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February 21, 2009 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release


Victoria Salmon Kings (30-18-6) at Bakersfield Condors (21-27-6) 12 p.m. PT
- Condors' Dave Bonk has a five-game point streak (3g-7a) and a three-game assist streak (7a).
- Salmon Kings are 5-0-0 overall and 1-0-0 at Bakersfield in season series with Condors.
- Yutaka Fukufuji has won his last four starts and is 6-1-0 in his last seven games.
- Curtis Billsten leads the Salmon Kings against Bakersfield with four goals and eight points in five games.

South Carolina Stingrays (28-19-5) at Trenton Devils (28-19-4) 7 p.m. ET
- Devils retire No. 19 of Scott Bertoli, who is team's all-time leader in goals (182), assists (344) and points (526).
- Stingrays' Travis Morin has a five-game point streak (2g-8a) and a five-game assist streak (8a).
- Trenton rookie Brad Snetsinger has five assists and seven points in his last five games.
- South Carolina's Keith Johnson has a four-game goal streak (5g) and a four-game point streak (5g-2a).

Florida Everblades (35-14-3) at Charlotte Checkers (27-20-4) 7 p.m. ET
- Checkers' Jeff Jakaitis is 5-3-0 with a goals-against average of 2.51 against Florida.
- Everblades are second in the league on the power play with 22.2 percent (77-for-347).
- Jeff Miles leads the Checkers against Florida with nine assists and 10 points in 11 games.
- Mark Lee leads Florida against Charlotte with seven assists and is tied for team lead with 10 points in 10 games.

Wheeling Nailers (25-19-7) at Reading Royals (16-32-4) 7:05 p.m. ET
- Reading's Kirk MacDonald has nine goals and 15 points in his last nine games.
- Rookie Jordan Morrison leads the Nailers against Reading with seven assists and 11 points in four games.
- Royals' Tyler Doig has four assists and five points in his last five games.
- Wheeling rookie defenseman Mitch Ganzak has four assists and five points in his last six games.

Elmira Jackals (27-20-5) at Johnstown Chiefs (30-19-2) 7:05 p.m. ET
- Johnstown rookie Andrew Sarauer has a five-game point streak (3g-3a) and a two-game goal streak (3g).
- Jackals have won the last three meetings to improve to 4-3-1 in season series with Johnstown.
- Elmira defenseman Nathan Lutz has four points (0g-4a) in his last three games.
- Chiefs' Petr Pohl has three points (2g-1a) in his last two games and seven points (4g-3a) in his last six games.

Dayton Bombers (25-24-5) at Cincinnati Cyclones (29-19-5) 7:30 p.m. ET
- Cincinnati rookie Ben Gordon has six assists and eight points in his last six games.
- Bombers rookie Nino Musitelli has three goals and five points in his last four games.
- Cyclones are second in the league with 197 goals and third with 3.72 goals per game.
- Defenseman Greg Labenski leads the Bombers in February with six goals and nine points in eight games.

Gwinnett Gladiators (22-23-5) at Mississippi Sea Wolves (22-25-6) 7 p.m. CT
- Mississippi's Mike Berry has four goals and six points in his last six games.
- Jordan Fox leads the Gladiators against Mississippi with nine assists and 16 points in 15 games.
- Mathieu Melanson leads the Sea Wolves against Gwinnett with 10 goals and 20 points in 11 games.
- Gwinnett's Tom Zanoski has a three-game point streak (1g-2a).

Stockton Thunder (24-24-5) at Utah Grizzlies (19-17-15) 7:05 p.m. MT
- Grizzlies rookie Tom May has a 12-game point streak (12g-4a).
- Stockton defenseman Matt O'Dette has three points (2g-1a) in his last four games.
- Utah's Tim Verbeek has a two-game goal streak (2g) and a three-game point streak (2g-2a).
- Thunder rookie Ryan Huddy is fifth among league rookies with 27 goals and ranks sixth with 51 points.

Alaska Aces (30-19-3) at Phoenix RoadRunners (22-24-3) 7:05 p.m. MT
- RoadRunners rookie Merit Waldrop has three goals and four points in his last four games.
- Alaska's Lance Galbraith has four goals and six points in his last five games.
- Phoenix is 16-8-0 when scoring first and 14-2-1 when leading after the second period.
- Aces rookie Jean-Philippe Lamoureux leads the league with 23 wins and five shutouts.

Las Vegas Wranglers (26-21-6) at Idaho Steelheads (29-16-3) 7:10 p.m. MT
- Steelheads rookie Matt Climie is 3-1-0 with a goals-against average of 2.01 in his last four starts.
- Wranglers' Kelly Czuy has a two-game point streak (0g-2a) and four points (1g-3a) in his last five games.
- Idaho rookie Bryan McGregor has four assists and six points in his last three games.
- Las Vegas rookie Hugo Carpentier has a two-game point streak (2g-1a) and a two-game goal streak (2g).

Most Ties, One Season
18 - Mobile Mysticks, 2001-02
16 - Johnstown Chiefs, 2005-06
15 - Utah Grizzlies, 2008-09
South Carolina Stingrays, 2005-06
14 - seven times, most recent; Las Vegas Wranglers, 2006-07

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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.
* 396 former ECHL players have played in NHL.
* 140 have played their first NHL game in the last four seasons.
* 41 former ECHL players have made their NHL debut this season: former Idaho Steelheads right wing Jay Beagle (Washington on Feb. 11), 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 Augusta Lynx and Mississippi Sea Wolves goaltender Riku Helenius (Tampa Bay on Jan. 30), former Charlotte Checkers center Dwight Helminen (Carolina on Oct. 28), former Las Vegas Wranglers goaltender Brent Krahn (Dallas on Feb. 14), 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), two-time All-Star and former Las Vegas Wranglers goaltender Mike McKenna (Tampa Bay on Feb. 3), former All-Star and Wheeling Nailers center Kurtis McLean (New York Islanders on Jan. 19), former South Carolina Stingrays and ECHL All-Star goaltender Michal Neuvirth (Washingtons on Feb. 14), 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 center Jakub Petruzalek (Carolina on Feb. 5), 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 while former ECHL player Dan Bylsma is the interim head coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins. 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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