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December 8, 2007 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release


Dayton Bombers (9-7-5) at Trenton Devils (7-13-1) 7:00 ET
- Dayton is 2-0-0 against Trenton this season.
- Trenton is 6-2-1 in one-goal games.
- Chanse Fitzpatrick leads the Bombers against Trenton with seven goals and eight points.
- Devils' Jim Henkel, Stephen Wood and Tony Zancanaro each have a goal against Dayton.



Mississippi Sea Wolves (7-14-1) at Augusta Lynx (12-8-2) 7:05 ET
- Augusta won 3-2 on Nov. 30 to lead the season series 2-1-1 and the all-time series with Mississippi 9-7-2.
- Mississippi ranks fifth in the ECHL on the power play on the road with 21.7 percent (10-for-46).
- Matt Auffrey leads the Lynx with five points (2g-3a) in four games against Mississippi.
- Stanislav Lascek leads the Sea Wolves against Augusta with three goals and six points.



Wheeling Nailers (8-10-2) at Reading Royals (13-8-1) 7:05 ET
- Reading is 2-1-0 against Wheeling this season and 29-23-6 all-time against the Nailers.
- Wheeling is 6-0-1 when leading after the second period.
- Marc Cavosie has six points (4g-2a) in five games with the Royals.
- Nailers' Kevin Croxton has three points (1g-2a) in three games against Reading.



Florida Everblades (13-8-0) at Columbia Inferno (9-9-5) 7:05 ET
- Florida is 2-1-0 against Columbia this season and 27-13-7 all-time against the Inferno.
- Columbia ranks fifth in the ECHL on the penalty kill at home with 88.3 percent (68-for-77).
- Everblades' Ernie Hartlieb has four points (3g-1a) in three games against Columbia.
- Inferno's Patrick Wellar has three goals and three points in three games against Florida.



Johnstown Chiefs (10-9-1) at South Carolina Stingrays (11-9-1) 7:05 ET
- South Carolina won 3-1 on Oct. 27 to tie the season series 1-1-0 against Johnstown.
- Johnstown is 7-2-1 when they out shoot their opponents.
- Stingrays' Stephen Werner leads the team with three goals and is tied with three points against Johnstown.
- Randy Rowe leads the Chiefs with three points (1g-2a) in two games against South Carolina.



Elmira Jackals (14-6-2) at Cincinnati Cyclones (15-5-1) 7:30 ET
- Cincinnati won 2-1 in a shootout on Friday and leads the season series with Elmira 3-1-0.
- Elmira is 11-0-1 when leading after the second period.
- Cyclones' Andrew R. Martin scored a goal on Friday against Elmira.
- Jackals' Benoit Doucet scored a goal on Friday against Cincinnati.



Pensacola Ice Pilots (3-12-3) at Texas Wildcatters (15-2-4) 7:05 CT
- Texas won 4-3 in a shootout Friday to lead season series 4-0-0 and all-time series with Pensacola 19-16-4.
- Pensacola has given up only one power-play goal in their last five games going 24-for-25 (95.8 percent).
- Wildcatters' Dan Welch and Brandon Benedict each had a goal and an assist on Friday against Pensacola.
- Ice Pilots' Mike Sgroi had a goal on Friday against Texas to extend his goal streak to three games (4g).



Fresno Falcons (10-6-3) at Idaho Steelheads (7-8-6) 7:10 MT
- Fresno won 4-3 at Idaho on Friday to lead the season series 2-0-0.
- Idaho ranks sixth in the ECHL on the penalty kill at home with 88.2 percent (67-for-76).
- Mike Ramsay had a goal and an assist for the Falcons on Friday against Idaho.
- Steelheads' Mark Bomersback and Greg Rallo each had a goal and an assist on Friday against Fresno.



Las Vegas Wranglers (15-2-2) at Stockton Thunder (9-10-2) 7:30 PT
- Stockton won 3-2 in a shootout on Friday to improve to 1-2-0 this season against Las Vegas.
- Las Vegas is 7-1-1 on the road.
- Andy Contois and Ryan MacMurchy each scored a goal for the Thunder on Friday against Las Vegas.
- Wranglers' Tyson Strachan and Ryan Donally each scored a goal on Friday against Stockton.



Bakersfield Condors (5-12-5) at Alaska Aces (12-8-1) 7:05 AT
- Alaska won 5-4 on Friday to lead the season series 3-0-0 and the all-time series with Bakersfield 20-13-2.
- Bakersfield is out scoring their opponents 10-5 in the third period in their last five games.
- Aces' Tim Spencer and Corbin Schmidt each had two assists on Friday against Bakersfield.
- Condors' Brett Lutes recorded his second hat trick of the season on Friday against Alaska.

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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.

- 335 former ECHL players have played in NHL.

- There were 69 former ECHL players on NHL opening-day rosters and there have been 189 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.

- Six 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 Reading Royals goaltender Jonathan Quick (Los Angeles on Dec. 6), former Stockton left wing Liam Reddox (Edmonton on Dec. 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.

- There are 15 coaches in the NHL who have ECHL experience including former Wheeling coach Peter Laviolette, who is head coach of the Carolina Hurricanes, and former Mississippi coach Bruce Boudreau, who is interim head coach of the Washington Capitals.

- 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.

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