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December 3, 2007 - ECHL (ECHL)
Elmira Jackals News Release


ELMIRA, NY - The Elmira Jackals, proud member of the ECHL, wrapped up the most ambitious portion of its early season schedule with a pair of games in Ohio last week with a record of 1-1. The win at Dayton and a loss the following night in Cincinnati left the Jackals with a 10-3 record during a 13-game stretch that occurred in just twenty days. The run allowed the Jackals to ascend to the top of the North Division of the American Conference. Idle this weekend, the Jackals were joined at the top of the division by Cincinnati following a pair of wins by the Cyclones Friday and Saturday.

Overall: 13-6-0-1 (27 pts.) Last Week: 1-1-0-0 (2 pts.) T-1st North Division/ T-2nd American Conference

Tuesday, Nov. 27th - @ DAYTON (3-2so W) Att: 1,999 Shots: ELM 25-24 PP: 1/5 PK: 6/6

The Jackals were unable to hang onto a 2-1 lead heading into the third period and were forced to go the shootout route for its seventh straight victory. It was not a pretty night for goaltenders in the one-on-one rounds as seven of the nine attempts were successful. DAN LaCOSTA was good enough to stop 22 shots in 65 minutes of action and two of five shooters to gain his fifth win in a row. KEVIN ULANSKI's shot in the fifth round of the shootout squeezed between the pads of Bombers netminder JEREMY DUCHESNE and trickled across the goal line for the game-winner. Participating in their fourth shootout of the year, the Jackals scored a season-best four times in five tries.

Wednesday, Nov. 28th - @ CINCINNATI (1-7 L) Att: 629 Shots: CIN 33-25 PP: 1/6 PK: 1/3

Elmira's season-high seven-game winning streak was blown away early as the Cyclones, leading 1-0, tacked on a pair of goals eleven seconds apart in the first period to go up 3-0 and never look back. The Jackals only strike came from captain FRANK LITTLEJOHN's power play goal with Cincinnati already enjoying a 7-0 advantage. The loss allowed the second place Cyclones to pull to within four points of the North Division-leading Jackals, a gap that was completely whittled away by Cincinnati with a pair of weekend wins with Elmira idle until December 5th.

This Week: Wednesday, December 5th - vs. TRENTON 7:05 p.m. First Arena

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The third of twelve regular season meetings takes place in Elmira with the Jackals holding the upper hand in the series 2-0-0-0. The BRETT PILKINGTON and SHAWN WELLER lead all scorers in the season series with a goal and three assists each, all coming in the teams' last meeting November 23rd in a 4-0 Jackals' win while JOEL MARTIN has appeared in both games against Trenton with a 2-0-0 record, 1.00 goals against and .949 save percentage. JOE ROONEY has two points in two games for the Devils against Elmira. DAVID CARUSO and JASON SMITH are both 0-1-0 in goal against the Jackals. ROONEY leads the club in season scoring with 12 points (4+8) while ERIC CASTONGUAY and STEPHEN WOOD share the team lead in goal scoring with six each. DAVID CARUSO (5-5-0, 2.69/.924) and JASON SMITH (2-7-0, 3.78/.882) share the netminding duties.

Friday, December 7th - @ Cincinnati 7:30 p.m. U.S. Bank Arena

Saturday December 8th - @ Cincinnati 7:30 p.m. U.S. Bank Arena

This contest marks the fourth and fifth games of ten scheduled meetings between the clubs this season in the North Division. The teams split a pair of earlier meetings at First Arena. The Jackals took a 5-2 Halloween night decision before Cincy countered with a 5-1 triumph on November 2nd before the Cyclones hammered the Jackals 7-1 last Wednesday in Elmira's first visit to U.S. Bank Arena. FRANK LITTLEJOHN (3 goals) and TREVOR HENDRIKX (3 assists) lead the Jackals in scoring versus the Cyclones. JOEL MARTIN has been the goaltender of record in the series (1-2-0), posting a 5.31 GAA and .839 save percentage. Cincinnati's MATHIEU AUBIN tops all scorers with seven points (4+3) while DOV GRUMET-MORRIS has picked up both wins against the Jackals, allowing only one goal in each game and stopping 96.4% of the shots he's faced. JEAN-MICHEL DAOUST paces the club overall in both goals and points (11+15=26) and GRUMET-MORRIS (7-2-0, 2.62/.887) and CEDRIC DESJARDINS (6-3-1, 2.01/.924, 3 shutouts) have split time in net.

Sunday December 9th - @ Wheeling 6:05 p.m. WesBanco Arena

The Jackals and Nailers meet for the first time ever in West Virginia in their nine-game season series. Elmira won 4-2 in the season-opener for the Jackals October 19th in the only previous meeting this year between the clubs. SCOTT MAY led the Jackals in the win with two goals and an assist while PAUL BISSONNETTE was the only multi-point performer that night with a pair of assists. ADAM HENRICH, currently on loan to NORFOLK (AHL), paces the scoring leaders for the Nailers with 10 goals and 20 points while SEAN COLLINS has a club-leading 18 assists. DAVID BROWN (5-5-1, 3.07/.920) has seen a majority of the work in net.

Jackals Bites: Kevin Ulanski (4+9=13) continues to lead the Jackals in scoring and his nine assists are tied with Brett Pilkington for the most on the club...Pierre-Luc Faubert and Bobby Robins top the goal scoring chart for Elmira with seven each...The penalty killing unit had a string of 22 consecutive kills end in Wednesday's loss at Cincinnati...The seven goals allowed was a season-high for the club and matched a personal-high for Jackals G Joel Martin...D Jon Landry's team and season-high four-game point streak (1+5=6) ended in Tuesday's win at Dayton...The shootout win against the Bombers was the third in a row for the Jackals after having dropped their first such decision of the year October 26th versus Johnstown...G Dan LaCosta's 2.19 GAA and .934 save percentage rank 7th and 5th respectively in the ECHL prior to being placed on the 30-day IR due to an ankle injury suffered in the accident involving the team's bus Thursday morning...Landry, also injured in the accident, is expected to be placed on the IR this week...Other Jackals appearing in the ECHL league leaders include Chaz Johnson (86 PIM, 5th), Joel Martin (8 wins, T-2nd) and Tomas Kudleka (2 GWG, T-1st among defensemen).

Jackals On the Air: All 72 regular season games will air live on MAGIC FM (92.7/97.7) beginning with the Hill Top Inn Countdown to Face-Off 30 minutes prior to game time (except televised games). WETM-2 will televise 11 Friday night contests live from First Arena with coverage beginning at 7:30 p.m. each night. A free audio stream and a pay-per-view video stream are available at www.jackalshockey.com. The team's weekly Coach's Show airs Mondays throughout the season from 6 p.m. - 7 p.m. on NewsTalk 1230/1450 live from O'Ryans Sports Bar & Grill, 159 Prescott Avenue - Elmira Heights. The show is also available on-line via www.jackalshockey.com. The next edition of the Coach's Show will air tonight, Monday, December 3rd.

On-Ice This Week (subject to change) Radio/TV airtime

Monday, December 3rd 3:00 p.m. Practice - First Arena

Tuesday, December 4th 10:30 a.m. Practice - First Arena

Wednesday, December 5th 7:05 p.m. TRENTON @ JACKALS MAGIC FM 6:35 p.m

Thursday, December 6th 10:00 a.m. Depart for Cincinnati, OH

Friday, December 7th 7:30 p.m. JACKALS @ CINCINNATI MAGIC FM 7:00 p.m.

Saturday, December 8th 7:30 p.m. JACKALS @ CINCINNATI MAGIC FM 7:00 p.m.

Sunday, December 9th 6:05 p.m. JACKALS @ WHEELING MAGIC FM 5:35 p.m.

Tickets for all Jackals home games may be purchased in person at the Gray Street box office at First Arena (10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday through Friday), Ticketmaster charge-by-phone at 722-3711, on-line at www.ticketmaster.com, and by calling 734-PUCK (7825).

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