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December 6, 2008 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release


Florida Everblades (14-3-2) at Reading Royals (5-16-1) 7:05 p.m. ET
- Everblades are 6-1-1 on their current nine-game road trip, including a 4-0 win at Reading on Nov. 28.
- Reading's Danny Taylor leads the league with 1,084 minutes and 539 saves.
- Florida's Kevin Baker has an eight-game point streak (9g-7a).
- David Nimmo scored a goal and Peder Skinner had two assists in their first game with the Royals on Friday.

Charlotte Checkers (8-9-2) at South Carolina Stingrays (12-5-2) 7:30 p.m. ET
- Michael Dubuc leads the Stingrays against Charlotte with four goals and seven points in five games.
- Checkers are 5-4-1 on the road.
- South Carolina defenseman Brad Farynuk has a three-game goal streak (3g) and a three-game point streak (3g-1a).
- Charlotte's Lee Falardeau has three points in three games (1g-2a).

Wheeling Nailers (12-2-5) at Dayton Bombers (12-7-3) 7:30 p.m. ET
- Wheeling became the first team in ECHL history to reach 700 wins with a 5-2 win at Dayton on Friday.
- Bomber rookie Nino Musitelli has eight points (1g-7a) in his last eight games.
- Wheeling's Tommy Goebel leads ECHL rookies with 27 points and is tied for league lead with 14 assists.
- Dayton's Justin Bowers is tied for third among league rookies with 14 assists and 22 points.

Johnstown Chiefs (16-5-1) at Cincinnati Cyclones (10-8-3) 7:30 p.m. ET
- Chiefs have won their last three road games to improve to 8-2-0 on the road.
- Cyclones' Olivier Latendresse leads the league with 17 goals and is tied for second with 28 points.
- Johnstown rookie Jon Landry leads ECHL defensemen with four power-play goals.
- Cincinnati is third in the league in scoring with 3.81 goals per game.

Trenton Devils (6-11-3) at Elmira Jackals (10-7-2) 7:35 p.m. ET
- Jackals are 1-0-0 at home and 3-0-0 overall in season series to improve to 10-4-1 all-time against Trenton.
- Eric Castonguay leads the Devils against Elmira with four points and is tied for the team lead with three assists.
- Elmira's Steve Yetman is tied for the league lead with four game-winning goals.
- Trenton's Charlie Effinger is 2-0-0 with a shootout win in his last two starts.

Gwinnett Gladiators (8-6-4) at Mississippi Sea Wolves (10-8-2) 7 p.m. CT
- Mississippi's Ryan Munce is tied for the league lead with three shootout wins.
- Gwinnett's Brad Schell has a three-game goal streak (3g) and a three-game point streak (3g-4a).
- Sea Wolves are 5-3-2 in one-goal games including 3-0 in shootouts and 2-2 in overtime.
- Gladiators' Jordan Fox has a three-game point streak (2g-5a) and a three-game assist streak (5a).

Utah Grizzlies (8-9-2) at Idaho Steelheads (11-8-2) 7:10 p.m. MT
- Grizzlies are 2-0-1 in season series against Idaho following Friday's 5-3 win.
- Idaho rookie Matt McKnight had career-high two assists and two points on Friday.
- Tim Verbeek leads the Grizzlies against Idaho with three goals and four points.
- Steelheads are 7-2-2 when scoring first.

Ontario Reign (11-8-2) at Stockton Thunder (8-9-3) 7:30 p.m. PT

- Stockton's Adam Huxley tied career highs with two goals and two points in Friday's 3-2 win at Ontario.
- Jon Rheault leads the Reign against Stockton with five points (2g-3a).
- Stockton rookie Bryan Pitton is 2-0-0 with a save percentage of .925 in his last two starts.
- Ontario defenseman PJ Atherton has three points (1g-2a) in his last two games.

Victoria Salmon Kings (11-9-1) at Fresno Falcons (14-6-1) 7:35 p.m. PT
- Fresno is third in the league with a goals-against average of 2.38.
- Victoria rookie Dan Gendur has two assists in his last two games and is tied for the team lead with 13 assists.
- Falcons' Igor Gongalsky has three points (0g-3a) in his last two games including two assists on Friday.
- Salmon Kings' Dylan Yeo is second among league defensemen with six goals and tied for second with 16 points.

Bakersfield Condors (8-9-3) at Alaska Aces (13-7-1) 7:15 p.m. AT
- Aces are 10-0-0 when leading after two periods.
- Bakersfield's Chad Painchaud has a three-game point streak (2g-4a) and a three-game assist streak (4a).
- Alaska's Matt Shasby leads ECHL defensemen with 20 points and 15 assists in 21 games.
- Condors' Ryan Nie has won his last two starts and is 2-0-1 with a save percentage of .941 in his last three 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 22 teams 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 24 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.
- 374 former ECHL players have played in NHL.
- 117 have played their first NHL game in the last four seasons.
- 19 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 Bakersfield Condors center Alexandre Bolduc (Vancouver on Nov. 27), former Las Vegas Wranglers and Wheeling Nailers goaltender John Curry (Pittsburgh on Nov. 26), former Greenville Grrrowl goaltender Jeff Drouin-Deslauriers (Edmonton on Oct. 17) , former Johnstown Chiefs center Andre Deveaux (Toronto on Nov. 27), former Gwinnett Gladiators right wing Pat Dwyer 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 Florida Everblades left wing Kenndal McArdle (Florida on Dec. 2), 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 Greenville Grrrowl and Stockton Thunder center Tim Sestito (Edmonton on Nov. 26), former Dayton Bombers and Las Vegas Wranglers defenseman Tyler Sloan (Washington on Oct. 21), former Johnstown Chiefs and Mississippi Sea Wolves forward Radek Smolenak 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: 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 and Scott Gordon of the New York Islanders. 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. Peter 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 23 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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