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Published on December 6, 2009 under ECHL (ECHL) News Release


Preview of ECHL Games for Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009

Elmira Jackals (10-8-3) at South Carolina Stingrays (15-6-4) 4 p.m. ET
- Stingrays rookie Braden Holtby is 4-0-0 with a goals-against average of 2.45 in his last four starts.
- Elmira defenseman Jean-Francois David has five points (0g-5a) in his last four games.
- South Carolina's Keith Johnson has a three-game goal streak (3g) and a five-game point streak (3g-2a).
- Jackals' Yannick Tifu has a four-game point streak (4g-4a) and 12 points (5g-7a) in his last six games.

Reading Royals (12-8-2) at Trenton Devils (8-11-3) 4 p.m. ET
- Devils' Jeff Prough has a two-game point streak (0g-3a) and eight points (4g-4a) in his last six games.
- Royals have won the last five meetings to improve to 43-41-10 all-time against Trenton.
- Mike Harder leads Trenton with 13 assists and ranks second with 16 points in 22 games.
- Reading's Ryan Cruthers has a six-game point streak (2g-5a) and 18 points (5g-13a) in his last 13 games.

Charlotte Checkers (12-5-2) at Gwinnett Gladiators (10-6-3) 4:05 p.m. ET
- Tom Zanoski (5g-4a) and Sam Roberts (1g-8a) lead Gwinnett against Charlotte with nine points in six games.
- Daniel Tkaczuk leads the Checkers against Gwinnett with five goals and nine points in four games.
- Gwinnett's Adam Berti has three points (2g-1a) in his last two games and 14 points (5g-9a) in his last nine games.
- Charlotte's Randy Rowe has four goals and eight points in his last five games.

Toledo Walleye (9-8-4) at Wheeling Nailers (9-11-2) 6:35 p.m. ET
- Wheeling's Jordan Parise is 2-0-0 with a shutout in his last two starts and 3-1-1 in his last five games.
- Walleye's Chris Robertson has a five-game point streak (1g-6a) and 10 points (3g-7a) in his last seven games.
- Nailers' Aaron Clarke has seven assists and eight points in his last seven games.
- J.C. Sawyer leads ECHL defenseman and the Walleye with 15 assists and 24 points in 18 games.

Victoria Salmon Kings (6-13-2) at Ontario Reign (8-11-3) 5 p.m. PT
- Greg Hogeboom has four points (4g-0a) in his last two games and leads the Reign with 12 goals and 20 points.
- Salmon Kings' David Shantz is 2-0-0 with a shutout and a goals-against average of 0.50 against Ontario.
- Ontario defenseman David Walker has a two-game point streak (0g-4a) and a two-game assist streak (0g-4a).
- Chad Painchaud leads the Salmon Kings against Ontario with six assists and eight points in seven games.




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