
ECHL Today
November 26, 2007 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release
Utah Grizzlies (7-9-0) at Fresno Falcons (6-4-3) 7:00 PT
- Fresno won 4-2 on Sunday to lead the season series with Utah 1-0-0 and
the all-time series 8-5-0.
- Utah is 4-3-0 when out shooting their opponents.
- Oren
Eizenman had two goals for the Falcons on Sunday against Utah.
- Grizzlies' Keith
Johnson and Olivier
Labelle each had a goal on Sunday against Fresno.
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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 Chase Chevrolet
ECHL All-Star Game presented by Jackson Rancheria and Bud Light at
Stockton Arena on Jan. 23, 2008 and the Chase Chevrolet ECHL All-Star
Skills Competition presented by Jackson Rancheria and Bud Light 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.
ECHL Stories from November 26, 2007
- Victoria Salmon Kings This Week - Victoria Salmon Kings
- Farynuk Reassigned From Springfield - Stockton Thunder
- Wranglers On Eight-Game Winning Streak, Lead League - ECHL
- ECHL Transactions - ECHL
- Bombers Announce Return of "Two for Tuesdays" - Dayton Bombers
- ECHL This Week - ECHL
- Victoria's Gomez Suspended Three Games, Fined - ECHL
- Wildcatters Weekly - Texas Wildcatters
- Stockton's Schwartz Fined - ECHL
- It May Be A Bit Early For "Magic Numbers" But... - Reading Royals
- Goaltender Boron Claimed Off Waivers - Stockton Thunder
- Phoenix Continues Eight-Game Road Trip this Week at Victoria - Phoenix RoadRunners
- Campbell Assigned to Gwinnett from AHL Norfolk - Atlanta Gladiators
- Sea Wolves Weekly - Mississippi Sea Wolves
- Augusta Lynx Weekly - Augusta Lynx
- Weekly Arrowhead - Johnstown Chiefs
- Ice Pilots Weekly - Pensacola Ice Pilots
- Steelheads Off The Hook - Idaho Steelheads
- Pospisil Recalled to AHL Chicago - Atlanta Gladiators
- Fresno Falcons Weekly - Fresno Falcons
- Inferno Weekly - Columbia Inferno
- Charlotte Checkers Weekly - Charlotte Checkers
- Everblades Weekly - Florida Everblades
- ECHL Today - ECHL
- Cincinnati Cyclones Weekly News - Cincinnati Cyclones
- Gladiators Weekly Update - Atlanta Gladiators
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