Jackals Journal

February 12, 2008 - ECHL (ECHL)
Elmira Jackals News Release


ELMIRA, NY - The Elmira Jackals, proud member of the ECHL, lost both games last weekend to fall seven points behind North Division leader Cincinnati and allowing third place Reading to pull to within nine points of the Jackals.

Overall: 30-12-2-2 (64 pts.) 2nd North Division/3rd American Conference/4th Overall Last Week: 0-2-0-0 (0 pts.)

Friday, February 8th - @ JOHNSTOWN (3-9 L) Att: 1,622 Shots: JHN 37-24 PP: 0/3 PK: 3/5

JOEY OLSON scored the hattrick and added an assist to lead the Chiefs to their biggest offensive output of the year in swamping the Jackals. CHAZ JOHNSON scored twice, his 16th and 17th goals, but it wasn't nearly enough for the visitors who also received a pair of assists from PIERRE-LUC FAUBERT.

Saturday, February 9th - @ READING (1-7 L) Att: 6,631 Shots: REA 37-24 PP: 0/5 PK: 6/11

The Royals burned the Jackals for five power play goals and a shorthanded strike to take the highly anticipated rematch of these North Division foes. Elmira faced a season-high 11 power play chances against while seeing its drought on the man advantage reach 17 in a row. BRUCE WATSON, back in the line-up after a 17-game absence (appendectomy), score the lone Jackals goal.

This Week: Thursday, February 14th - v. TEXAS 7:05 p.m. First Arena

Valentine's Night with Pink Ice

The Jackals and the league-leading Wildcatters (81 pts.) meet for the fourth and final time this season. Elmira took two of three games in Beaumont back in November and is one of only two teams (South Carolina) to get both a regulation and shootout win at Ford Arena this season.

Series Leaders Elmira Texas Series Result to Date

Goals Faubert (3) Carlson (3) 16-Nov ELM 3 @ TEX 6

Assists Ulanski (3) McNabb/Welch (3) 17-Nov ELM 4 @ TEX 1

Points Faubert/Ulanski(3) Carlson/McNabb/Welch (3) 18-Nov ELM 2 @ TEX 1 so

+/- Five with (+2) each Welch (+3)

PIM Weller/Watson (9) Champagne (6)

Shots Robins (11) McNabb (16)

Power Play Goals Faubert/Robins (1) Benedict/Carlson(1)

Shorthanded Goals NONE NONE

Game-Winning Goals Robins (1) Schultz (1)

Friday, February 15th - v. GWINNETT 7:35 p.m. First Arena

Jackals Candy Bar Giveaway

The Jackals and Gladiators close out a brief two-game season series that also marks the final non-divisional foe of the year for Elmira. The clubs met at the Arena at Gwinnett Center November 20th with the Jackals exploding for a five-goal third period to rally from a 3-1 deficit to win 6-3. The Gladiators begin the week in third place in the South Division with 61 points.

Series Leaders Elmira Gwinnett Series Result to Date

Goals Pilkington (2) Jackson (2) 20-Nov ELM 6 @ GWT 3

Assists Grimaldi (3) Busniuk (3)

Points Pilkington/Grimaldi (3) Busniuk (3)

+/- Grimaldi (+3) Busniuk/Dickenson (+1)

PIM Littlejohn (7) Stoesz (7)

Shots Pilkington (4) Jackson/Mason (7)

Power Play Goals Faubert (1) Jackson (1)

Shorthanded Goals Pilkington/Fulghum (1) NONE

Game-Winning Goals Kudelka (1) NONE

Saturday, February 16th - v. CINCINNATI 7:35 p.m. First Arena

Concept Photo Night courtesy of Sand Dollar Saloon

The North Division-leading Cyclones make their final regular season trip into Elmira with the season series sitting at 9-7 (standings points) in favor of Cincinnati. The teams have split four previous meetings in Elmira while after tonight, the Jackals head west to the Queen City for the two final games of the series February 23rd and March 28th. The Cyclones come to town with a North Division best 71 points in the standings.

Series Leaders Elmira Cincinnati Series Result to Date

Goals Littlejohn/Johnson (3) Aubin/Daoust (4) 31-Oct CIN 2 @ ELM 5

Assists Doucet (6) Ehgoetz (6) 2-Nov CIN 5 @ ELM 1

Points Doucet (8) Beauregard/Ehgoetz/Aubin (7) 28-Nov ELM 1 @ CIN 7

+/- Busby/Kudelka (+3) Reynolds (+6) 7-Dec ELM 1 @ CIN 2 so

PIM Hendrikx (22) C. Martin (22) 8-Dec ELM 5 @ CIN 4 so

Shots Littlejohn (23) Daoust (28) 29-Dec CIN 5 @ ELM 1

Power Play Goals Five with (1) each Aubin (2) 12-Jan CIN 3 @ ELM 4

Shorthanded Goals NONE Ehgoetz/Reynolds (1)

Game-Winning Goals Ulanski/Robins (1) Three with (1) each

Jackals Bites: The back-to-back losses suffered last week, each by six goals, matched the club's largest margin of defeat set earlier this year in a 7-1 loss at Cincinnati 11/28...Elmira looks to extend its home ice win streak to six games Thursday when it beings a four-game homestand against Texas, Gwinnett, Cincinnati and Trenton...The Texas contest is the first game against a non-North Division foe since November 25th when the Jackals posted a 2-1 shootout win over Columbia...15 of Elmira's 26 remaining games are at First Arena. The Jackals have won 12 of their last 14 at First Arena...With an average crowd of 3,605 in 21 openings, the Jackals rank 14th in attendance while playing before 95.3% capacity...CHAZ JOHNSON scored twice in Friday's loss in Johnstown, his third two-goal game of the year...JOHNSON's goal seventeen seconds into the third period Friday was the fastest goal to start a period this season...BENOIT DOUCET retakes the team lead in scoring, now with 47 points on the strength of his club-leading 33 assists...BRUCE WATSON returned to the line-up Saturday at Reading after missing 17 games (appendectomy) and scored the club's only goal...WATSON's next game with be the 500th of his professional career...FRANK LITTLEJOHN is 2 PIM away from 2000 in his pro career for the 10th year veteran.

Jackals Leaders: Goals: FAUBERT 19...Assists: DOUCET 33...Points: DOUCET 47...PIM: JOHNSON 187...

Goalie Wins: MARTIN 23...PPG: FAUBERT 7...SHG: FULGHUM 4...GWG: ROBINS 4

Streaking into Thursday's Game #47: Losses - 2; Home wins - 5; Power play - scoreless in last 17...Goals - Shawn Weller 3 (3); Assists - Benoit Doucet 2 (2); Points - Weller 3 (3+3=6), Doucet 2 (0+2=2), Watson 2 (1+1=2); Road points - Kevin Ulanski 7 (8); Goaltender losses - Martin 2; Home PIM - Trevor Hendrikx 19 (89).

Jackals Amongst ECHL Leaders: Joel Martin - 23 wins (1st), 2021 minutes played (1st), 2 shutouts (t-4th), 5 shootout wins (1st), .833 shootout save percentage (t-4th)...Pierre-Luc Faubert - 4 shootout goals (t-3rd - overall/1st - rookies), 46 points (t-8th - rookies/t-19th - overall), +23 (t-5th - overall/t-2nd - rookies)...Benoit Doucet - 47 points (7th - rookies/t-16 overall), 33 assists (t-2nd - rookies)...Trevor Hendrikx - 140 PIM (3rd - defensemen), 10 major penalties (t-2nd - defensemen)...Luke Fulghum - 4 shorthanded goals (t-2nd), 4 shorthanded points (t-4th)...Kevin Ulanski - 4 shorthanded points (t-4th), 3 shorthanded assists (t-1st)...Chaz Johnson - 187 PIM (2nd), Tomas Kudleka - 3 game-winning goals (t-1st - defensemen).

Ranking the Jackals ECHL Rank ECHL Leader

Goals for/game 3.5 (4th) 4.09 - Cincinnati

Goals against/game 3.00 (t-9th) 2.33 - Cincinnati

Shots for/game 31.35 (14th) 37.54 - Gwinnett

Shots against/game 29.91(5th) 28.09 - Cincinnati

PIM/game 27.93 (1st) 27.93 - Elmira

Power Play % 42/259 16.2% (16th) 23.1% - Idaho

Penalty Kill % 235/283 83.0% (13th) 88.4% - Columbia

Shorthanded goals for 8 (t-6th) 13 - South Carolina

Shorthanded goals against 10 (t-22nd) 1 - Las Vegas

Shootout % for 18/37 48.7% (2nd) 64.3% - Florida

Shootout % against 10/38 26.3% (5th) 16.7% - South Carolina

Attendance/game 3,605 (14th) 6,513 - Stockton

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, February 18th.

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

Tuesday, February 12th 10:30 a.m. Practice - First Arena

Wednesday, February 13th 10:30 a.m. Practice - First Arena

Thursday, February 14th 10:00 a.m. Morning skate - First Arena

7:05 p.m. JACKALS v. TEXAS MAGIC FM 6:35 p.m.

Friday, February 15th 10:00 a.m. Morning skate - First Arena

7:35 p.m. JACKALS v. GWINNETT WETM - TV/MAGIC FM 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, February 15th TBA Morning skate - First Arena

7:35 p.m. JACKALS v. CINCINNATI WETM - TV/MAGIC FM 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, February 16th No practice

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, Saturdays 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.), Ticketmaster charge-by-phone at 722-3711, on-line at www.ticketmaster.com and by calling 734-PUCK (7825).



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