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December 30, 2007 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release


Gwinnett Gladiators (19-7-2) at South Carolina Stingrays (17-9-1) 4:00 ET
* Stingrays have won 10 consecutive games, tying their team record set Jan. 7-28, 2005.
* Gladiators have won the last seven meetings to improve to 23-8-2 all-time against South Carolina.
* South Carolina rookie Josh Johnson is 4-0-0 with a goals-against average of 1.50 in his last four starts.
* Lou Dickenson leads Gwinnett against the Stingrays with four assists and five points in two games.

Florida Everblades (16-10-3) at Pensacola Ice Pilots (7-19-3) 5:05 CT
* Pensacola's Bryan McGregor has two game-winning goals and five points (3g-2a) in his last four games.
* Florida's Derek Damon has a seven-game point streak (8g-10a) and a five-game assist streak (8a).
* Ice Pilots' Cam Ellsworth is 3-1-0 with an overtime win and 159 saves in his last four games.
* Everblades rookie Preston Callander has a two-game goal streak (2g) and a two-game point streak (2g-1a).

Victoria Salmon Kings (20-7-2) at Fresno Falcons (14-9-4) 5:00 PT
* Victoria's Julien Ellis is 4-0-2 with a goals-against average of 2.51 in his last six starts.
* Fresno rookie Oren Eizenman has six points (3g-3a) in his last three games.
* Salmon Kings' Ash Goldie has two game-winning goals and seven points (5g-2a) in his last four games.
* Falcons' Jake Moreland is 1-1-1 with a goals-against average of 2.23 in his last four games.

Las Vegas Wranglers (21-4-4) at Bakersfield Condors (7-17-5) 6:00 PT
* Wranglers have won the last six meetings to improve to 27-8-1 all-time against Bakersfield.
* Condors' Tim Konsorada has a six-game point streak (6g-2a) and a five-game goal streak (6g).
* Peter Ferraro (4g-1a) and Chris Ferraro (1g-4a) lead Las Vegas in scoring against the Condors.
* Bakersfield's Andrew Ianiero has seven points (3g-4a) in his last five games.

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Premier 'AA' Hockey League Fast Facts

- Celebrating its 20th Anniversary in 2007-08, the ECHL is the third-longest tenured professional hockey league behind only the National Hockey League and the American Hockey League.

- ECHL began in 1988-89 with five teams in four states and has grown to be a coast-to-coast league with 25 teams playing 900 games in 17 states and British Columbia in 2007-08.

- The league officially changed its name to ECHL on May 19, 2003.

- 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.

- 340 former ECHL players have played in NHL.

- 11 former ECHL players have made their NHL debut this season: former Roanoke Express and former Wheeling Nailers left wing Jason Jaffray (Vancouver on Dec. 12), former Toledo Storm goaltender Drew MacIntyre (Vancouver on Dec. 13), former San Diego Gulls left wing Cody McLeod (Colorado on Dec. 19), former Columbia Inferno center Brandon Nolan (Carolina on Dec. 22), 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 Gwinnett left wing Colin Stuart (Atlanta on Dec. 29), 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).

- 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.

- 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 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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