
ECHL Today
February 27, 2007 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release
Toledo Storm (27-21-1) at Dayton Bombers (24-20-4) 7:00
p.m. ET
- Toledo is 4-1-0 in their last five games and 6-4-0 in their last 10
games.
- Dayton is 13-6-4 in one-goal games, including 3-0 in overtime and 2-4 in
shootouts.
- Storm's Nick
Parillo has team-leading six assists and seven points in seven games
against Dayton.
- Yannick Tifu leads Bombers with 18 goals, 35 assists and 53 points.
Pensacola Ice Pilots (17-36-2) at Columbia Inferno
(20-26-8) 7:05 p.m. ET
- Columbia leads the ECHL on the penalty kill at home with 88.3 percent
(136-for-154).
- Pensacola is 92.6 percent (25-for-27) on the penalty kill in their last
five games.
- Inferno's Anthony
Battaglia (6g-4a) and Jeff
Miles (4g-6a) each have 10 points against Pensacola.
- John Hecimovic leads the Ice Pilots with six goals and 10 points in six games against Columbia.
Augusta Lynx (30-22-3) at Florida Everblades (34-16-2)
7:30 p.m. ET
- Florida is seventh in the ECHL with 35 points (17-9-1) at home.
- Augusta ranks 10th in the ECHL on the power play with 16.8 percent
(65-for-387).
- Everblades' Craig
Kowalski is 5-0-0 with a 2.78 goals-against average in five games
against Augusta.
- Lynx's Shane Hynes (4g-1a) and Brain Passmore (2g-3a) each have five points against Florida.
Phoenix RoadRunners (24-26-4) at Bakersfield Condors
(31-13-8) 7:00 p.m. PT
- Bakersfield is tied for seventh in the ECHL on the power play with 17.4
percent (73-for-419).
- RoadRunners are 16-4-0 when leading after the second period.
- Condors' Rane
Carnegie and Josh
Liebenow each have three points (1g-2a) in two games against Phoenix.
- Phoenix's Justin Aikins (1g-1a) and Mat Snesrud (0g-2a) each have two points against Bakersfield.
Cincinnati Cyclones (28-20-4) at Fresno Falcons
(28-20-4) 7:00 p.m. PT
- Fresno is on a three-game unbeaten streak and has eight points (4-1-0) in
the last five games.
- Cincinnati leads the ECHL on the penalty kill with 88.5 percent
(315-for-356).
- Cyclones' Mike
Wirll is tied for the league lead with 36 goals.
- Falcons' Luke Curtin is on a seven-game point streak (3g-11a).
Idaho Steelheads (30-18-4) at Las Vegas Wranglers
(30-10-11) 7:05 p.m. PT
- Idaho is currently on a four-game unbeaten streak and is 8-1-1 in the
last 10 games.
- Las Vegas is fourth in the ECHL on the power play at home with 19.9
percent (29-for-146).
- Lance
Galbraith leads Steelheads against Wranglers with six goals and 11
points in eight games.
- Wranglers' Derek
Edwardson has team-leading four goals, 11 assists and 15 points against
Idaho.
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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.
* 322 former ECHL players have played in NHL.
* 177 have played their first NHL game in the last five seasons.
* 98 former ECHL players have played in the NHL this season and all 30
teams have had a former ECHL player play for them.
* More than 100 players under contract to NHL teams have played in the ECHL
this season.
* 19 ECHL players who have played their first NHL game this season: former
Greenville and Richmond right wing
Krys Barch (Dallas on Jan. 15), former Mississippi defenseman
Sheldon Brookbank (Nashville on Feb. 6), former Reading goaltender
Barry Brust (Los Angeles on Nov. 30), former Toledo center Matt Ellis
(Detroit on Dec. 18), former Wheeling defenseman
Drew Fata (New York Islanders on Feb. 4), former Reading defenseman
Jeff Finger (Colorado on Feb. 20), former Bakersfield and Reading
goaltender
Yutaka Fukufuji (Los Angeles on Jan. 13), former Charlotte defenseman
Daniel Girardi (New York Rangers on Jan. 27), former Long Beach
goaltender
Jaroslav Halak (Montreal on Feb. 18), former Trenton goaltender
Martin Houle (Philadelphia on Dec. 13), former Alaska left wing D.J.
King (St. Louis on Oct. 5), former Florida center
Drew Larman (Florida on Nov. 13), former Florida defenseman
Martin Lojek (Florida on Feb. 3), former Toledo goaltender
Joey MacDonald (Detroit on Oct. 19), former Pensacola center
Kris Newbury (Toronto on Dec. 23), former Augusta right wing
Pierre Parenteau (Chicago on Feb. 7), former Columbia right wing Jesse
Schultz (Vancouver on Nov. 28), former ECHL All-Star goaltender
Mike Smith (Dallas on Oct. 21) and former Augusta goaltender 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.
* 2008 ECHL
All-Star Game and Skills Competition will be hosted by Stockton
Thunder, City of Stockton and Stockton Arena on Jan. 22-23, 2008.
* 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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ECHL Stories from February 27, 2007
- Condors Slip Past RoadRunners 5-4 In A Shootout - Phoenix RoadRunners
- Fresno Extra Special In 5-0 Win Over Cyclones - Cincinnati Cyclones
- MacDonald Stops 35 Shots for First Pro Shutout - Fresno Falcons
- Bombers soar over Toledo, 6-2 - Dayton Bombers
- Everblades in first place after 6-3 win over Augusta - Florida Everblades
- Ice Pilots fall to Inferno 5-4 in shootout - Pensacola Ice Pilots
- Third period power play goals vault Everblades over Lynx - Augusta Lynx
- Community and Promotions Update - Victoria Salmon Kings
- Cyclones Receive Goaltender Dov Grumet-Morris - Cincinnati Cyclones
- Constant recalled to Hartford - Charlotte Checkers
- ECHL Transactions - ECHL
- Steelheads' Nesbitt Named In Glas Co Player Of The Week - ECHL
- Nesbitt named ECHL Player of the Week - Idaho Steelheads
- Stingrays Weekly - South Carolina Stingrays
- Gladiators "Salute to Atlanta Traffic" Jersey Auction a Success - Atlanta Gladiators
- McKenna named Goaltender of the Week - Las Vegas Wranglers
- Wranglers' McKenna Named Rbk Hockey Goalie Of The Week - ECHL
- Benson, Wellar may suit up for Peoria Thursday - Alaska Aces
- Condors Game Preview - Bakersfield Condors
- Atherton, Lascek and Smolenak recalled - Johnstown Chiefs
- Eight-Game Homestand Begins This Weekend - Stockton Thunder
- Charity Case to perform post-game concert March 17 - Charlotte Checkers
- ECHL Commissioner Brian McKenna in Long Beach Wednesday - Long Beach Ice Dogs
- Ice Pilots weekly - Pensacola Ice Pilots
- Ice Pilots look for four wins in Columbia Tonight - Pensacola Ice Pilots
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