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April 14, 2006 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release


South Division Semifinals (Best-of-Five)

No. 3 Greenville Grrrowl (45-24-3) at No. 2 Florida Everblades (48-20-4) 7:30 p.m. ET

* Grrrowl went 2-1-0 and scored an average of 4.6 goals per game at Florida in 2005-06.
* Florida is 8-7 and Greenville is 7-5 in Game 1s.
* Everblades have scored 59.1 percent (13 of 22) of their goals against Greenville on the power play.
* Grrrowl's Jeff Deslauriers is 2-0 with goals against of 1.36 and a .954 save percentage in the playoffs.
* Florida rookie Daniel Sisca has five points (1g-4a) in three games at home against the Grrrowl.
* Greenville rookie Tim Sestito has five points (3g-2a) and has scored in all three games at Florida.

North Division Quarterfinals (Best-of-Three)

No. 2 Wheeling Nailers (45-21-6) at No. 3 Reading Royals (42-23-7) 7:08 p.m. ET

* Royals are 4-2 in the last six games against the Nailers, including 2-2 record in one-goal games.
* Sean Collins (27g-49a) is the first rookie to lead the Nailers in scoring since Zenon Konopka in 2002-03.
* Larry Courville has four goals and five points in Royals last two games at home against the Nailers.
* Nailers' Brendon Hodge (4g-5a) and Arpad Mihaly (3g-6a) have 18 points in the last five games.
* Doug Christiansen leads Reading against Wheeling with seven goals and 11 points in 11 games.
* Wheeling is making its second playoff appearance in the last three years having lost to Reading in 2004.


No. 4 Johnstown Chiefs (30-26-16) at No. 1 Toledo Storm (46-21-5) 7:35 p.m. ET

* Storm has won the last four games at home against Johnstown, averaging five goals per game.
* Chiefs' Jean Desrochers has two goals and scored the series-winning goal in the division quarterfinals.
* Storm's Drew MacIntyre has won his last eight starts with goals against of 1.48 and a .942 save percentage.
* Chiefs' Morgan Cey and Jonathan Boutin had combined goals against of 1.92 in the division quarterfinals.
* Four different Toledo players have scored 12 points or more in 12 games against the Chiefs.
* Johnstown's 4-3 win at Trenton on Tuesday was its first road playoff win since Apr. 9, 2002 at Peoria.

West Division Semifinals (Best-of-Seven)


No. 1 Alaska Aces (53-12-7) at No. 4 Utah Grizzlies (36-30-6) 7:05 p.m. MT
Alaska Leads Series (3-0)
* Chris Minard had two power-play goals, including the game winner, in 4-1 win in Game 3 on Thursday.
* Brent Henley has scored two of Utah's three goals in the division semifinals.
* Regular season scoring leader Alex Leavitt of Alaska is tied for the playoff lead with five points (0g-5a).
* Garett Cameron has six game-winning goals and leads Utah with a plus-minus rating of +12 at home.
* Aces are 3-3 all time in games where they can eliminate an opponent from the postseason.
* Grizzlies went 14-16-5 in games after a loss in the 2005-06 regular season.


No. 2 Las Vegas Wranglers (53-13-6) at No. 3 Idaho Steelheads (43-15-14) 7:10 p.m. PT

Idaho Leads Series (2-0)
* David Bararuk (1g-2a) and Garett Bembridge (1g-2a) led Idaho to 4-2 win at Las Vegas in Game 2.
* Chris Neiszner (1g-1a) and Sean O'Connor (1g-1a) led Wranglers offense on Wednesday.
* Matt Yeats stopped 42 of 44 shots for his second straight win over the Wranglers on Wednesday.
* Las Vegas won the last two meetings at Idaho in a shootout, averaging 4.5 goals per game.
* D'Arcy McConvey has seven points (3g-4a) in three games at home against the Wranglers in 2005-06.
* Wranglers' Mike McBain has six points, all assists, in three games at Idaho.

Pacific Division Semifinals (Best-of-Seven)

No. 1 Fresno Falcons (43-15-14) at No. 4 San Diego Gulls (34-30-8) 7:35 p.m. PT

Fresno Leads Series (2-0)
* Nine different players registered a point in Fresno's 4-3 win on Wednesday.
* Gulls are 2-0-1 at home against Fresno with two shootout wins and an overtime loss.
* Shawn Mather leads the Falcons in the postseason with three assists and four points in two games.
* Alex Kim (1g-3a) and Steve Hildenbrand (3g-1a) lead San Diego offensively in the playoffs.
* Falcons' Peter Fregoe has four points (1g-3a) in three games at San Diego.
* Gulls have a 1.87 goals-against average and a .935 save percentage in three home games against Fresno.


No. 3 Long Beach Ice Dogs (36-27-9) at No. 2 Bakersfield Condors (40-26-6) 7:00 p.m. PT
Bakersfield Leads Series (1-0)
* Mathieu Brunelle scored the game winner and had an assist in Condors' 3-1 win on Tuesday.
* Ice Dogs' Cory Urquhart has a hat trick and five points (4g-1a) in his last four games against Bakersfield.
* Bakersfield rookie Ryan Munce stopped 23 of 24 shots for his first professional playoff win on Tuesday.
* Ice Dogs are 0-4 and averaging 1.25 goals-per game in their last four playoff games.
* Condors have won their last nine home games at home allowing opponents less than three goals per game.
* Long Beach's Sean McAslan has a hat trick and seven points (4g-3a) in his last four games.

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South Division Semifinals (Best-of-Five)


No. 4 South Carolina Stingrays (32-25-15) at No. 2 Gwinnett Gladiators (50-15-7)
Saturday at 7:35 p.m. PT

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