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Former Toledo Goaltender MacIntyre Scores Game-Winning Overtime Goal For Manitoba

February 21, 2008 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release


PRINCETON, N.J. - Former Toledo and current Manitoba goaltender Drew MacIntyre became the ninth goaltender in the American Hockey League's 72-year history to be credited with scoring a goal, which was the game winner, in a 2-1 overtime win at Chicago on Wednesday.

With a delayed penalty upcoming to two-time ECHL All-Star Game starter and 2003 ECHL Rookie of the Year Jason Jaffray and Chicago goaltender Ondrej Pavelec on the bench for an extra attacker, an errant Chicago pass went the length of the ice and into the empty net. MacIntyre was the last Manitoba player to touch the puck and by rule is credited with the goal.

Selected in the fourth round (121st overall) by Detroit in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft, the 24 year old MacIntyre played parts of three seasons for Toledo where he was 30-12-2 with two shutouts, a goals-against average of 2.25 and a save percentage of .921 in 46 regular season games from 2003-06. In 2005-06 with Toledo, he was 24-7-2 with two shutouts while leading the ECHL with a goals-against average of 2.06 and ranking third with a save percentage of .926 in 33 regular season games. He was 5-1 and led the 2006 Kelly Cup Playoffs with a goals-against average of 2.00 while tying for fourth with a save percentage of .924.

MacIntyre is the first AHL goaltender to be credited with a goal since former ECHL and then Milwaukee goaltender Seamus Kotyk scored on Apr. 17, 2005 at San Antonio.

Four former ECHL goaltenders have been credited with a goal in an AHL game. In addition to MacIntyre and Kotyk, Paul Cohen scored for Springfield against Rochester on Mar. 28, 1992 and Christian Bronsard score for Syracuse at Rochester on Oct. 30, 1999.

There have been nine goaltenders that have been credited with a goal in an ECHL game, the most recent being Jonathan Quick who scored for Reading in a 3-0 win at Pensacola on Oct. 24, 2007. Quick's goal was scored at 19:25 of the third period when the puck rolled the length of the ice and into the Pensacola net which was empty because goaltender Mike Brodeur had been pulled for an extra attacker. Quick was the last Reading player to touch the puck and by rule is credited with the goal.

Quick joined current Dallas Stars goaltender Mike Smith in the league record book as he recorded his first win, his first shutout and scored his first goal in the game. Smith, who was named to the NHL All-Rookie Team in 2006-07, registered his first win, first shutout and scored his first goal in his third professional start on Oct. 22, 2002 against Dayton. With Lexington leading 1-0 late in the third period, Dayton dumped the puck behind the net where Smith gained control and flipped it out of the zone. The puck hit in the center faceoff circle and slid untouched into the empty net at 19:04 and Lexington went on to win 2-0. The goal by the then 20-year-old Smith, who is the youngest goaltender to score a goal in a professional game, was featured on ESPN's NHL 2Night.

ECHL Goals Scored By Goaltender
Jonathan Quick, Reading, Oct. 24, 2007 at Pensacola
Trevor Koenig, Atlantic City, Mar. 2, 2005 at Wheeling
Brian Eklund, Pensacola, Dec. 5, 2003 at Mississippi
Mike Smith, Lexington, Oct. 26, 2002 vs. Dayton
Mark Bernard, Toledo, Mar. 27, 2001 vs. Johnstown
Nick Vitucci, Charlotte, Mar. 6, 1996 vs. Louisville
Sean Gauthier, South Carolina, Dec. 19, 1995 at Raleigh
Olie Sundstrom, Erie, Dec. 15, 1995 vs. Wheeling
Corwin Saurdiff, Hampton Roads, Mar. 18, 1995 vs. Charlotte

ECHL
Celebrating its 20th Anniversary in 2007-08, the ECHL is the Premier 'AA' Hockey League and 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 25 teams playing 900 games in 17 states and British Columbia in 2007-08.

The league officially changed its name to ECHL on May 19, 2003.

The ECHL has affiliations with 26 of the 30 teams in the NHL in 2007-08, marking the 11th consecutive season that the league has had affiliations with at least 20 teams in the NHL.

There have been 349 former ECHL players who have gone on to play in the NHL after playing in the ECHL, including a record 47 in 2005-06 and 26 in 2006-07. There have been 204 former ECHL players who have played their first game in the NHL in the past five seasons.

There are 15 coaches in the NHL who have ECHL experience including former Wheeling coach Peter Laviolette, who is head coach of the Carolina Hurricanes, and former Mississippi coach Bruce Boudreau, who is head coach of the Washington Capitals.

The ECHL is represented for the seventh consecutive year on the National Hockey League championship team in 2007 with Anaheim assistant coach Dave Farrish, players Francois Beauchemin and George Parros and broadcasters John Ahlers and Steve Carroll.

The ECHL has affiliations with 26 of the 29 teams in the American Hockey League in 2007-08 and for the past 18 years there has been an ECHL player on the Calder Cup champion.

In each of the last two seasons there have been more than 225 players who have played in both the ECHL and the AHL and there were over 800 call-ups involving more than 500 players. In the last five 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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