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January 24, 2007 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release


Johnstown Chiefs (15-18-4) at Trenton Titans (19-13-3) 7:00 p.m. ET
- Johnstown ranks fifth in ECHL on the power play on the road with 18.7 percent (20-for-107).
- Titans' Mike Pandolfo has 10 points (9g-1a) in six games against Johnstown.
- Chiefs' Doug Andress leads the team with six points (2g-4a) in six games against Trenton.
- Trenton is tied for third in ECHL on the power play with 18.9 percent (45-for-238).



Idaho Steelheads (20-16-2) at Utah Grizzlies (14-22-3) 7:05 p.m. MT
- Grizzlies are on a season-high five-game win streak.
- Idaho has 22 points (11-8-0) on the road.
- Utah's Ryan Kinasewich leads team and is tied for 10th in the ECHL with 43 (23g-20a) points.
- Steelheads' Marty Flichel has a six-game point streak (5g-7a).



Fresno Falcons (23-12-3) at Bakersfield Condors (23-11-4) 7:00 p.m. PT
- Fresno is fourth in ECHL on the penalty kill with 86.6 percent (246-for-284).
- Bakersfield has 15 points (7-2-1) in the last 10 games.
- Falcons' John Wroblewski had a goal and an assist in a 3-2 shootout loss to Long Beach on Tuesday.
- Condors' Brett Lutes has a nine-game point streak (6g-8a).



Victoria Salmon Kings (14-26-1) at Long Beach Ice Dogs (12-22-2) 7:00 p.m. PT
- Victoria ranks fourth in the ECHL on the power play on the road with 19.1 percent (26-136).
- Long Beach is 8-5-2 in one-goal games.
- Salmon Kings' Wes Goldie has 10 points (6g-4a) in five games against Long Beach.
- Ice Dogs' Mike Brown is 2-2-0 with a goals-against average of 2.23 in January.



Stockton Thunder (19-9-7) at Alaska Aces (25-11-2) 7:15 p.m. AT
- Stockton has 19 points (8-4-3) on the road.
- Alaska is fourth in the ECHL on the power play at home with 20.9 percent (27-for-129).
- Thunder's Troy Bodie had two assists in a 3-2 win against Alaska on Jan. 21.
- Aces' Joe Talbot is on a four-game point streak (2g-2a).



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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