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Published on December 16, 2009 under ECHL (ECHL) News Release


Preview of ECHL Games for Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009

South Carolina Stingrays (19-6-4) at Charlotte Checkers (14-7-3) 7 p.m. ET
- Charlotte's Tyler Doig has four points (0g-4a) in his last five games and 20 points (4g-16a) in his last 16 games.
- South Carolina's Todd Ford is 6-0-0 with a shutout and a goals-against average of 1.33 in his last six games.
- Checkers' Kenny Roche has four points (4g-0a) in his last five games.
- Stingrays' Matt Fornataro has a five-game point streak (3g-6a) and 17 points (6g-11a) in his last nine games.

Reading Royals (14-9-3) at Johnstown Chiefs (8-11-5) 7:05 p.m. ET
- Chiefs' Kris Mayotte is 3-0-0 with a goals-against average of 2.67 against Reading.
- Ben Gordon leads the Royals against Johnstown with four goals and eight points in six games.
- Connor Shields (6g-3a) and Ryan Menei (1g-8a) lead the Chiefs against Reading with nine points each.
- Reading's Daniel Steiner has five goals and nine points in his last six games.

Wheeling Nailers (12-13-2) at Florida Everblades (12-11-4) 7:30 p.m. ET
- Everblades' Chris Beckford-Tseu is 1-0-0 with a goals-against average of 1.00 against Wheeling.
- Wheeling's Aaron Clarke has a two-game point streak (2g-3a) and 14 points (5g-9a) in his last 10 games.
- Florida rookie Brandon Buck has three assists and four points in his last three games.
- Nailers' Chris Capraro has four assists and five points in his last four games.

Utah Grizzlies (14-7-2) at Idaho Steelheads (19-5-2) 7:10 p.m. MT
- Brendan Milnamow leads the Steelheads against Utah with seven points (2g-5a) in six games.
- Grizzlies' Mitch O'Keefe is 1-1-1 with a goals-against average of 2.62 against Idaho.
- Idaho's Rejean Beauchemin is 2-0-0 with a goals-against average of 1.95 against Utah.
- Ryan Kinasewich leads the Grizzlies against Idaho with seven goals and 10 points in six games.

Bakersfield Condors (16-6-2) at Ontario Reign (11-12-3) 7 p.m. PT
- Greg Hogeboom leads the Reign against Bakersfield with four goals and seven points in five games.
- Condors rookie Timo Pielmeier is 7-0-2 with a goals-against average of 2.56 in his last 10 games.
- Reign rookie Peter Lenes has five goals and nine points in his last six games.
- Bakersfield rookie Logan MacMillan has three assists and four points in his last four games.

Stockton Thunder (10-11-3) at Victoria Salmon Kings (9-13-3) 7:05 p.m. PT
- Salmon Kings' Chad Painchaud has a four-game goal streak (4g) and nine points (5g-4a) in his last eight games.
- Stockton's Judd Blackwater has a five-game assist streak (5a) and a six-game point streak (3g-5a).
- Victoria's David Shantz is 3-0-0 with a goals-against average of 1.93 in his last three starts.
- Thunder's Oren Eizenman has a five-game point streak (4g-5a).




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