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Published on January 3, 2007 under ECHL (ECHL) News Release


Victoria Salmon Kings (11-18-1) at Long Beach Ice Dogs (9-17-2) 7:00 p.m. PT
- Ice Dogs won 4-2 on Dec. 15 and are 1-0-0 at home and 2-2-0 overall against Victoria.
- Victoria's Julien Ellis is 2-1-0 with a 2.35 goals-against average against Long Beach.
- Ash Goldie leads the Ice Dogs with 21 points (9g-12a) in 23 games.
- Salmon Kings rank eighth in ECHL on the power play with 18.0 percent (39-for-217).



Utah Grizzlies (8-19-3) at Alaska Aces (18-9-2) 7:15 p.m. AT
- Alaska ranks second in ECHL on the penalty kill with 86.4 percent (28-for-213).
- Utah's Andy Sertich had two assists on Dec. 30 for first multi-point game of professional career.
- Aces' Derek Gustafson is 2-1-0 with a 1.68 goals-against average against Utah.
- Grizzlies' Ryan Kinasewich has 20 points (11g-9a) on the road and has a six-game point streak (7g-5a).



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.
* 311 former ECHL players have played in NHL.
* 166 have made NHL debut in the last five seasons, including goaltenders Barry Brust, Martin Houle, Joey MacDonald, Mike Smith and Mike Wall, centers Drew Larman and Kris Newbury, 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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