ECHL Idaho Steelheads

Game Preview: Long Beach at Idaho

Published on January 18, 2004 under ECHL (ECHL)
Idaho Steelheads News Release


TEAM FACTS CAPSULE:

Idaho Steelheads 25-11-3, 53 points / .679 pct.

Established: 1997

Conference: Western

Division: Pacific

Home Arena: Bank of America Centre / Capacity: 5,006

Head Coach: John Olver

Team Colors: Red, Silver and Blue

Affiliates: NHL-Dallas Stars; AHL-Utah Grizzlies

Team History: 1st ECHL Season; 6 Seasons West Coast Hockey League.

Long Beach Ice Dogs: 11-23-2, 24 points / .333 pct.

Established: 2000

Conference: Western

Division: Pacific

Home Arena: Long Beach Arena / Capacity: 6,176

Head Coach: Kevin Kaminski

Team Colors: Blue, Gold, Silver and Gray

Affiliates: Independent

Team History: 1st ECHL Season; 3 Seasons West Coast Hockey League.

TONIGHT'S GAME: Tonight's game between Idaho and Long Beach is the sifth visit between the two teams this season, and the second for Long Beach to the Bank of America this season.

THIS SEASON VS LONG BEACH:

GP W L OTL STEELHEADS 5 3 0 2 at Idaho 1 0 0 1 at Long Beach 4 3 0 1

01/16/04 Long Beach 3 at Idaho 2 (SO)

01/11/04 Idaho 3 at Long Beach 2

12/27/03 Idaho 2 at Long Beach 1

12/26/03 Idaho 4 at Long Beach 5 (SO)

11/02/03 Idaho 5 at Long Beach 1

ALL TIME VS LONG BEACH: GP W L OTL STEELHEADS 33 24 5 4 at Idaho 15 11 3 1 at Long Beach 18 13 2 3

OF NOTE AGAINST LONG BEACH:

OFFENSIVE: Defenseman Darrell Hay leads the team in points scored against Long Beach with 6 assists in 5 games... Forward Andrei Vasilyev and defenseman Jeremy Mylymok each have 5 points; Vasilyev in 4 games has 2 goals and 3 assists, and Mylymok in 3 games has 1 goal and 4 assists...defenseman Chris Slater has 4 assists in 4 games.

MINDING THE NET: Against Long Beach, Dan Ellis is 2-0-1 and has a .227 goals against average and a .913 save percentage... Blair Allison is 1-0-1 with a 1.44 goals against average and .927 save percentage.

PP & PK... In 4 games against Long Beach this season, Idaho has scored 5 power play goals with 23 opportunities (.217% pp); while allowing the Ice Dogs to score 5 power play goals with 19 chances.

UP NEXT: Idaho will travel to Anchorage for a two-game set against the Alaska Aces (22-13-7, 47 pts.) on January 23rd and 24th.

NOTABLES:

Record: 25-11-3, 53 pts.

Home Record: 15-4-1

Road Record: 10-7-2

SO Record: 3-2

Current Streak: 5-0-2

Idaho Last 10: 7-1-2

Idaho Last 5: 4-0-1

Scoring first: 16-5-0

Leading after first period: 12-3-0

Leading after second period: 21-0-0

Power Play: 39 in 224 - 17.4% (16th rank)

Penalty Kill: 40 in 200 - 80.0% (25th rank)

LAST NIGHT'S GAME: Idaho 7 @ Fresno 2

Defenseman Jeremy Mylymok's hat trick led the Idaho Steelheads to a 7-2 victory over the Fresno Falcons. Eleven Idaho players recorded a point on the night, and six players had multiple points in the game. Mylymok scored a power-play goal 8:13 into the first period, snapped a 1-1 tie nearly 10 minutes later and collected his fifth goal of the season midway through the second. Andrei Vasilyev, Miguel Delisle and Lance Galbraith all had three assists for Idaho, which improved to 6-0-1 against Fresno this season. Blair Allison finished with 18 saves in the win. Blair Clarance and Brad Mehalko both scored for the Falcons, who fell to 4-16-3 since November 22. Dave Marlin surrendered five goals on 21 shots for the loss.

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