Gwinnett's Schell Leads ECHL With 110 Points

Published on April 10, 2007 under ECHL (ECHL) News Release

PRINCETON, N.J. - Brad Schell of the Gwinnett Gladiators became the first player since 2002-03 to score 100 points finishing as the ECHL leader with 110 points in 63 games.

He also led the league with 85 assists, which is the fourth-most assists in ECHL history. The 85 assists and 110 points are the most scored in the league since 1999-2000 when John Spoltore of Louisiana had 92 assists and 119 points in 66 games. The last ECHL player to score 100 points was Buddy Smith of Arkansas, who led the ECHL with 104 points in 2002-03.

Schell's teammate Scott Mifsud finished second with 68 assists and 94 points in 70 games. The pair are only the second set of teammates in ECHL history to finish first and second in assists, joining Louisiana's Ron Handy and John De Pourcq, who led the league in 1996-97 with 67 assists and 63 assists.

Schell was named First Team All-ECHL last week and was selected as a starter for the 2007 ECHL All-Star Game where he scored the first goal in the American Conference's 6-3 win. Under contract to the Atlanta Thrashers of the National Hockey League, the 22-year-old is currently playing in the American Hockey League where he has four points (2g-2a) in nine games for the Chicago Wolves. In his third professional season, Schell has 242 points (62g-180a) in 194 regular season games and 19 points (3g-16a) in 25 games in the Kelly Cup Playoffs for Gwinnett.

Schell and Mifsud become the fifth set of teammates to finish first and second in scoring. Alaska's Alex Leavitt and Mike Scott finished first and second in 2005-06 while South Carolina's Ed Courtenay and Mike Ross tied for the scoring lead in 1996-97. Erie's Scott Burfoot led the league in scoring and teammate Stephane Charbonneau was second in 1994-95 and Stan Drulia of Knoxville finished first and teammate Dan Gauthier was second in 1990-91.

ECHL Leading Scorer Award Winners
2006-07 Brad Schell, Gwinnett Gladiators 110 points
2005-06 Alex Leavitt, Alaska Aces 91 points
2004-05 Scott Gomez, Alaska Aces 86 points
2003-04 Tim Smith, Columbia Inferno 95 points
2002-03 Buddy Smith, Arkansas RiverBlades 104 points
2001-02 Louis Dumont, Pensacola Ice Pilots 102 points
2000-01 Scott King, Charlotte Checkers 101 points
1999-00 John Spoltore, Louisiana IceGators 119 points
1998-99 John Spoltore, Louisiana IceGators 109 points
1997-98 Jamey Hicks, Birmingham Bulls 119 points
1996-97 Ed Courtenay, South Carolina Stingrays 110 points
Mike Ross, South Carolina Stingrays 110 points
1995-96 Hugo Belanger, Nashville Knights 144 points
1994-95 Scott Burfoot, Erie Panthers 97 points
1993-94 Phil Berger, Greensboro Monarchs 139 points
1992-93 Trevor Jobe, Nashville Knights 161 points
1991-92 Phil Berger, Greensboro Monarchs 130 points
1990-91 Stan Drulia, Knoxville Cherokees 140 points
1989-90 Bill McDougall, Erie Panthers 148 points
1988-89 Daryl Harpe, Erie Panthers 122 points

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

The Premier 'AA' Hockey League, the ECHL has affiliations with 25 of the 30 teams in the National Hockey League in 2006-07, marking 10th consecutive season that the league has had affiliations with at least 20 teams in the NHL.

There have been 329 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 184 former ECHL players who have played their first game in the NHL in the past five seasons and 107 former ECHL players have skated in the NHL this season. More than 100 players under contract to NHL teams have played in the ECHL this season.

The ECHL was represented for the sixth consecutive year on the National Hockey League championship team, including Carolina Hurricanes head coach Peter Laviolette, who is the first ECHL coach to win the Stanley Cup.

The ECHL has affiliations with 24 of the 27 teams in the American Hockey League in 2006-07 and for the past 17 years there has been an ECHL player on the Calder Cup champion. The ECHL has had more players called up to the AHL than all other professional leagues combined each of the past four seasons with 1,646 call ups involving almost 1,000 players.

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