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Published on December 16, 2007 under ECHL (ECHL) News Release


Reading Royals (15-8-2) at Trenton Devils (8-15-1) 4:00 ET
* Trenton is 3-2-0 in season series, including 2-1-0 at home, and 38-22-8 all-time against the Royals.
* Royals' Terry Denike is 3-0-1 with a save percentage of .912 in his last four starts.
* Devils are 7-4-1 in one-goal games, including 2-0 in overtime and 1-1 in shootouts.
* Reading rookie Patrik Hersley has a four-game assist streak (7a) and a four-game point streak (1g-7a).

Johnstown Chiefs (10-13-1) at Cincinnati Cyclones (16-6-2) 5:00 ET
* Cyclones lead the season series 2-0-0 and are 21-11-4 all-time against the Chiefs.
* Chiefs' Ryan Garlock set career high for assists (3a) and tied career best for points (0g-3a) on Saturday.
* Barret Ehgoetz leads Cincinnati against Johnstown with four assists and five points in two games.
* Johnstown rookie Kenny Roche tied career highs for assists (2a) and points (0g-2a) Saturday at Dayton.

Victoria Salmon Kings (16-7-0) at Fresno Falcons (13-6-3) 3:00 PT
* Falcons won 5-2 at home on Dec. 14 and are 1-0-0 in season series and 15-5-3 all-time against Victoria.
* Victoria's Marc-Andre Bernier has two game-winning goals and seven points (5g-2a) in his last 10 games.
* Fresno's Jake Moreland is 5-0-0 with a save percentage of .922 in his last five starts.
* Victoria's Jordan Krestanovich has a three-game goal streak (3g) and a five-game point streak (4g-4a).

Dayton Bombers (11-7-6) at Wheeling Nailers (9-13-2) 6:05 ET
* Wheeling is 3-2-0 in season series, including 2-0-0 at home, and 78-50-7 all-time against the Bombers.
* Dayton has won the last two meetings with Wheeling to improve to 2-2-1 in season series against Nailers.
* Nailers' David Laliberte has six goals and nine points in his last seven games.
* Bombers' Yannick Tifu tied career bests with five assists and five points on Saturday against Johnstown.

Mississippi Sea Wolves (7-15-2) at Pensacola Ice Pilots (4-14-3) 5:05 CT
* Ice Pilots have won last two games and are 2-1-1 overall and 1-0-0 at home against Mississippi.
* Sea Wolves are 2-1-1 in season series and 51-28-7 all-time against Pensacola.
* Luke Erickson (2g-4a) and Mike Sgroi (2g-3a) lead the Pensacola offense against the Sea Wolves.
* Lance Monych leads Mississippi against the Ice Pilots with four goals and seven points in four games.

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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.

- 337 former ECHL players have played in NHL.

- There were 69 former ECHL players on NHL opening-day rosters and there have been 192 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.

- Eight former ECHL players have made their NHL debut this season: former Roanoke Express and former Wheeling Nailers left wing goaltender Jason Jaffray (Vancouver on Dec. 12), former Toledo Storm goaltender Drew MacIntyre (Vancouver on Dec. 13), 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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