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Gulutzan ties ECHL record, heading to third straight All-Star Game

January 2, 2008 - ECHL (ECHL)
Las Vegas Wranglers News Release


PRINCETON, N.J. - The ECHL announced that the coaches for the 2008 Chase Chevrolet ECHL All-Star Game presented by Jackson Rancheria and Bud Light will be Glen Gulutzan of Las Vegas and Mark Morrison of Victoria for the host National Conference and Malcolm Cameron of Texas and Chuck Weber of Cincinnati for the American Conference.

Hosted by the Stockton Thunder and the City of Stockton at Stockton Arena, the 2008 Chase Chevrolet ECHL All-Star Game presented by Jackson Rancheria and Bud Light will be played on January 23 with the 11th edition of the Chase Chevrolet ECHL All-Star Game Skills Competition being held on January 22.

For the second year in a row, Gulutzan and Cameron have been selected as a result of having the best winning percentage in their conference while Morrison and Weber were chosen using a combination of winning percentage and votes from coaches within their own conference. Gulutzan's three selections tie him for the most All-Star appearances with Chris Cichocki of Stockton, Davis Payne, who is now an assistant coach for Peoria in the American Hockey League, and Jeff Pyle of Gwinnett.

Texas is 24-2-5 and leads the ECHL with a winning percentage of .855 and is tied with Cincinnati for the league lead with 24 wins while Las Vegas is first in the National Conference with a winning percentage of .774 and a record of 22-5-4. The Wildcatters and Wranglers are both off to a better start than a year ago when they were 20-6-3 (.741) and 17-5-7 (.707), respectively.

Texas has won its last eight road games setting a league season high and surpassing its team record road winning streak of seven games established earlier this season. The Wildcatters tied their team record for consecutive wins with an eight-game winning streak from October 28 - November 16.

Las Vegas set an ECHL record with 17 consecutive regular season wins from March 10 - October 26 and won the Brabham Cup as the regular season point champion in 2006-07 with 106 points (53-13-6) after finishing second in 2005-06 with 112 points (53-13-6) which is the third-highest point total in ECHL history.

Victoria leads the West Division with 42 points (20-8-2) and is off to their best start since arriving in British Columbia in 2004-05. The Salmon Kings are 11-1-2 at home, including a team record 10 consecutive home wins from October 27-December 1.

Cincinnati leads the North Division with 50 points (24-6-2) and has won its last eight games to break its team record set in 1995-96 and tied in 1996-97. The Cyclones current six-game road winning streak ties the club record for consecutive road wins set December 15, 2002-January 12, 2003.

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Glen Gulutzan, Las Vegas Wranglers

Glen Gulutzan is in his fifth season as general manager and head coach of Las Vegas. He led Las Vegas to the Brabham Cup championship in 2006-07 as the Wranglers won their last 13 regular season games to finish with a 46-12-14 record and 106 points, becoming only the second team in ECHL history to score 100 points in back-to-back seasons. Las Vegas won the first five games in the Kelly Cup Playoffs to tie the professional hockey league record for consecutive wins. Gulutzan was named ECHL Coach of the Year in 2005-06 after the Wranglers finished second overall with 112 points and a 53-13-6 record, tying the league record for second-most wins and finishing with the third-highest point total in the 18-year history of the ECHL. The Wranglers are 173-80-35 and have reached the Kelly Cup Playoffs each of the last two years and three times since joining as an expansion team in 2003-04, losing to the eventual Kelly Cup champion each time. Before stepping behind the Las Vegas bench, the 34-year-old Gulutzan spent four seasons as player-assistant coach with Fresno of the West Coast Hockey League. He was named All-WCHL in 1999 and 2000 and helped the Falcons win the championship in 2002 and advance to Game 7 of the finals in 2003. Gulutzan began his professional career in 1996-97 with Fresno and had a team record 80 assists and 110 points in 60 games while also playing in the International Hockey League with Utah and Las Vegas. In addition to six seasons in Fresno, the native of The Pas, Manitoba also played in both Finland and Sweden. Glen and his wife, Nicole, live in Las Vegas with their son, Landon, and their daughters, Emma, Brielle and Gracie.

Las Vegas continues a six-game home stand with the Fresno Falcons on Friday, January 4th and Saturday, January 5th at 7:05 pm. The Wranglers and Falcons will also play on Tuesday, January 8th at 7:05 pm at the Orleans Arena.

Individual game tickets are now on sale. Fans may purchase tickets on the Wranglers team website at www.lasvegaswranglers.com or the Orleans Arena website (www.orleansarena.com). Fans may also purchase tickets at any of the following locations in the valley: Galleria Mall, Orleans Casino showroom box office, Gold Coast Casino showroom box office and the Suncoast Casino showroom box office. Tickets may be ordered by phone at (702)-284-7777.

The Wranglers play all 36 home games at the Orleans Arena, located at the Orleans Hotel and Casino at 4500 W. Tropicana Avenue. Pro-rated seat packages to see the Wranglers play at the Orleans Arena during the 2007-08 season are also available. Call (702) 471-PUCK (7825) for more information or visit www.lasvegaswranglers.com.

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