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January 23, 2007 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release

Augusta Lynx (20-18-1) at Columbia Inferno (15-19-5) 7:05 p.m. ET
- Augusta is 16-2-1 when leading after the second period.
- Columbia is tied for fifth in ECHL on the penalty kill at home with 86.9 percent (93-for-107).
- Lynx's Ryan Lang has an 11-game point streak (4g-16a), which is the longest active streak in the ECHL.
- Inferno's Todd Ford is 7-5-3 with a goals-against average of 2.57.

Long Beach Ice Dogs (11-22-2) at Fresno Falcons (23-12-2) 7:00 p.m. PT
- Long Beach is 7-5-2 in one-goal games.
- Fresno is tied for fifth in ECHL on the penalty kill at home with 86.9 percent (113-for-130).
- Ice Dogs' Ash Goldie leads team in goals with 12 and points with 27.
- Falcons' Luke Curtin ranks fourth in ECHL in assists with 34 in 30 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.
* 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.

ECHL Stories from January 23, 2007

• Thunder clouding hostile territory - Stockton Thunder
• Falcons Fall to Ice Dogs in Shootout - Fresno Falcons
• Lynx quash Inferno, 4-1 - Augusta Lynx
• Special Super Bowl Jersey Raffle and Auction Saturday - Bakersfield Condors
• Two players loaned, one re-assigned to Aces - Alaska Aces
• ECHL Transactions - ECHL
• Johnson, Saunders return to Lynx in time for tonight's game with Inferno - Augusta Lynx
• Rankin selected as ECHL All-Star Idol winner - Pensacola Ice Pilots
• Fans Choose Rankin As 2007 Rbk Hockey All-Star Idol - ECHL
• Checkers raise over $38,000 for Victory Junction Gang Camp - Charlotte Checkers
• Equipment Problems Postpone Wheeling, Dayton Game - Wheeling Nailers
• Wildcatters' Rosa Named In Glas Co Player Of The Week - ECHL
• 'Catters Rosa Named ECHL Player of the Week - Texas Wildcatters
• Rouleau Returns To AHL San Antonio - Phoenix RoadRunners
• 100k fan hitting turnstiles Friday - Alaska Aces
• Royals Ready for Return to the 'Rama - Reading Royals
• Storm's Brodeur Named RBK Hockey Goalie Of The Week - ECHL
• 'Blades activate McDonald from IR - Florida Everblades
• Brodeur Named RBK Hockey ECHL Goaltender of the Week - Toledo Walleye
• Vicari Headed Back to the AHL - Toledo Walleye
• Two new promos highlight Chiefs weekend - Johnstown Chiefs
• Gladiators Swap Defensemen with Wolves - Atlanta Gladiators
• Bourdase to make Professional Debut Tonight - Fresno Falcons
• Ice Pilots Weekly - Pensacola Ice Pilots
• Checkers to help raise money for Ross Minor Medical Fund - Charlotte Checkers
• ECHL Today - ECHL
• Bakersfield bounces away with rubber match - Victoria Salmon Kings
• Condors Can Salmon Kings 4-2 to Take Sole Possession of First Place in Pacific Division - Bakersfield Condors

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