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Published on January 29, 2008 under ECHL (ECHL) News Release


Charlotte Checkers (17-17-4) at Dayton Bombers (19-15-7) 7:00 ET
- Dayton ranks second in the ECHL on the power play at home with 25.4 percent (30-for-118).
- Charlotte is 14-4-3 when scoring first.
- All-Star Yannick Tifu leads the ECHL with 53 points (13g-40a) in 35 games for the Bombers.
- Checkers' Ryan Murphy has 13 points (5g-8a) in his last 10 games.



Augusta Lynx (21-18-3) at Gwinnett Gladiators (25-11-4) 7:05 ET
- Gwinnett is 3-0-1 this season against Augusta and 21-13-5 all-time against the Lynx.
- Augusta is 11-5-3 in one-goal games, including 4-0 in overtime and 3-3 in shootouts.
- Jeff Campbell leads the Gladiators against Augusta with seven assists and nine points.
- Igor Pohanka leads the Lynx against Gwinnett with three goals and five points.



South Carolina Stingrays (27-12-2) at Florida Everblades (23-15-4) 7:30 ET
- South Carolina won 3-2 at Florida on Jan. 26 to improve to 32-32-9 all-time against the Everblades.
- Florida ranks third in the ECHL on the penalty kill at home with 88.1 percent (104-for-118).
- Stingrays' Davis Parley is 2-0-0 with a 1.99 goals-against average in two games against Florida.
- Derek Damon leads the Everblades against South Carolina with eight assists and 11 points.



Mississippi Sea Wolves (17-24-3) at Pensacola Ice Pilots (8-29-4) 7:05 CT
- Pensacola won 5-2 on Dec. 26 to improve to 2-1-0 at home and 3-2-1 overall against Mississippi.
- Mississippi is 6-3-2 when tied after the second period.
- All-Star Jean-Claude Sawyer leads the Ice Pilots against Mississippi with seven assists and seven points.
- Lance Monych leads the Sea Wolves against Pensacola with four goals and seven points.



Stockton Thunder (18-20-2) at Idaho Steelheads (22-13-7) 7:10 MT
- Stockton is 2-0-0 this season against Idaho and is 9-7-1 all-time against the Steelheads.
- Idaho is 7-2-1 in their last 10 home games.
- All-Star Andy Contois leads the Thunder with four game-winning goals, including two in his last five games.
- Steelheads' Marty Flichel has nine points (3g-6a) in his last seven games.



Phoenix RoadRunners (15-21-6) at Fresno Falcons (23-11-5) 7:00 PT
- Fresno is 3-1-0 this season and 11-4-0 all-time against the RoadRunners.
- Phoenix is 11-0-3 when leading after the second period.
- All-Star Oren Eizenman leads the Falcons against Phoenix with six assists and six points.
- Daniel Sisca leads the RoadRunners with 31 assists and 41 points.



Utah Grizzlies (19-19-4) at Bakersfield Condors (12-20-8) 7:00 PT
- Bakersfield is 3-0-2 in their last five games.
- Utah is 9-3-4 in one-goal games, including 4-0 in overtime and 3-4 in shootouts.
- Condors' Mark Derlago has 10 goals and 13 points in his last 10 games.
- Ryan Kinasewich leads the Grizzlies with 13 assists and 15 points in January.


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)
335 - 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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