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February 10, 2008 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release


Wheeling Nailers (14-29-5) at South Carolina Stingrays (29-17-2) 4 p.m. ET
* Stingrays won the last meeting, 5-2 at South Carolina on Nov. 21, 1996, and are 2-1-0 all-time against Wheeling.
* Joe Guenther has nine points (4g-5a) in his last six games and 10 points (4g-6a) in 13 games with the Nailers.
* South Carolina's Chris Chaput has seven points (5g-2a) in his last eight games.
* Wheeling's Kelly Miller has four points (2g-2a) in his last four games and six points (2g-4a) in 12 games.

Columbia Inferno (18-19-10) at Gwinnett Gladiators (28-13-4) 4:05 p.m. ET
* Gladiators have won the last four meetings at Gwinnett and are 24-8-3 all-time against Columbia.
* Columbia's Jeff Miles has a six-game point streak (3g-5a) and a three-game assist streak (3a).
* Gwinnett's Dan Turple is 2-0-0 with a goals-against average of 1.44 in two starts against Columbia.
* Inferno's Owen Fussey has a four-game point streak (2g-3a) and 28 points (13g-15a) in 43 games.

Pensacola Ice Pilots (11-31-5) at Charlotte Checkers (22-18-5) 4:05 p.m. ET
* Checkers have won the last six meetings at Charlotte and are 16-11-1 all-time against Pensacola.
* Ice Pilots rookie defenseman Jean-Claude Sawyer has three points (1g-2a) in his last three games.
* Dusty Jamieson leads Charlotte against Pensacola with eight points (4g-4a) including a goal and two assists Saturday.
* Pensacola's Mathieu Roy has six points (1g-5a) in his last six games.

Mississippi Sea Wolves (21-26-3) at Dayton Bombers (20-18-8) 5 p.m. ET
* Matt Beaudoin leads Dayton at home with 16 goals and is second with 14 assists and 30 points in 23 games.
* Jason Tejchma leads the Sea Wolves on the road with seven goals, 14 assists and 21 points in 22 games.
* Mississippi rookie defenseman Michael Couch has a point in each of his last two games (1g-1a).
* Bombers rookie Jeremy Duchesne is 3-2-0 with a goals-against average of 2.40 in his last five starts at home.

Trenton Devils (18-24-5) at Johnstown Chiefs (19-23-3) 5:05 p.m. ET
* Chiefs are 2-0-0 at home and 4-1-0 overall this season and 34-32-11 all-time against Trenton.
* Devils' Jason Bonsignore has six assists and six points in his last five games.
* Johnstown's Ryan Nie is 2-0-1 with an overtime win and a goals-against average of 1.90 in his last three starts.
* Ryan Gunderson (0g-10a) and Jim Henkel (5g-5a) lead Trenton in scoring on the road.

Idaho Steelheads (27-14-7) at Alaska Aces (21-19-5) 5:05 p.m. AT
* Steelheads have won the last five meetings and are 5-0-2 this season against the Aces, including 2-0-0 at Alaska.
* Aces are winless in last four home games, tying their team record set Nov. 16-Dec. 6, 2006.
* Matt Zaba is 6-0-0 with a shutout and a goals-against average of 1.48 since being assigned to Idaho on Jan. 11.
* Bo Cheesman has four goals in his last five games and leads Alaska with 22 goals in 45 games.

Most Career Coaching Wins
480 - John Brophy, Hampton Roads (1989-2000) and Wheeling (2001-03)
477 - John Marks, Pensacola, Charlotte (1993-98) and Greenville (1998-2006)
338 - 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.

- 347 former ECHL players have played in NHL.

- 18 former ECHL players have made their NHL debut this season: former Florida Everblades center David Brine (Florida on Feb. 2), former Idaho Steelheads right wing B.J. Crombeen (Dallas on Jan. 19), former Gwinnett Gladiators left wing Kevin Doell (Atlanta on Jan. 4), former Alaska defenseman Zack FitzGerald (Vancouver on Feb. 5), 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).

- 202 former ECHL players 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 affiliations with 26 of the 29 teams in the American Hockey League, marking the seventh consecutive season that it has had affiliations with 20 or more teams in the AHL.

- ECHL has been represented on last 18 Calder Cup champions.

- 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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