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Idaho's Rallo Replaces Phoenix's May On National Roster

Published on January 12, 2007 under ECHL (ECHL) News Release


PRINCETON, N.J. - The ECHL announced that Idaho rookie forward Greg Rallo has replaced Phoenix forward Scott May on the National Conference roster for the 2007 Rbk Hockey ECHL All-Star Game.

May is on call up to Iowa of the American Hockey League and will not be able to play in the game.

It was also announced that Las Vegas forward Tyler Mosienko will replace May in the starting lineup for the National Conference as he received the next most votes.

Sponsored by Rbk Hockey and hosted by the Idaho Steelheads at Qwest Arena in Boise, Idaho, the 15th Annual ECHL All-Star Game will be at 7:05 p.m. MT on Jan. 17 and the 10th Annual ECHL All-Star Skills Competition will be at 7:05 p.m. MT on Jan. 16.

In his first full professional season, the 25-year-old Rallo is tied for fourth among ECHL rookies with 12 goals and tied for 21st with 21 points (12g-9a) in 31 games.

Mosienko, who is making his second consecutive All-Star appearance, has 29 points (11g-18a) in 32 games for the Wranglers.

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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. There have been 312 former ECHL players who have gone on to play in the NHL after playing in the ECHL, including a record 47 in 2005-06. There have been 167 players who have played in the NHL after the ECHL in the past five seasons.

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.

The ECHL raised its average attendance for the third straight year in 2005-06 drawing 3,934,794 for 900 games which is an average of 4,372 per game, an increase of more than nine percent from 2004-05 and the largest per-game average since 1999-2000. Six teams surpassed 200,000 and nine teams averaged 5,000 per game for the first time since 1999-2000 as the league welcomed 39 sellout crowds and 13 of the 22 returning teams raised their average attendance from a year ago.

In 2005-06 the ECHL and its member teams contributed more than $2.3 million for charity and relief funds, including those benefiting victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, while also making thousands of appearances by players, coaches, team personnel and mascots at schools, hospitals, libraries and charity functions.

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