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January 20, 2008 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release


Fresno Falcons (21-10-5) at Victoria Salmon Kings (24-10-5) 1:00 PT
* Salmon Kings are 16-2-5 in one-goal games including 5-3 in overtime and 5-2 in shootouts.
* Falcons are 3-1-2 in season series and 17-6-5 all-time against the Salmon Kings.
* All-Star rookie Oren Eizenman leads Fresno against Victoria with six goals, six assists and 12 points.
* Jordan Krestanovich and Ryan Wade lead Victoria against the Falcons with six assists and eight points each.

Johnstown Chiefs (15-19-2) at Trenton Devils (16-20-3) 4:00 ET
* Devils won 5-0 on Dec. 27 to improve to 45-24-6 all-time against Johnstown.
* Chiefs' Ryan Nie is 2-0-0 with a goals-against average of 2.14 in two starts against Trenton.
* Devils' Dave Caruso is 2-1-0 with a shutout and a goals-against average of 1.34 in his last three starts.
* Johnstown All-Star Ryan Garlock has scored two points in each of his last four games (3g-5a).

Texas Wildcatters (28-4-7) at Charlotte Checkers (16-15-4) 4:05 ET
* Wildcatters are 4-0-0 in season series, including 2-0-0 at Charlotte, and 8-3-3 all-time against the Checkers.
* Charlotte's Ryan Murphy has a two-game assist streak (4a) and 10 points (4g-6a) in his last four games.
* All-Star John McNabb leads Texas against Charlotte with five assists and eight points in four games.
* Checkers rookie Chris Capraro has six points (4g-2a) in his last five games.

Florida Everblades (22-14-3) at Mississippi Sea Wolves (17-20-3) 5:05 CT
* Sea Wolves have won the last two meetings and are 2-0-1 at home and 2-2-1 overall against Florida.
* Derek Damon leads the Everblades against Mississippi with six assists and eight points in five games.
* Mississippi's Ryan Munce is 8-0-0 with two shutouts and a goals-against of 1.36 in his last eight starts.
* Florida All-Star Justin Peters is 3-1-0 with a .917 save percentage against the Sea Wolves.

Las Vegas Wranglers (24-7-7) at Stockton Thunder (17-18-2) 4:00 PT
* Wranglers have won last three meetings to lead season series 5-0-1, including 3-0-1 at Stockton.
* Thunder All-Star Andy Contois has two game-winning goals and eight points (4g-4a) in his last six games.
* All-Star Peter Ferraro leads Las Vegas against Stockton with seven assists and nine points in five games.
* All-Star Ryan MacMurchy leads Stockton over the last 10 games with eight goals and 14 points.


Most Career Coaching Wins
480 - John Brophy, Hampton Roads (1989-2000) and Wheeling (2001-03)
474 - John Marks, Pensacola, Charlotte (1993-98) and Greenville (1998-2006)
332 - Jeff Pyle, Gwinnett (2003 to present) and Mobile (1998-2002)
332 - Frank Anzalone, Nashville (1991-92), Roanoke (1993-98), Pee Dee (1999-2001) and Johnstown (2005-07)

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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.

- 343 former ECHL players have played in NHL.

- 14 former ECHL players have made their NHL debut this season: former Idaho Steelheads right wing B.J. Crombeen (Dallas on Jan. 19), former Gwinnett Gladiators left wing Kevin Doell (Atlanta on Jan. 4), former Roanoke Express and 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 Gwinnett Gladiators and Louisiana IceGators left wing Pascal Pelletier (Boston on Jan. 17), former Reading Royals goaltender Jonathan Quick (Los Angeles on Dec. 6), former Stockton Thunder left wing Liam Reddox (Edmonton on Dec. 7), former Gwinnett Gladiators left wing Colin Stuart (Atlanta on Dec. 29), former San Diego goaltender Tyler Weiman (Colorado on Oct. 4), former Charlotte Checkers 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 198 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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