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Published on January 14, 2007 under ECHL (ECHL) News Release


Dayton Bombers (16-10-4) at Trenton Titans (18-11-2) 4:00 p.m. ET
* Titans have won last two meetings and are 3-2-1 against Bombers, including 2-2-1 at Trenton.
* Dayton All-Star Adam Berkhoel is 2-1-0 with goals-against average of 2.29 against Trenton.
* Mike Pandolfo leads Trenton with four goals, six assists and 10 points in six games against Dayton.
* Bombers' Paul Kelly has seven points (4g-3a) in the last six games.

Cincinnati Cyclones (20-13-3) at Reading Royals (16-17-4) 4:35 p.m. ET
* Cyclones won 4-1 on Saturday to improve to 2-1-0 at Reading and 3-1-1 overall against Royals.
* Reading All-Star Greg Hogeboom leads the Royals against Cincinnati with four goals and seven points.
* Cincinnati All-Star Cedrick Desjardins is 3-1-0 with goals-against average of 2.00 against Reading.
* Reading's Chris Bala has four goals and five points in the last six games.

Utah Grizzlies (11-22-3) at Stockton Thunder (18-7-6) 4:00 p.m. PT
* Thunder has won first three meetings, all at Stockton, by combined score of 12-3.
* Utah's Ryan Kinasewich has three-game point streak (2g-4a) and nine points (4g-5a) in last six games.
* Nathan Martz leads Stockton against Utah with five assists and five points in three games.
* Utah's Luciano Aquino has four assists in three games since being assigned by Bridgeport on Jan. 10.

Fresno Falcons (21-11-2) at Bakersfield Condors (20-11-3) 6:00 p.m. PT
* Condors have won last two meetings and are 2-0-1 against Fresno, including 1-0-0 at Bakersfield.
* Falcons' defenseman Dustin VanBallegooie has three points (1g-2a) in his last three games.
* Bakersfield's Jamie Hodson is 2-0-1 with goals-against average of 2.25 against Falcons.
* Fresno's John Morlang has five points (1g-4a) in five games in January.

Victoria Salmon Kings (13-23-1) at Alaska Aces (22-10-2) 5:05 p.m. AT
* Aces have won last two games and are 4-0-0 at home and 8-1-1 overall against Victoria this season.
* Kiel McLeod leads Victoria in January with six assists and 10 points in eight games.
* Alaska All-Star Kevin Croxton has team-leading 12 assists and 13 points in 10 games against Victoria.
* Salmon Kings' Wes Goldie is tied for fifth in the ECHL with 20 goals and tied for 17th with 37 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.
* 313 former ECHL players have played in NHL.
* 168 have made NHL debut in the last five seasons, including goaltenders Barry Brust, Yutaka Fukufuji, Martin Houle, Joey MacDonald, Mike Smith and Mike Wall, centers Drew Larman and Kris Newbury, right wing Jesse Schultz and left wing D.J. King 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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