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Published on October 28, 2007 under ECHL (ECHL) News Release


Reading Royals (3-2-0) at Gwinnett Gladiators (3-0-0) 4:05 ET
- Royals are 1-0-0 all-time against Gwinnett, posting a 3-1 win at Reading on Nov. 29, 2006.
- Gwinnett's Jeff Campbell is tied for the ECHL lead with eight assists and eight points.
- Reading's P.J. Atherton is tied for second in the league with a plus-minus rating of +6.
- Gladiators' Craig Kowalski is 3-0-0 with goals-against average of 2.00 and a save percentage of .922.

South Carolina Stingrays (3-1-1) at Elmira Jackals (2-0-1) 4:05 ET
- South Carolina rookie Pierre-Luc O'Brien is tied for the ECHL lead with eight assists and eight points.
- Jackals have sold out each of their first two games and are averaging 3,946 at the 3,784-seat First Arena.
- Seventeen different players have scored a goal for South Carolina in its first five games.
- Elmira's Joel Martin is 2-0-0 with goals-against average of 2.00 and a save percentage of .902.

Cincinnati Cyclones (2-1-0) at Dayton Bombers (0-2-0) 5:00 ET
- Bombers were 5-5-2 against Cincinnati in 2006-07 and are 23-22-8 all-time against the Cyclones.
- Cyclones defenseman Bryan Schmidt had four points (1g-3a) in 5-4 win at Dayton on Oct. 20.
- Dayton rookie Ryan Smyth scored his first two professional goals against Cincinnati on Oct. 20.
- Cincinnati rookies David Desharnais and Travis Fuller are tied for the team lead with three goals each.

Florida Everblades (3-0-0) at Texas Wildcatters (1-1-1) 4:05 CT
- Everblades rookie Kyle McAllister is tied for the ECHL lead with two game-winning goals.
- Wildcatters' rookie defenseman Cleve Kinley is tied for the team lead with two goals and four points.
- Florida's Justin Peters is 3-0-0 with a goals-against average of 0.97 and a save percentage of .971.
- Texas rookie Anton Khudobin is 1-0-1 with goals-against average of 1.66 and a save percentage of .937.

Pensacola Ice Pilots (1-3-0) at Mississippi Sea Wolves (0-3-0) 5:05 CT
- Mississippi had a crowd of 6,743 on Saturday for its first home game since Apr. 15, 2005
- Ice Pilots were 9-2-1 against Mississippi in 2004-05 to improve to 33-38-11 all-time.
- Sea Wolves are 49-27-6 all-time against Pensacola.
- Rookie defenseman Jean-Claude Sawyer leads the Ice Pilots with four points (2g-2a).



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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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