
ECHL Today
January 10, 2009 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release
South Carolina Stingrays (20-10-4) at Charlotte Checkers (17-15-2) 1
p.m. ET
- Charlotte rookie Matthew
Ford has a three-game point streak (2g-4a) and a three-game assist
streak (4a).
- Stingrays rookie Maxime
Lacroix has a four-game point streak (5g-2a).
- Mike
Bayrack leads Charlotte against South Carolina with three goals, six
assists and nine points in seven games.
- Rookie Michael
Dubuc leads the Stingrays against Charlotte with six goals and 10
points in seven games.
Trenton Devils (15-14-3) at Cincinnati Cyclones (16-15-5) 7:30 p.m.
ET
- Cyclones are fourth in the league with 3.44 goals per game.
- Trenton rookie Brad
Snetsinger had career-high two goals and tied his career best with two
points on Friday.
- Cincinnati is 8-2-5 in one-goal games including 3-3 in shootouts and 1-2
in overtime.
- Devils' Jim
Henkel has a four-game point streak (3g-3a) and a three-game goal
streak (3g).
Wheeling Nailers (22-7-5) at Dayton Bombers (19-12-4) 7:30 p.m.
ET
- Bombers' Tyler
Plante has won his last two starts to improve to 2-1-1 against
Wheeling.
- Wheeling rookie Bryan
Ewing has a five-game point streak (7g-3a) and a two-game goal streak
(4g).
- Dayton's Mike
McLean had career highs on Friday with four assists and four points
(0g-4a).
- Nailers defenseman Chris
Snavely has four points (2g-2a) in his last three games.
Mississippi Sea Wolves (15-17-3) at Florida Everblades (22-8-2) 7:30
p.m. ET
- Everblades' Mark
Lee has a three-game point streak (2g-3a).
- Sea Wolves are 15-10-5 when scoring first and 6-0-0 when leading after
two periods.
- Defenseman Noah
Babin has scored in all three games he has played for Florida (0g-4a).
- Kyle
McAllister leads Mississippi with three game-winning goals.
Johnstown Chiefs (22-11-2) at Elmira Jackals (16-15-4) 7:35 p.m.
ET
- Jackals are 11-4-4 in one-goal games including 2-1 in overtime and 2-3 in
shootouts.
- Chiefs' Ian
Keserich is 2-1-0 with a shutout and a goals-against average of 1.68 in
three starts against Elmira.
- Elmira defenseman Joe
Grimaldi tied his career highs at Johnstown on Dec. 28 with three
assists and three points.
- Jarrett
Konkle has three goals and five points in his first five games with
Johnstown.
Las Vegas Wranglers (15-14-3) at Utah Grizzlies (13-14-6) 7:05 p.m.
MT
- Utah's Michael
Mole leads the league with 1,725 minutes and 857 saves.
- Wranglers' Kevin
Lalande is 2-1-1 with a goals-against average of 2.10 in five games
against Utah.
- Ryan
Kinasewich leads the Grizzlies in the last six games with six assists
and eight points.
- Las Vegas' Kelly
Czuy has four points (0g-4a) in his last three games.
Reading Royals (10-25-2) at Idaho Steelheads (20-12-2) 7:10 p.m.
MT
- Steelheads rookie Ben
Nelson has five goals and seven points in his last six games.
- Reading defenseman Steve
Ward has nine points (3g-6a) in his last 10 games.
- Idaho is fourth in the league with a goals-against average of 2.59.
- Peder
Skinner has 16 points (5g-11a) in 16 games for Reading.
Alaska Aces (20-13-2) at Bakersfield Condors (11-19-4) 7 p.m.
PT
- Bakersfield's Matt
Pope is tied for the league rookie lead with 20 goals and is second
with nine power-play goals.
- Alaska leads the league on the penalty kill with 90.5 percent
(180-for-199).
- Andrew
Ianiero leads the Condors in the last five games with five assists and
five points.
- Aces defenseman Bryan
Miller has a four-game point streak (0g-4a) and six points (1g-5a) in
his last seven games.
Ontario Reign (19-13-2) at Victoria Salmon Kings (25-9-2) 7:05 p.m.
PT
- Salmon Kings' Julien
Ellis is 3-0-0 with a shutout and a goals-against average of 1.00 in
his last three starts.
- Ontario is third in the league with a goals-against average of 2.50.
- Victoria defenseman Dylan
Yeo has 13 assists and 17 points in the last 14 games.
- Todd
Jackson leads the Reign in the last 13 games with seven goals and 13
points.
Longest Winning Streak, One Season
17 - Cincinnati Cyclones, Jan. 16-Feb. 29, 2008
14 - Victoria Salmon Kings, Dec. 6 to present
Louisiana IceGators, Nov. 23-Dec. 22, 2001
Knoxville Cherokees, Dec. 28, 1993-Jan. 29, 1994
13 - Las Vegas Wranglers, Mar. 10-Apr. 7, 2007
12 - South Carolina Stingrays, Nov. 28-Dec. 31, 2007
Las Vegas Wranglers, Dec. 3-28, 2005
Pensacola Ice Pilots, Jan. 22-Feb. 18, 2005
Wheeling Nailers, Feb. 20-Mar. 12, 2004
Florida Everblades, Dec. 14, 1999-Jan. 13, 2000
Chesapeake Icebreakers, Feb. 14-Mar. 13, 1998
Erie Panthers, 1989-90
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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 21 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.
- 386 former ECHL
players have played in NHL.
- 130 have played their first NHL game in the last four seasons.
- 31 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 Florida Everblades defenseman Brett
Carson (Carolina on Dec. 7), former South Carolina Stingrays defenseman
Sean
Collins (Washington on Dec. 6), 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 Dayton Bombers center Philippe
Dupuis (Colorado on Dec. 12), 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 South Carolina Stingrays
right wing Andrew
Gordon (Washington on Dec. 23), 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 Gwinnett Gladiators
defenseman Scott
Lehman (Atlanta on Dec. 18), 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 Idaho Steelheads left wing Warren
Peters (Calgary on Dec. 7), former Charlotte Checkers defenseman Corey
Potter (New York Rangers on Dec. 7), former Charlotte Checkers,
Columbia Inferno and Elmira Jackals defenseman Bryan
Rodney (Carolina on Dec. 11), 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 Utah Grizzlies and ECHL All-Star
center Trevor
Smith (New York Islanders on Dec. 31), former Johnstown Chiefs and
Mississippi Sea Wolves forward Radek
Smolenak (Tampa Bay on Dec. 2), former Augusta Lynx defenseman Brett
Skinner (New York Islanders on Oct. 27), former Las Vegas Wranglers and
ECHL All-Star defenseman Tyson
Strachan (St. Louis on Dec. 18), former Wheeling Nailers right wing Tim
Wallace (Pittsburgh on Dec. 10) and former Idaho Steelheads center Tom
Wandell (Dallas on Dec. 10).
- 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.
ECHL Stories from January 10, 2009
- Alaska Frustrated by Fukufuji in 3-2 Loss - Alaska Aces
- Condors prevail, 3-2 over Aces - Bakersfield Condors
- Grizzlies Beat Las Vegas 6-4 - Utah Grizzlies
- Steelheads end up splitting the weekend series with Reading - Idaho Steelheads
- Grizzlies Score In Bunches, Beat Wranglers 6-4 - Las Vegas Wranglers
- Last Minute Heroics Push Bombers Over Wheeling - Dayton Bombers
- Chiefs Nipped By Jackals - Johnstown Chiefs
- Doucet Gets Game Winner - Elmira Jackals
- Lee's Late goal sends Blades to fourth straight win - Florida Everblades
- Nailers fall 5-4 at Bombers - Wheeling Nailers
- Cyclones Use Night of Firsts in 5-2 Win Over Trenton - Cincinnati Cyclones
- Devils Fall in Cincinnati, 5-2 - Trenton Devils
- Tejchma's 10th Of The Season Not Enough As Blades Nip Sea Wolves 2-1 - Mississippi Sea Wolves
- ECHL Transactions - ECHL
- Wheeling Nailers Fan Banners Now Available - Wheeling Nailers
- McKee recalled by Iowa - Bakersfield Condors
- Condors versus Aces Game Preview - Bakersfield Condors
- Checkers Outlast Stingrays, Win 4-3 - Charlotte Checkers
- Stingrays Fall to Checkers, 4-3 - South Carolina Stingrays
- Military Appreciation Weekend Starts Tonight at the Nutter Center - Dayton Bombers
- ECHL Today - ECHL
- Reign Lose On Road In Victoria, 5-2 - Ontario Reign
- Aces hold back Bakersfield, 6-5 - Bakersfield Condors
- Aces Ground Condors, 6-5 - Alaska Aces
- Victoria defeats Ontario 5-2 to extend franchise win streak to 14 - Victoria Salmon Kings
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