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January 21, 2007 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release


Johnstown Chiefs (15-17-4) at Toledo Storm (18-17-1) 3:05 p.m. ET
* Storm is 2-1-0 at home and 4-2-0 overall against the Chiefs in 2006-07.
* Chiefs' Morgan Cey is 2-1-1 with goals-against average of 2.48 against Toledo.
* Matt Zultek leads Toledo against the Chiefs with four goals and six points in five games.
* Johnstown defenseman Dmitri Tarabrin had season-high two goals and three points Friday against Dayton.

Pensacola Ice Pilots (10-27-2) at Texas Wildcatters (22-11-5) 2:05 p.m. CT
* Wildcatters are 1-0-0 at home and 4-2-0 overall against Pensacola in 2006-07.
* Dallas Steward leads the Ice Pilots against the Wildcatters with four goals and seven points in six games.
* Texas' Marco Rosa has team-high five goals and eight points (5g-3a) in four games against Pensacola.
* Ice Pilots' Sergei Ogorodnikov has a two-game goal streak (2g) and a four-game point streak (2g-3a).

Reading Royals (17-18-5) at Trenton Titans (19-12-3) 4:00 p.m. ET
* Royals have won the last two meetings and are 4-2-2 against Trenton in 2006-07.
* Trenton's Mike Pandolfo leads the ECHL with 28 goals and is third with 52 points in 34 games.
* Greg Hogeboom leads Reading against Trenton with 10 assists and 14 points in eight games.
* Titans' Gregg Naumenko is 5-1-2 with goals-against average of 2.46 in his last eight games.

Alaska Aces (25-10-2) at Stockton Thunder (18-9-7) 4:00 p.m. PT
* Aces have won first two meetings, 3-2 in shootout on Nov. 24 and 3-2 in overtime on Saturday.
* Stockton defenseman Tim O'Connell has three assists in his last two games.
* Aces defenseman Matt Shasby has four-game assist streak (7a) and 18 points (2g-16a) in his last 10 games.
* Thunder's Troy Bodie is tied for second among ECHL rookies with 30 points and is third with 16 goals.



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.
* 314 former ECHL players have played in NHL.
* 169 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 wings Krys Barch and 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.
* ECHL and its member teams contributed more than $2.3 million for charity and relief funds in 2005-06.

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