
ECHL Today
Published on February 11, 2007 under ECHL (ECHL) News Release
Reading Royals (19-22-6) at Johnstown Chiefs (20-20-4) 3:00 p.m.
ET
* Chiefs have won the last two meetings and are 5-0-1 against the Royals,
including 2-0-1 at Johnstown.
* Greg
Hogeboom leads Reading against Johnstown with five goals and eight
points in six games.
* Maxime
Boisclair leads the Chiefs against Reading with four goals and 10
points in six games.
* Royals are 11-4-4 when scoring first and 13-1-3 when leading after the
second period.
Texas Wildcatters (27-13-8) at South Carolina Stingrays (25-18-3) 4:00
p.m. ET
* Wildcatters are 2-0-0 at South Carolina and 3-1-1 overall in season
series against the Stingrays.
* Stingrays have won last seven home games to improve their home record to
13-8-2.
* Olivier
Proulx leads Texas against the Stingrays with four goals and nine
points in five games.
* Evan
Schwabe (3g-5a) and Peter
Szabo (1g-5a) lead the Stingrays offense against Texas.
Columbia Inferno (18-22-7) at Charlotte Checkers (25-17-3) 4:00 p.m.
ET
* Checkers are 2-0-0 at home and 4-0-0 overall in season series, improving
to 20-17-3 all-time against Inferno.
* Columbia's Bryson
Busniuk has two game-winning goals and four points (3g-1a) in the last
four games.
* Charlotte had its league-leading sixth sellout with record crowd of
11,237 on Saturday.
* In the last 11 games, Inferno defenseman Mike
Jarmuth has five two-assist games and seven two-point games.
Augusta Lynx (27-20-2) at Gwinnett Gladiators (28-13-6) 4:05 p.m.
ET
* Augusta has won the last three meetings and is 5-2-0 against the
Gladiators, including 1-1-0 at Gwinnett.
* Gwinnett rookie Colton
Fretter has three-game goal streak (6g) and 14-game point streak
(13g-12a).
* Lynx's Dave
McKee is 4-0-0 with two shootout wins and goals-against average of 3.36
against Gwinnett.
* Brad
Schell (2g-8a) and Scott
Mifsud (2g-7a) lead Gwinnett offense against Augusta.
Las Vegas Wranglers (25-9-11) at Stockton Thunder (21-13-9) 4:00 p.m.
PT
* Las Vegas won 3-2 in shootout at home on Dec. 15 and is 2-1-0 against
Thunder, including 1-1-0 at Stockton.
* In his last two games, Thunder's Cam
Ellsworth has overtime win, overtime loss and goals against 1.47.
* Wranglers' Kevin
Nastiuk is 3-0-2 with goals-against average of 2.14 in his last five
starts.
* Stockton's Mike
Lalonde has two two-goal games and five points (4g-1a) in the last four
games.
Phoenix RoadRunners (22-21-4) at Alaska Aces (34-12-2) 5:05 p.m.
AT
* Aces have won 11 consecutive home games tying team record set Nov.
11-Dec. 10, 2005.
* Justin
Aikins leads RoadRunners with 19 goals and 39 points in 45 games.
* Alaska's Kimbi
Daniels has three-game assist streak (4a) and seven-game point streak
(3g-9a).
* Phoenix is tied for third in ECHL with 65 power-play goals and is fifth
in power-play percentage with 18.2.
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.
* 319 former ECHL players have played in NHL.
* 174 have played their first NHL game in the last five seasons.
* 95 former ECHL players have played in the NHL this season.
* More than 100 players under contract to NHL teams have played in the ECHL
this season.
* 16 former ECHL players have played their first NHL game this season:
Krys Barch (Dallas on Jan. 15),
Sheldon Brookbank (Nashville on Feb. 6),
Barry Brust (Los Angeles on Nov. 30),
Drew Fata (New York Islanders on Feb. 4),
Yutaka Fukufuji (Los Angeles on Jan. 13),
Daniel Girardi (New York Rangers on Jan. 27),
Martin Houle (Philadelphia on Dec. 13), D.J. King (St. Louis on Oct.
5),
Drew Larman (Florida on Nov. 13),
Martin Lojek (Florida on Feb. 3),
Joey MacDonald (Detroit on Oct. 19),
Kris Newbury (Toronto on Dec. 23),
Pierre Parenteau (Chicago on Feb. 7), Jesse Schultz (Vancouver on Nov.
28), former ECHL All-Star goaltender
Mike Smith (Dallas on Oct. 21), and
Mike Wall (Anaheim on Nov. 26).
* Record 47 former ECHL players played their first NHL game 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.
* ECHL has affiliations with 24 of the 27 teams in the American Hockey
League and for the past 17 years there has been an ECHL player on the
Calder Cup Champion.
* 86 players under contract to AHL teams have played in the ECHL this
season.
* For each of the past four seasons, the ECHL has had more players called
up to the AHL than all other professional leagues combined with 1,646 call
ups involving almost 1,000 players, including 2005-06 when there were 416
call ups involving 263 players.
* ECHL and its member teams contributed more than $2.3 million for charity
and relief funds in 2005-06.
* Further information on the ECHL is available from its website at ECHL.com.
ECHL Stories from February 11, 2007
- Aces polish off three-game sweep of 'Runners, 6-1 - Alaska Aces
- Aces Sweep RoadRunners With Second Straight 6-1 Win - Phoenix RoadRunners
- Royals Stumble Late And Lose In Johnstown, 5-2 - Reading Royals
- Thunder score late, comeback attempt falls just short - Stockton Thunder
- Checkers edged by Columbia 3-2 before second consecutive sellout crowd - Charlotte Checkers
- Wranglers Edge Thunder 2-1 for Fourth Straight Win - Las Vegas Wranglers
- Lynx Bite Gladiators 7-4 - Atlanta Gladiators
- Lynx slay Gladiators, 7-4 - Augusta Lynx
- South Carolina Stings Wildcatters with 3-0 Shutout - Texas Wildcatters
- Parley, Stingrays Shut Out Wildcatters 3-0 - South Carolina Stingrays
- Chiefs crown Royals, 5-2 - Johnstown Chiefs
- ECHL Transactions - ECHL
- Dubnyk Reassigned To Stockton - Stockton Thunder
- Rays Take On Texas Tonight - South Carolina Stingrays
- ECHL Today - ECHL
- Aces Derail 'Runners 6-1 - Alaska Aces
- Aces Storm Through RoadRunners 6-1 - Phoenix RoadRunners
- Largest-ever Checkers crowd on "Circle K Hockey Night" watches Texas prevail 6-3 - Charlotte Checkers
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