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January 22, 2007 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release


Bakersfield Condors (22-11-4) at Victoria Salmon Kings (14-25-1) 7:05 p.m. PT
- Salmon Kings are tied for seventh in the ECHL on the power play with 17.3 percent (49-for-283).
- Bakersfield is tied for fourth in ECHL with 24 points (10-5-4) on the road.
- Victoria's Marc-Andre Bernier had a goal and an assist on Saturday to extend his goal streak to four (4g).
- Condors' Kevin St. Jacques has 10 points (3g-7a) in four games against Victoria.



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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