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May 31, 2006 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release

KELLY CUP FINALS
(Best-of-Seven)

National Conference Champion Alaska Aces (53-12-7)

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Alaska Leads Series (3-0)

* Aces are looking to win their first Kelly Cup and the first professional title in the state of Alaska since 1980.
* Game 5, if necessary, would be played at 7:35 p.m. ET on Thursday at The Arena at Gwinnett Center.
* Teams have led 3-0 in the ECHL finals four times previously and all four have won the championship.
* Three of the four teams leading 3-0 have won Game 4.
* Only second time ever that finals series has opened with three one-goal games (Toledo vs. Raleigh in 1994).
* Aces are 3-1 in 2006 and 6-4 all time when they can eliminate a team from the Kelly Cup Playoffs.
* Gwinnett is 1-2 all time when it faces elimination from the Kelly Cup Playoffs.
* Alaska is 3-0 in 2006 and 4-2 all time in Game 4.
* Gwinnett is 2-0 in 2006 and 4-3 all time in Game 4.
* Gwinnett rookies Adam Courchaine and Scott Mifsud each had two points (1g-1a) in 5-4 loss in Game 3.
* Cam Keith and Kimbi Daniels each had two points (1g-1a) in the Aces' 5-4 win at Gwinnett in Game 3.
* Gwinnett's Troy Milam had an assist in Game 3 and has a five-game home scoring streak (0g-7a).
* Aces scored four of their five goals on special teams (3ppg-1shg) in Game 3 on Monday.
* Gwinnett rookie Milan Gajic is second in the playoffs with 10 goals and is fourth with 17 points in 15 games.
* Alaska rookie Alex Leavitt leads the playoffs with 10 power-play assists.
* Gwinnett's Adam Berkhoel is 3-1 at home in playoffs with goals against of 3.32 and a .886 save percentage.
* Alaska's Kimbi Daniels has an eight-game road-scoring streak (2g-7a).
* Guillaume Desbiens leads Gwinnett at home in the playoffs with four goals and eight points in seven games.
* In the playoffs, Alaska has scored 51.6 percent (17 of 33) of its goals on the road on special teams (10ppg-7shg).
* Gwinnett has outscored its opponents 24-12 in the third period in the postseason.
* Sixty-two percent (13 of 21) of the goals scored in the finals have been on special teams (12ppg-1shg).

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