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February 14, 2007 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release


Johnstown Chiefs (21-20-4) at Trenton Titans (22-18-5) 7:00 p.m. ET
- Johnstown is on season-high five-game win streak.
- Trenton has 27 points (12-7-3) at home.
- Chiefs' Maxime Boisclair has team-leading four goals, six assists and 10 points in five games against Trenton.
- Titans' Mike Pandolfo has team-leading nine goals and 10 points in seven games against Johnstown.



Reading Royals (19-23-6) at Cincinnati Cyclones (24-17-4) 7:30 p.m. ET
- Reading is 13-2-3 when leading after the second period.
- Cincinnati ranks fifth in the ECHL with 33 points (15-7-3) at home.
- Royals' Greg Hogeboom has team-leading five goals and 10 points in seven games against Cincinnati.
- Cyclones' Cedrick Desjardins is 5-1-0 with a goals-against average of 1.83 against Reading.



Gwinnett Gladiators (28-14-6) at Florida Everblades (29-14-2) 7:30 p.m. ET
- Gwinnett leads the ECHL on the power play on the road with 23.3 percent (38-for-163).
- Florida has 17 points (8-1-1) in their last 10 home games.
- Brad Schell leads the Gladiators with three goals, eight assists and 11 points in five games against Florida.
- Everblades' Reggie Berg and Dustin Johner each have seven points (3g-4a) in five games against Gwinnett.



Fresno Falcons (24-19-4) at Utah Grizzlies (18-26-4) 7:05 p.m. MT
- Fresno is 9-6-0 in two-goal games.
- Utah has won the last two meetings to improve to 2-1-1 against Fresno.
- Falcons' Ryan MacDonald is 1-1-0 with a goals-against average of 1.95 against Utah.
- Grizzlies' Ryan Kinasewich has team-leading five points (2g-3a) in four games against Fresno.



Las Vegas Wranglers (27-9-11) at Idaho Steelheads (25-18-3) 7:10 p.m. MT
- Las Vegas ranks second in the ECHL on the power play on the road with 19.0 percent (31-for-163).
- Idaho is 10th in the ECHL on the penalty kill with 84.6 percent (132-for-156).
- Derek Edwardson leads Wranglers against Idaho with eight assists and 11 points in five games.
- Steelheads' Lance Galbraith has team-leading five goals and seven points in five games against Las Vegas.



Stockton Thunder (21-14-9) at Victoria Salmon Kings (20-29-1) 7:05 p.m. PT
- Stockton ranks third in the ECHL on the penalty kill on the road with 86.7 percent (143-for-165).
- Victoria is 10-4-1 in one-goal games.
- Thunder's Troy Bodie has team-high three points (1g-2a) in two games against Victoria.
- Milan Gajic leads Salmon Kings against Stockton with four assists and five points in two games.



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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.

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