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December 18, 2006 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release

Bakersfield Condors (14-7-2) at Las Vegas Wranglers (14-3-7) 11:59 p.m. PT
* Wranglers are 2-0-1 in Midnight Holiday Roundup games.
* Bakersfield has tied season high with three consecutive wins and is 6-1-1 in its last eight games.
* Las Vegas has won last seven meetings with Condors, including last four games at home.
* Condors' Sean Venedam has two game-winning goals and 15 points (8g-7a) in his last nine games.
* Steve Crampton leads the Wranglers against Bakersfield with four goals and five points in two games.

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.
* 310 former ECHL players have played in NHL.
* 165 have made NHL debut in the last five seasons, including goaltenders Barry Brust, Martin Houle, Joey MacDonald, Mike Smith and Mike Wall, center Drew Larman and right wing Jesse Schultz 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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ECHL Stories from December 18, 2006

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• Fraser Returns to the Rays - South Carolina Stingrays
• Grizzlies Visit Bakersfield Friday, Saturday - Utah Grizzlies
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• Angelidis Gets Call to AHL - Florida Everblades
• Lynx weekly - Augusta Lynx
• Chiefs weekly - Johnstown Chiefs
• Toledo Storm weekly - Toledo Walleye
• Penguins Reassign McNeill - Wheeling Nailers
• Wildcatters Weekly - Texas Wildcatters
• Checkers finish week 3-1-0 - Charlotte Checkers
• Fresno Falcons Weekly - Fresno Falcons
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