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Published on November 22, 2008 under ECHL (ECHL) News Release


Florida Everblades (9-2-1) at Augusta Lynx (5-6-2) 7 p.m. ET
- Augusta's Mike Brodeur is third in the league with a save percentage of .941.
- Ross Carlson leads the Everblades against Augusta with four goals and four points in three games.
- Matt Auffrey leads the Lynx with 11 points and is tied for the team lead with seven assists.
- Everblades rookie David Leggio is 2-0-0 with a goals-against average of 0.48 against Augusta.

Elmira Jackals (8-5-1) at Reading Royals (5-9-1) 7:05 p.m. ET
- Royals have won the last three meetings at Reading and are 5-1-0 at home and 7-5-1 overall against Elmira.
- Jackals' Steve Yetman has a three-game goal streak (5g) and a four-game point streak (5g-1a).
- Reading's Kirk MacDonald has two goals and four points (2g-2a) in his last two games.
- Elmira rookie Mitch O'Keefe is 4-0-0 with a goals-against average of 2.22 in his last five games.

Mississippi Sea Wolves (6-5-2) at Gwinnett Gladiators (5-4-3) 7:05 p.m. ET
- Gladiators lead the season series 2-1-0 and are 9-8-2 all-time against Mississippi.
- Sea Wolves are 3-1-1 with two shootout wins and an overtime win in their last five games.
- Bruce Graham (4g-2a) and Brad Schell (2g-4a) lead the Gladiators against Mississippi with six points each.
- Mississippi rookie Ryan Cruthers has six points (3g-3a) in his last three games.

Dayton Bombers (8-4-2) at South Carolina Stingrays (9-2-1) 7:05 p.m. ET
- Bombers won 3-1 on Mar. 4 at South Carolina to improve to 3-3-0 all-time against the Stingrays.
- Bobby Goepfert is 4-0-1 with a goals-against average of 1.57 in his first five games with South Carolina.
- Dan Riedel (6g-9a) and Justin Bowers (5g-10a) lead the Bombers in scoring with 15 points each.
- South Carolina's Michael Dubuc ranks third among league rookies with 17 points (9g-8a) in 12 games.

Trenton Devils (3-10-1) at Johnstown Chiefs (11-4-0) 7:05 p.m. ET
- Chiefs are 7-3-0 in the last 10 meetings to improve to 40-34-11 all-time against Trenton.
- Devils are 47-30-7 all-time against Johnstown.
- Chiefs' Kris Mayotte is 4-0-0 with a goals-against average of 2.69 at home.
- Tyler Burton leads the Devils against Johnstown with three assists and four points in three games.

Wheeling Nailers (8-1-5) at Cincinnati Cyclones (5-6-3) 7:30 p.m. ET
- Nailers' Curtis Darling is 2-1-2 with a goals-against average of 2.13 in his last five games.
- Cincinnati's Olivier Latendresse has a seven-game scoring streak (7g-3a).
- Wheeling rookie defenseman Elgin Reid has an eight-game point streak (4g-5a).
- Cyclones' Matt Syroczynski has a four-game goal streak (5g).

Las Vegas Wranglers (6-6-2) at Utah Grizzlies (6-7-0) 7:05 p.m. MT
- Utah is 3-1-0 when scoring the first goal.
- Wranglers are third in the league on the penalty kill with 87.9 percent (87-for-99).
- Ryan Kinasewich leads the Grizzlies with nine assists and 12 points in nine games.
- Las Vegas' John DeCaro is 4-0-0 with a goals-against average of 1.37 in his last five games.

Stockton Thunder (6-6-3) at Idaho Steelheads (7-7-2) 7:10 p.m. MT
- Idaho's Mark Bomersback has four points (1g-3a) in his first two games since returning from Providence.
- Thunder rookie Ryan Huddy has a six-game point streak (4g-5a).
- Marty Flichel leads the Steelheads with eight goals and 16 points in 16 games.
- Stockton rookie Andrew Perugini is 4-0-2 with a goals-against average of 2.41.

Phoenix RoadRunners (8-6-2) at Bakersfield Condors (6-7-2) 7 p.m. PT
- Condors' Dave Bonk has a four-game point streak (4g-5a) and a three-game assist streak (5a).
- Phoenix improved to 6-0-2 in one-goal games with Friday's 7-6 come-from-behind win against Bakersfield.
- Bakersfield's Mark Derlago had career bests with four assists and five points on Friday at Phoenix.
- RoadRunners' Dan DaSilva scored a career-high four points (2g-2a) in Friday's 7-6 overtime win at Phoenix.

Alaska Aces (11-3-1) at Victoria Salmon Kings (8-7-1) 7:05 p.m. PT
- Victoria's Wes Goldie has a four-game goal streak (4g) and is tied for second in the ECHL with 11 goals.
- Alaska's Cam Keith has a 10-game point streak (3g-12a).
- Salmon Kings' Dan Gendur has a four-game point streak (2g-5a) and a four-game assist streak (5a).
- Aces' Luke Erickson has a four-game point streak (3g-4a) and a three-game assist streak (4a).

Ontario Reign (7-5-2) at Fresno Falcons (9-4-1) 7:35 p.m. PT
- Falcons are fourth in the league with a goals-against average of 2.64.
- Ontario's Maxime Boisclair has a five-game point streak (2g-3a).
- Fresno rookie Judd Blackwater has two points (0g-2a) in his last two games.
- Reign defenseman Darren McMillan has four points (0g-4a) in his last five games.

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Premier 'AA' Hockey League Fast Facts
- The ECHL celebrated its 20th Anniversary in 2007-08 and 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 23 teams playing 828 games in 16 states and British Columbia in 2008-09.
- The Reading Royals, the City of Reading and the Sovereign Center will host the 17th Annual ECHL All-Star Game on Jan. 21, 2009 and the 12th Annual All-Star Skills Competition on Jan. 20, 2009.
- The league officially changed its name from East Coast Hockey League to ECHL on May 19, 2003.
- Affiliations with 26 of the 30 teams in the National Hockey League marking 12th consecutive season that the league has had affiliations with at least 20 teams in the NHL.
- 368 former ECHL players have played in NHL.
- 112 have played their first NHL game in the last four seasons.
- 13 former ECHL players have made their NHL debut this season: former Wheeling Nailers and ECHL All-Star defenseman Paul Bissonnette (Pittsburgh on Oct. 4), former Greenville Grrrowl goaltender Jeff Drouin-Deslauriers (Edmonton on Oct. 17), former Gwinnett Gladiators right wing Pat Dwyer (Carolina on Nov. 2), former Columbus Cottonmouths and Tallahassee Tiger Sharks left wing Mitch Fritz (New York Islanders on Oct. 30), former Charlotte Checkers center Dwight Helminen (Carolina on Oct. 28), former Trenton Devils right wing Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond (New Jersey on Oct. 22), former Charlotte Checkers defenseman Steve MacIntyre (Edmonton on Oct. 15), former Phoenix RoadRunners and Wheeling Nailers center Cam Paddock (St. Louis on Nov. 14), former Las Vegas Wranglers defenseman Adam Pardy (Calgary on Oct. 9), former Gwinnett Gladiators center Jared Ross (Philadelphia on Oct. 11), former Alaska Aces goaltender Marek Schwarz (St. Louis on Oct. 25), former Dayton Bombers and Las Vegas Wranglers defenseman Tyler Sloan (Washington on Oct. 21) and former Augusta Lynx defenseman Brett Skinner (New York Islanders on Oct. 27).
- There were 72 former ECHL players on NHL opening-day rosters.
- Twenty-six former ECHL players made their NHL debut in 2007-08, including six who played in both the ECHL and the NHL as goaltender Chris Beckford-Tseu (Alaska and St. Louis), Adam Berti (Pensacola and Chicago), Joe Jensen (Wheeling and Carolina), Dan LaCosta (Elmira and Columbus), Jonathan Quick (Reading and Los Angeles) and Danny Taylor (Reading and Los Angeles).
- Record 47 former ECHL players played their first NHL game in 2005-06.
- ECHL is represented for the eighth consecutive year on the National Hockey League championship team in 2008 by Aaron Downey of the Detroit Red Wings.
- Former ECHL coaches working as head coaches in the NHL are Bruce Boudreau of the Washington Capitals, Scott Gordon of the New York Islanders and Peter Laviolette of the Carolina Hurricanes. Boudreau, who coached Mississippi for three seasons winning the Kelly Cup championship in 1999, was named NHL Coach of the Year in 2007-08 becoming the first former ECHL coach to receive the award. Laviolette, who began his coaching career with the Wheeling Nailers, led Carolina Hurricanes to the Stanley Cup in 2006.
- There are 18 assistant coaches in the NHL who were players or coaches in the ECHL.
- There are 18 former ECHL officials scheduled to work as part of the NHL officiating team in 2008-09 with referees David Banfield, Chris Ciamaga, Ghislain Hebert, Marc Joannette, Mike Leggo, Wes McCauley, Dean Morton, Dan O'Rourke, Brian Pochmara, Kevin Pollock, Kyle Rehman, Chris Rooney, Justin St. Pierre and Ian Walsh and linesmen Steve Barton, Brian Mach, Tim Nowak and Jay Sharrers. Barton, Joannette, Leggo, McCauley, Nowak, Pollock, Rooney and Sharrers all worked the 2008 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
- ECHL has affiliations with 25 of the 29 teams in the American Hockey League and for the past 19 years there has been an ECHL player on the Calder Cup Champion.
- In the last six 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.
- Further information on the ECHL is available from its website at ECHL.com.

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