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January 27, 2008 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release


Wheeling Nailers (13-24-5) at Trenton Devils (17-22-3) 4:00 ET
* Devils lead season series 3-2-0, including 2-0-0 at home, and are 32-25-6 all-time against Wheeling.
* Nailers are 2-2-1 in season series and 31-29-3 all-time against Trenton.
* Trenton's Dave Caruso is 2-0-0 with a shutout and a goals-against average of 0.50 against the Nailers.
* Wheeling defensemen Seamus Young (1g-4a) and Chris Snavely (1g-4a) have 10 points in the last 10 games.

Pensacola Ice Pilots (8-28-4) at Gwinnett Gladiators (24-11-4) 4:05 ET
* Jeff Campbell leads the Gladiators against Pensacola with 13 assists and 14 points in seven games.
* Pensacola rookie Mathieu Roy has a game-winning goal and three points (2g-1a) in his last four games.
* Gwinnett defenseman Jamie Milam has a four-game assist streak (6a).
* Rookie Erik Fabian leads the Ice Pilots in January with three power-play goals, five goals and seven points.

Mississippi Sea Wolves (17-23-3) at Texas Wildcatters (31-4-7) 4:05 CT
* Wildcatters have won the last two meetings and are 7-1-1 against Mississippi, including 4-0-1 at home.
* Mississippi's Lance Monych had two assists on Saturday and has six points (2g-4a) in his last five games.
* Texas' Anton Khudobin is 7-0-0 with a shutout and a goals-against average of 1.74 against the Sea Wolves.
* Sea Wolves defenseman Chris Cava has a five-game assist streak (5a).

Reading Royals (23-16-3) at Johnstown Chiefs (17-20-2) 5:05 ET
* Royals lead season series 3-1-0, including 2-0-0 at Johnstown, and are 28-23-5 all-time against the Chiefs.
* Johnstown's Ryan Nie is 5-0-1 with a goals-against average of 2.45 in his last six starts.
* Reading defenseman P.J. Atherton has 11 points (4g-7a) in his last seven games.
* Chiefs' Randy Rowe has two game-winning goals and 11 points (6g-5a) in his last nine games.

Stockton Thunder (18-19-2) at Fresno Falcons (22-11-5) 5:00 PT
* Stockton has won the last two meetings to improve to 2-1-0 in the season series against the Falcons.
* Falcons' Jake Moreland is 7-1-0 and has a goals-against average of 2.08 in his last eight starts.
* Thunder's Andy Contois has four game-winning goals and 14 points (7g-7a) in his last 13 games.
* Fresno rookie Oren Eizenman has a four-game assist streak (5a) and a four-game point streak (3g-5a).

Utah Grizzlies (19-19-3) at Las Vegas Wranglers (26-8-7) 5:05 PT
* Wranglers have won the last six meetings and are 6-1-0 in season series and 12-5-4 all-time against Utah.
* Grizzlies' Ryan Kinasewich has 13 points (2g-11a) in his last six games.
* Peter Ferraro (2g-9a) and Chris Ferraro (3g-6a) have scored 20 points in seven games against the Grizzlies.
* Utah defenseman James Sanford has two game-winning goals and eight points (3g-5a) in his last nine games.

Victoria Salmon Kings (26-11-5) at Alaska Aces (20-14-5) 5:05 AT
* Aces lead the season series 3-2-0 and are 27-5-4 all-time against Victoria.
* Salmon Kings' Jordan Krestanovich has 11 points (2g-9a) in his last eight games.
* Alaska rookie Josh Soares has two game-winning goals and seven points (3g-4a) in his last five games.
* Victoria's Billy Thompson is 4-1-2 with a goals-against average of 3.10 in his last eight games.

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)
334 - 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.

- 345 former ECHL players have played in NHL.

- 16 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 Fresno goaltender Thomas Greiss (San Jose on Jan. 14), 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 Alaska Aces and Pensacola Ice Pilots center Chris Minard (Pittsburgh on Jan. 21), 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 200 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.

- 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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