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October 26, 2007 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release


Augusta Lynx (2-1-0) at Columbia Inferno (0-2-0) 7:05 ET
- Columbia was 2-2-1 at home and 5-3-1 overall against Augusta in 2006-07.
- Augusta is tied for sixth in the ECHL with 10 goals.
- Inferno's Brad Ralph is tied for the ECHL lead with four goals.
- Louis Goulet leads the Lynx with three assists.



Trenton Devils (1-2-0) at Cincinnati Cyclones (1-0-0) 7:30 ET
- Cincinnati went 4-for-9 on the power play (44.4 percent) in a 5-4 win at Dayton on Oct. 20.
- Trenton was 3-2-0 on the road and 6-4-0 overall against Cincinnati in 2006-07.
- Defenseman Bryan Schmidt leads the Cyclones with three assists and four points.
- Devils' Joe Rooney is tied for the ECHL rookie lead with five points (2g-3a).



South Carolina Stingrays (1-1-1) at Wheeling Nailers (1-1-0) 7:35 ET
- South Carolina ranks fourth in the ECHL on the penalty kill on the road with 89.5 percent (17-for-19).
- Wheeling rookie David Brown is 1-0-0 with a 2.00 goal-against average and a .956 save percentage.
- Stingray rookie defenseman Patrick McNeill has three points (1g-2a) in three games.
- Defenseman Paul Bissonnette leads the Nailers three assists and four points.



Johnstown Chiefs (2-2-0) at Elmira Jackals (2-0-0) 7:35 ET
- Johnstown is tied for the ECHL lead with two shorthand goals.
- Elmira is averaging 4.00 goals per game.
- Chiefs' Alexandre Imbeault is tied for the ECHL rookie lead with three goals and five points.
- Scott May leads the Jackals with three goals and five points in two games.



Reading Royals (2-1-0) at Pensacola Ice Pilots (0-3-0) 7:05 CT
- Reading's Jonathan Quick recorded his first professional win and shutout, 3-0 at Pensacola on Oct. 24.
- Daniel Sullivan leads the Ice Pilots with two assists.
- Reading is averaging 3.67 goals per game.
- Pensacola is out shooting its opponents 26 to 25 in the third period.



Idaho Steelheads (1-0-1) at Utah Grizzlies (0-3-0) 7:05 MT
- Idaho was 2-1-0 on the road and 7-1-0 overall against Utah in 2006-07.
- Utah's Ryan Kinasewich has a goal and an assist in three games.
- Steelheads rookie Colin Sinclair has three points (1g-2a) in two games.
- Grizzlies' Scott Burt has two assists in three games.



Las Vegas Wranglers (3-0-0) at Victoria Salmon Kings (1-1-0) 7:00 PT
- Las Vegas has the second lowest goals-against average in the ECHL with 1.33.
- Victoria is ranked ninth in the ECHL on the penalty kill with 86.7 percent (13-for-15).
- Peter Ferraro has four points (2g-2a) in three games with the Wranglers.
- Jordan Krestanovich leads Victoria with three assists and is tied for the team lead with three points.



Bakersfield Condors (2-0-1) at Phoenix RoadRunners (3-1-0) 7:11 PT
- Phoenix is tied for the ECHL lead with two shorthand goals.
- Bakersfield was 2-0-1 on the road and 4-1-1 overall against Phoenix in 2006-07.
- RoadRunners' Chris Murray is tied for the ECHL rookie lead with four assists.
- Condors' Sean Venedam has three points (1g-2a) in three games.



Alaska Aces (1-1-0) at Fresno Falcons (1-0-2) 7:30 PT
- Alaska was 5-2-0 against Fresno in 2006-07.
- Fresno won 4-2 against Alaska on Oct. 23.
- Barrett Heisten leads the Aces with two assists and is tied for the team lead with two points.
- Falcons' Luke Curtin leads the team with two goals and is tied for the lead with four points.



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Premier 'AA' Hockey League Fast Facts

- Affiliations with 26 of the 30 teams in the National Hockey League, marking the 11th consecutive season that the league has had affiliations with at least 20 teams in the NHL.

- 333 former ECHL players have played in NHL.

- There were 69 former ECHL players on NHL opening-day rosters and there have been 188 former ECHL players who have played their first game in the NHL in the past six seasons.

- Twenty-six former ECHL players made their NHL debut in 2006-07, including two who played in both the ECHL and the NHL as goaltender Yutaka Fukufuji played for Reading and Los Angeles while defenseman Bryan Young skated for Stockton and Edmonton. Dave McKee played for Augusta and dressed for five games as the backup goaltender for Stanley Cup champion Anaheim.

- Four former ECHL players have made their NHL debut this season: former Johnstown Chiefs and Fresno Falcons goaltender Dmitri Patzold (San Jose on Oct. 7), former San Diego goaltender Tyler Weiman (Colorado on Oct. 4), former Charlotte right wing Craig Weller (Phoenix on Oct. 4) and former Phoenix RoadRunners center Daniel Winnik (Phoenix Coyotes on Oct. 4).

- Record 51 former ECHL players played their first NHL game in 2005-06.

- ECHL has been represented on last seven Stanley Cup champions.

- 14 Former ECHL coaches on NHL staffs.

- ECHL has been represented on last 18 Calder Cup champions.

- ECHL has affiliations with 26 of the 29 teams in the American Hockey League and for the past 18 years there has been an ECHL player on the Calder Cup Champion.

- The Stockton Thunder and the City of Stockton will host the 16th Annual ECHL All-Star Game at Stockton Arena on Jan. 23, 2008 and the 11th Annual ECHL All-Star Skills Competition on Jan. 22, 2008.

- In the last five seasons the ECHL has had more call-ups to the AHL than all other professional leagues combined with over 2,000 call-ups involving more than 1,000 players since 2002-03.
ECHL and its member teams contributed nearly $3 million for charity and relief funds in 2006-07.

- Further information on the ECHL is available from its website at ECHL.com.

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