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Published on December 9, 2007 under ECHL (ECHL) News Release


Johnstown Chiefs (10-10-1) at South Carolina Stingrays (12-9-1) 4:00 ET
- South Carolina won 5-2 on Saturday to lead season series 2-0-1 against Johnstown.
- Johnstown is 8-3-1 when leading after the second period.
- Stingrays' T.J. McElroy had three assists on Saturday against Johnstown.
- Chiefs' Vladimir Denisov (2a) and Kenny Roche (1g-1a) had two points Saturday against South Carolina.



Pensacola Ice Pilots (3-13-3) at Texas Wildcatters (16-2-4) 7:05 CT
- Texas won 3-1 Saturday to lead season series 5-0-0 and all-time series with Pensacola 20-16-4.
- Pensacola is out shooting their opponent 52-48 in the third period in their last five games.
- Scott Champagne had a goal and an assist for the Wildcatters on Saturday against Pensacola.
- Mike Sgroi had the only goal for the Ice Pilots Saturday to extend his goal streak to four games (5g).



Elmira Jackals (15-6-2) at Wheeling Nailers (8-11-2) 6:05 ET
- Elmira won 4-2 on Oct. 19 to lead the series 1-0-0.
- Wheeling leads the ECHL on the power play at home with 30.9 percent (17-for-55).
- Scott May leads the Jackals against Wheeling with two goals and three points.
- Paul Bissonnette leads the Nailers with two assists and two points against Elmira.

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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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