
ECHL Today
January 30, 2009 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release
Wheeling Nailers (24-12-6) at Reading Royals (13-27-2) 7:05 p.m.
ET
- Wheeling rookie Bryan
Ewing has scored in 11 of 12 games in January (14g-7a).
- Mac
Faulkner leads the Royals against Wheeling with four assists and seven
points in five games.
- Nailers' Erik
Johnson has six goals and seven points in his last four games.
- Reading's Brock
Hooton has a 10-game point streak (6g-14a) and a six-game assist streak
(10a).
Florida Everblades (29-9-2) at South Carolina Stingrays (21-15-5) 7:05
p.m. ET
- Florida rookie David
Leggio is 7-0-0 with two shutouts and a goals-against average of 1.57
in his last seven starts.
- Stingray defenseman Johann
Kroll has three-game assist streak (3a) and five points (0g-5a) in his
last five games.
- Mark
Lee leads Florida in January with 11 assists and 18 points and has
scored a point in 10 of 11 games.
- South Carolina is third in the league with a goals-against average of
2.51.
Mississippi Sea Wolves (16-21-4) at Johnstown Chiefs (24-16-2) 7:05
p.m. ET
- Chiefs' Petr
Pohl has a six-game point streak (4g-5a).
- Ryan
Menei leads the Sea Wolves the last four games with three assists and
five points.
- Rookie Sean
Berkstresser leads the Chiefs in January with five goals and seven
points.
- Mississippi defenseman Kyle
Peto has a three-game point streak (2g-2a).
Cincinnati Cyclones (22-16-5) at Dayton Bombers (21-18-5) 7:30 p.m.
ET
- Mike
McLean leads the Bombers in the last 10 games with 11 assists and 12
points.
- Cincinnati rookie Jimmy
Kilpatrick has a five-game goal streak (6g) and a five-game assist
streak (7a).
- Dayton defenseman Brock
Wilson has six assists and nine points in his last nine games.
- Cyclone rookie Mark
Van Guilder has a seven-game point streak (3g-8a).
Trenton Devils (21-16-3) at Elmira Jackals (23-18-4) 7:35 p.m.
ET
- Elmira rookie Michael
Teslak is 3-0-0 with a goals-against average of 2.33 in his last three
starts.
- Eric
Castonguay leads the Devils against Elmira with six assists and eight
points in seven games.
- Jackals' Pierre-Luc
Faubert has a three-game point streak (2g-4a) and 14 points (5g-9a) in
his last 10 games.
- Trenton's Gerald
Coleman leads the league with a goals-against average of 1.63 and a
save percentage of .940.
Charlotte Checkers (21-17-2) at Gwinnett Gladiators (18-18-4) 7:35
p.m. ET
- Gwinnett's Dirk
Southern has a four-game point streak (1g-4a) and a two-game assist
streak (3a).
- Charlotte rookie David
Rutherford has a four-game point streak (3g-3a).
- Gladiators' Josh
Johnson is 1-1-0 with a goals-against average of 1.51 against
Charlotte.
- Checkers' Chris
Capraro has five points (2g-3a) in his last two games.
Utah Grizzlies (15-14-11) at Phoenix RoadRunners (17-18-3) 7:05 p.m.
MT
- Phoenix's Craig
Kowalski is 4-1-0 with a goals-against average of 2.17 in his last five
starts.
- Grizzlies' Michael
Mole is 1-0-1 with a goals-against average of 0.96 against Phoenix.
- RoadRunners' Kimbi
Daniels has eight points (3g-5a) in his last six games.
- Utah rookie Rob
Hennigar has a six-game point streak (2g-10a) and a six-game assist
streak (10a).
Bakersfield Condors (13-23-6) at Las Vegas Wranglers (18-17-4) 7:30
p.m. PT
- Wranglers' Chris
Ferraro has a three-game point streak (2g-3a) and seven points (2g-5a)
in his last six games.
- Bakersfield's Dave
McKee is 1-1-0 with a goals-against average of 2.50 against Las Vegas.
- Las Vegas' Kevin
Lalande is 2-0-0 with a goals-against average of 1.50 in his last two
starts.
- Condors' Dave
Bonk has a three-game point streak (4g-0a) and 12 points (7g-5a) in his
last nine games.
Ontario Reign (23-15-3) at Alaska Aces (25-14-3) 7:15 p.m.
ET
- Aces' Jean-Philippe
Lamoureux is 4-0-1 with a shutout and a goals-against average of 1.95
in his last five starts.
- Ontario defenseman David
Walker has a six-game point streak (0g-6a) and a six-game assist streak
(6a).
- Alaska's Scott
Burt has a three-game point streak (3g-2a) and a three-game goal streak
(3g).
- Reign rookie Jon
Rheault has a four-game point streak (3g-1a) and a two-game goal streak
(2g).
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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 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.
* 390 former ECHL
players have played in NHL.
ï* 134 have played their first NHL game in the last four seasons.
ï* 35 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 Stockton Thunder and ECHL
All-Star right wing Troy
Bodie (Anaheim on Jan. 16), 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 left wing Chris
Durno (Colorado on Jan. 18), 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 All-Star and Wheeling Nailers
center Kurtis
McLean (New York Islanders on Jan. 19), 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 Augusta Lynx defenseman Kevin
Quick (Tampa Bay on Jan. 13), 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 30, 2009
- 6,327 See Condors Edge Wranglers 3-1 - Las Vegas Wranglers
- Grizzlies Settle For 6-5 Shootout Loss In Phoenix - Utah Grizzlies
- RoadRunners Rally Past Grizzlies 6-5 In A Shootout - Phoenix RoadRunners
- Royals Hold On To Beat Nailers, 3-1 - Reading Royals
- Chiefs Sweep Sea Wolves - Johnstown Chiefs
- Stingrays Hammered by Everblades 7-1 - South Carolina Stingrays
- Jackals Fall To Devils, Rematch Tomorrow - Elmira Jackals
- Gladiators Drop 3-2 Decision to Checkers - Atlanta Gladiators
- Checkers Edge Gladiators, Win 3-2 - Charlotte Checkers
- Devils Knock Off Jackals, 5-1 - Trenton Devils
- Kilpatrick Delivers In 3-2 Win For Cyclones - Cincinnati Cyclones
- Bombers Mount Late Comeback, Fall Short - Dayton Bombers
- Nailers Lose Hard-Fought Contest at Reading 3-1 - Wheeling Nailers
- Blades Hit 30 Wins with 7-1 Thrashing of Stingrays - Florida Everblades
- Chiefs Scalp Sea Wolves 5-2 as Northern Trip Continues - Mississippi Sea Wolves
- Goaltender Dan Turple Assigned By Atlanta - Utah Grizzlies
- Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich Prison Uniform Night Tonight - Las Vegas Wranglers
- Auffrey Gets Call to AHL - Florida Everblades
- ECHL Transactions January 30th - ECHL
- Sixsmith Joins Utah In Phoenix; Sgroi Debuts Tonight - Utah Grizzlies
- Game Preview: Ontario Reign At Alaska Aces - Ontario Reign
- Flames Assign Lalande, Springfield Sends Goalie Glenn Fisher - Las Vegas Wranglers
- Bombers in Action This Weekend - Dayton Bombers
- Saturn Used Car Giveaway Tonight Benefitting Special Olympics - South Carolina Stingrays
- ECHL Today - ECHL
- Goaltender Helenius Recalled To Tampa Bay Lightning - Mississippi Sea Wolves
- Grizzlies Winter Reading Program Begins Tuesday At Smith Library - Utah Grizzlies
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