0 and outscored South Carolina 25-12 at home during the regular season.


No. 3 Greenville Grrrowl (45-24-3) at No. 6 Augusta Lynx (30-36-6) 7:35 p.m. ET

Greenville Leads Series (1-0)
* Brock Radunske had the game-winning goal for Greenville in its 2-1 win on Sunday.
* Augusta rookie Mike Erickson has eight points (3g-5a) in his first nine games since turning pro on Mar. 24.
* Grrrowl is 4-1-0 and has averaged five goals per game at Augusta in 2005-06.
* Augusta's Nicolas Corbeil has five points (1g-4a) in three home games against the Grrrowl in 2005-06.
* Grrrowl's Colin Pepperall scored a hat trick in the last meeting at Augusta, a 5-3 win on Mar. 21.
* Augusta has not won a postseason game since beating New Orleans 9-3 on Apr. 4, 2001.

North Division Quarterfinals (Best-of-Three)


No. 4 Johnstown Chiefs (30-26-16) at No. 5 Trenton Titans (31-36-5) 7:00 p.m. ET

Johnstown Leads Series (1-0)
* Adam Henrich scored the game-winning goal in overtime as Chiefs won 2-1 on Monday.
* Titans are 4-2-0 at home against Johnstown with five of the six games decided by one goal.
* Johnstown's win on Monday was first playoff victory since 4-0 win at Peoria on Apr. 9, 2002.
* Trenton's Jim Henkel has five points (1g-4a) in his last three games at home against the Chiefs.
* Morgan Cey stopped 37 shots in regulation and made one save in overtime for Chiefs on Monday.
* Kiel McLeod has nine points (5g-4a) and a plus-minus rating of +5 in eight games for Trenton in 2005-06.

West Division Semifinals (Best-of-Seven)

No. 4 Utah Grizzlies (36-30-6) at No. 1 Alaska Aces (53-12-7) 7:15 p.m. AT

Alaska Leads Series (1-0)
* Barrett Heisten had the game-winning goal and two points (1g-1a) in Alaska's 4-1 win on Monday.
* Ryan Kinasewich scored Utah's only goal on the power play.
* Matt Underhill stopped 14 of 15 shots for the Aces in the 4-1 win on Monday.
* Grizzlies are 6-7-2 following a loss in which they have been outscored by three goals or more in 2005-06.
* Kimbi Daniels (1g-1a) and Matt Shasby (0g-2a) each had two points for the Aces on Monday.
* Utah is 0-6-0 and is averaging one goal per game in six games at Alaska in the regular season and playoffs.


No. 3 Idaho Steelheads (43-15-14) at No. 2 Las Vegas Wranglers (53-13-6) 7:05 p.m. PT

* Las Vegas is 3-0-0 and has outscored its opponents 15-6 in the last three games.
* Idaho is 10-1-1 and has outscored its opponents 47-26 in the last 12 games.
* Wranglers' Marc Magliarditi is 4-1-1 with a .899 save percentage against Idaho.
* Idaho rookie Kurt MacSweyn has three points (1g-2a) and is +2 in four games against Las Vegas.
* Las Vegas has four players who have scored 40 or more points and two players who have 70 or more points.
* Idaho has scored 47.8 percent of its goals (11 of 23) on the power play against the Wranglers.

Pacific Division Semifinals (Best-of-Seven)


No. 4 San Diego Gulls (34-30-8) at No. 1 Fresno Falcons (43-15-14) 7:30 p.m. PT

* Falcons are 3-0-0 and have outscored the Gulls 12-5 at home.
* San Diego is 2-2-2 against Fresno with 2.71 goals-against average and a .907 save percentage.
* Brett Jaeger started all six games against the Gulls going 4-0-2 with a goals-against average of 1.59.
* Rookie Steve Hildenbrand leads the Gulls against Fresno with three assists.
* Luke Curtin leads the Falcons against San Diego with six goals, nine points and a plus-minus rating of +8.
* San Diego has scored 50 percent (6 of 12) of its goals against Falcons in the second period.


No. 3 Long Beach Ice Dogs (36-27-9) at No. 2 Bakersfield Condors (40-26-6) 7:00 p.m. PT

* Kevin St. Jacques leads Bakersfield against Long Beach with four goals in seven games.
* Long Beach's Cory Urquhart (7) and Christian Larrivee (6) combined for 13 game-winning goals.
* Condors are 3-0-1 with an overtime win and a shootout win at home against Long Beach.
* Long Beach has scored 50 percent (8 of 16) of its goals against the Condors in the first period.
* Condors have won their last eight home games and ended the season winning their last three games.
* Justin Aikins had three points (2g-1a) in Ice Dogs' last game at Bakersfield, a 6-5 shootout win on Mar. 25.

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