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Published on November 10, 2006 under ECHL (ECHL) News Release


Dayton Bombers (2-2-0) at Trenton Titans (5-2-0) 7:30 p.m. ET
* Titans were 6-0-0 at home, including five one-goal games, and 8-4-0 overall against Dayton in 2005-06.
* Bombers are third in ECHL on penalty kill with 88.6 percent, allowing league-low four power-play goals.
* Trenton rookie Benoit Mondou has scored in each of his first seven professional games (2g-7a).
* Dayton's Adam Berkhoel is 2-1-0 and ranks third in the league with a goals-against average of 1.67.

Wheeling Nailers (2-6-0) at Cincinnati Cyclones (4-4-0) 7:30 p.m. ET
* Cyclones lead the league on the penalty kill at 90.8 percent (69-for-76).
* Wheeling's Sean Collins has a two-game assist streak (3a) and a seven-game scoring streak (4g-8a).
* Cyclones rookie Cedrick Desjardins is 2-2-0 and leads the ECHL with two shutouts.
* Kurtis McLean leads Nailers with six goals and 13 points, including four points in last two games (3g-1a).

Columbia Inferno (3-3-3) at Florida Everblades (5-3-0) 7:30 p.m. ET
* Florida was 3-1-0 at home and 6-1-1 overall against Columbia in 2005-06, improving to 18-11-6 all-time.
* Inferno is fourth in the ECHL on the power-play at 21.5 percent (14-for-65).
* Everblades rookie Derek Damon leads the team with six assists and eight points.
* Columbia rookie Alex Foster has a four-game assist streak and is tied for the team lead with 10 assists.

Charlotte Checkers (5-2-0) at Johnstown Chiefs (4-5-0) 7:30 p.m. ET
* Chiefs won last meeting 3-2 on Dec. 20, 2005 to improve to 6-5-1 all-time against Checkers.
* Checkers lead the ECHL with 20 power-play goals and a power-play percentage of 24.1 (20-for-83).
* Chiefs are second in ECHL with 19 power-play goals and fifth in power-play percentage at 20.2 (19-for-94).
* Charlotte's Mark Lee has team-leading 11 assists and 14 points in seven games.

Reading Royals (3-2-3) at Toledo Storm (5-2-0) 7:35 p.m. ET
* Toledo has won its last eight home games against Reading and is 11-2-1 in the last 14 meetings.
* Arpad Mihaly leads the Royals against Toledo with two goals and four points in two games.
* Storm's Dominic Vicari registered first pro win against Reading, 3-2 in a shootout on Oct. 27.
* Royals' Shawn Collymore has a point in his last six games (2g-7a) after going scoreless in first two games.

South Carolina Stingrays (5-3-0) at Augusta Lynx (4-4-0) 7:35 p.m. ET
* Jamie Johnson leads Lynx with eight assists and 10 points in six games, scoring a point in every game.
* Stingrays are second in the ECHL with a power-play percentage of 22.5 (16-for-71).
* J.B. Bittner, Ryan Lang and Joe Cardarelli are tied for the Augusta team lead with four goals each.
* South Carolina's Chris Chaput is tied for second in the league with five power-play goals.

Gwinnett Gladiators (6-1-2) at Texas Wildcatters (4-2-1) 7:30 p.m. CT
* Kevin Baker of Texas has a five-game goal streak (7g) and leads the league with nine goals.
* Rookie Chad Painchaud scored two goals to lead Gladiators to 6-3 win in first meeting on Nov. 4.
* Texas rookie defenseman Mike Madill is third on the team with seven assists.
* Gwinnett teammates Brad Schell (17a) and Scott Mifsud (12a) lead the ECHL in assists.

Alaska Aces (4-3-0) at Utah Grizzlies (3-4-2) 7:05 p.m. MT
* Grizzlies have won last three home regular season meetings and are 5-1-0 overall at home against Aces.
* Alaska defenseman Peter Metcalf has a four-game assist streak (5a) and a five-game point streak (1g-5a).
* Utah's Rob McVicar is 2-1-1 with a shootout win and 120 saves in his last four games.
* Aces' Kevin Croxton has scored a goal in the last two games and leads the team with five goals.

Stockton Thunder (5-0-1) at Idaho Steelheads (7-1-0) 7:10 p.m. MT
* Steelheads are 3-0-0 at home against Stockton and 5-0-0 overall against the Thunder.
* Thunder's Cam Ellsworth (0.96) and Devan Dubnyk (1.96) rank first and fourth in goals-against average.
* Idaho's Marty Flichel has an ECHL season-high eight-game point streak (5g-5a).
* Stockton's Nathan Martz has scored in every game and leads the team with three goals and seven points.

Long Beach Ice Dogs (1-7-1) at Bakersfield Condors (4-3-1) 7:00 p.m. PT
* Condors have won first two meetings, both at Long Beach, to improve to 16-9-5 all-time against Ice Dogs.
* Long Beach rookie T.J. Trevelyan has a two-game goal streak (3g) and a six-game scoring streak (3g-9a).
* Bakersfield's Jamie Hodson has won his last two starts while lowering his goals-against average to 3.68.
* Ice Dogs rookie Chris Collins is tied for second on team with seven points (3g-4a).

Phoenix RoadRunners (4-6-0) at Las Vegas Wranglers (3-0-5) 7:05 p.m. PT
* Wranglers have won the last five meetings and are 9-0-1 all-time against Phoenix, including 4-0-0 at home.
* Scott May leads RoadRunners with four power-play goals, six goals and 13 points.
* Las Vegas' Mike McKenna is 4-0-2 and is fifth in the league with a goals-against average of 2.03.
* Phoenix defenseman Alexandre Rouleau is tied for second on team with eight assists and 10 points.

Premier 'AA' Hockey League Fast Facts
* Affiliations with 25 of the 30 teams in the National Hockey League marking 10th consecutive season that the league has had affiliations with at least 20 teams in the NHL.
* 305 former ECHL players have played in NHL.
* 159 have made NHL debut in the last five seasons, including goaltenders Joey MacDonald and Mike Smith this season, and a record 47 in 2005-06.
* ECHL has been represented on last six Stanley Cup champions.
* Two NHL head coaches (Peter Laviolette & Jim Playfair) and 9 assistant coaches have ECHL experience.
* Affiliations with 24 of the 27 teams in the American Hockey League.
* ECHL has been represented on last 17 Calder Cup champions.
* For each of the past four seasons, ECHL has had more players called up to AHL than all other professional leagues combined. From 2002-06 the ECHL had 1,646 call ups, involving almost 1,000 players, including 416 call ups involving 263 players last season.
* Idaho Steelheads and City of Boise will host the 15th Annual ECHL All-Star Game presented by Rbk Hockey on Jan. 17 and the 10th Annual ECHL All-Star Skills Competition presented by Rbk Hockey on Jan. 16 at Qwest Arena.
* ECHL and its member teams contributed more than $2.3 million for charity and relief funds in 2005-06.

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