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January 31, 2008 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release


Augusta Lynx (22-18-3) at South Carolina Stingrays (27-13-2) 7:05 ET
* Stingrays have won the last three meetings and are 3-1-0 in season series and 41-22-12 all-time against Augusta.
* Augusta rookie James Brannigan had career highs with two assists and three points at Gwinnett on Tuesday.
* South Carolina's Davis Parley is 2-0-0 with a shutout and a goals-against average of 0.50 against the Lynx.
* Lynx rookie Bobby Bolt has a goal in his last two games, including the game winner at Gwinnett on Tuesday.

Columbia Inferno (17-15-10) at Mississippi Sea Wolves (18-24-3) 7:05 CT
* Sea Wolves won 6-5 in overtime at Columbia on Dec. 7 to improve to 3-0-2 all-time against the Inferno.
* Inferno rookie Jeff Jakaitis is 5-0-2 with a shutout and a goals-against average of 1.53 in his last seven starts.
* Mississippi defenseman Chris Cava has a seven-game assist streak (7a) and a seven-game point streak (1g-7a).
* Columbia's Peter Tsimikalis has eight points (2g-6a) in his last six games.

Florida Everblades (24-15-4) at Texas Wildcatters (32-4-7) 7:05 CT
* Texas has won the last four meetings and is 4-0-1 in season series and 12-4-3 all-time against Florida.
* Mathieu Melanson leads the Everblades against Texas with four goals and six points in five games.
* John McNabb leads the Wildcatters against Florida with five assists and seven points in five games.
* Florida's Derek Damon has a seven-game assist streak (8a) and a seven-game point streak (3g-8a).

Alaska Aces (20-15-5) at Utah Grizzlies (20-19-4) 7:05 MT
* Grizzlies won 5-2 at Alaska on Dec. 31 and are 2-1-0 in season series against the Aces.
* Alaska rookie Josh Soares has two game-winning goals and 22 points (7g-15a) in his last 11 games.
* Olivier Labelle leads the Grizzlies against Alaska with five goals and seven points in three games.
* Aces' Bo Cheesman and Olivier Filion have each scored four goals and six points in three games against Utah.

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 seven 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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