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February 18, 2008 - ECHL (ECHL)
Elmira Jackals News Release


ELMIRA, NY - The Elmira Jackals, proud member of the ECHL, continued to suffer through it their roughest patch of the season in losing three games on home ice last week. The Jackals now sit 13 points behind division leader Cincinnati and are now just four points up on third place Reading.

Overall: 30-15-2-2 (64 pts.) 2nd North Division/5th American Conference/t-7th Overall Last Week: 0-3-0-0 (0 pts.)

Thursday, February 14th - vs. TEXAS (3-6 L) Att: 3,209 Shots: 38-27 TEX PP: 1/5 PK: 3/4

The league-leading Wildcatters had four players with multi-point games including BRANDON BENEDICT's three assists to counter FRANK LITTLEJOHN's power play goal and PIERRE-LUC FAUBERT team-leading 20th of the season on Valentine's Night at First Arena. Texas gained a measure of revenge on Elmira, winning their only appearance of the season here after dropping two of three to the Jackals at Ford Arena in Beaumont earlier this year.

Friday, February 15th - vs. GWINNETT (2-3 L) Att: 3,404 Shots: 31-28 GWT PP: 0/6 PK: 6/6

TOMAS POSPISIL scored with 3:05 left in the game to give the Gladiators a 3-1 lead and the strike held up as the game-winner, allowing Gwinnett to split the brief two-game season series with Elmira. BOBBY ROBINS (11th) and BENOIT DOUCET (15th) had the goals for the Jackals.

Saturday, February 16th - vs. CINCINNATI (1-5 L) Att: 3,974 (sellout) Shots: 49-32 ELM PP: 1/7 PK: 3/4

A season-high 49 shots on goal couldn't help Elmira avoid losing its fifth straight game as DOV GRUMET-MORRIS made 48 saves in pushing the Cyclones 13 points up on the second place Jackals. FRANK LITTLEJOHN ended the shutout bid with 2:45 to go in the game, but it came after Cincinnati built a 5-0 lead thanks in part to a pair of shorthanded goals in the final period.

This Week: Tuesday, February 19th - vs. TRENTON 7:05 p.m. First Arena

Jackals Scratch Ticket Night

Trenton looks for its third straight win in the season series, but enters the week having lost their last seven in a row (0-5-1-1) to fall to sixth in the North Division with 42 points. The Devils took the last meeting between the clubs February 1st, 4-3 in overtime, at Sovereign Bank Arena on a Bill Leclerc goal 1:03 into sudden death, but the Jackals (5-1-1-0 vs. Trenton) have taken all three meetings at First Arena.

Series Leaders Elmira Trenton Series Result to Date

Goals Four with (3) each Zancanaro (5) 20-Oct ELM 4 @ TRE 2

Assists Pilkington/Faubert/Doucet (6) Gunderson (8) 23-Nov TRE 0 @ ELM 4

Points Doucet/Faubert (9) Zancanaro/Gunderson (8) 5-Dec TRE 4 @ ELM 5 so

+/- Ulanski (+5) LeClerc (+3) 15-Dec TRE 3 @ ELM 4

PIM Littlejohn (47) Harrison (31) 28-Dec ELM 4 @ TRE 3 so

Shots Littlejohn (22) Zancanaro (23) 25-Jan ELM 2 @ TRE 5

Power Play Goals Faubert/Robins (2) Henkel/Zancanaro/Rooney (2) 1-Feb ELM 3 @ TRE 4 ot

Shorthanded Goals NONE NONE

Game-Winning Goals Three with (1) each LeClerc/Mondou (1)

Wednesday, February 20th - @ READING 6:35 p.m. Sovereign Center

The Jackals and Royals meet in all-important four-point game with just four points separating the clubs in the North Division. The Jackals lead the series 4-2-1-0, but since a spread of 11 points between the two following a 5-2 Jackals win in the series February 2nd, Elmira has lost five of six while Reading has gone 3-0-1-0 to magnify the importance of this match.

Series Leaders Elmira Reading Series Result to Date

Goals Doucet/Fulghum (3) Blight (4) 4-Nov ELM 3 @ REA 5

Assists Pilkington (5) Jarrett (7) 24-Nov REA 1 @ ELM 4

Points Doucet/Pilkington (7) Jarrett/Blight/Hooton (7) 14-Dec REA 4 @ ELM 5 ot

+/- Johnson/Doucet (+6) Roussin/Salekin (+3) 26-Dec ELM 3 @ REA 4

PIM Johnson (93) Salekin (46) 2-Jan ELM 7 @ REA 3

Shots Littlejohn (25) Atherton (23) 2-Feb REA 2 @ ELM 5

Power Play Goals Six with (1) each Atherton/Cavosie/Blight (2) 9-Feb ELM 1 @ REA 7

Shorthanded Goals Fulghum/Ulanski (1) Blight/Lalonde (1)

Game-Winning Goals Four with (1) each Blight/Lalonde/Hersley (1)

Friday, February 22nd - @ WHEELING 7:35 p.m. WesBanco Arena

The Jackals look to remain perfect against the Nailers in the 7th installment of this nine-game season series. Most recently, Elmira stung Wheeling 8-1 and 7-1 at First Arena in back-to-back nights January 11th & 12th and have outscored the Nailers 31-8 in the process.

Series Leaders Elmira Wheeling Series Result to Date

Goals Faubert/Johnson (4) Clarke (3) 19-Oct WHL 2 @ ELM 4

Assists Faubert/Doucet (8) Collins (3) 9-Dec ELM 5 @ WHL 1

Points Faubert (12) Collins (4) 21-Dec ELM 3 @ WHL 1

+/- Hendrikx (+12) Bordeleau (+1) 22-Dec ELM 4 @ WHL 2

PIM Littlejohn (27) Chwedoruk (17) 11-Jan WHL 1 @ ELM 8

Shots Littlejohn (24) Clarke (13) 12-Jan WHL 1 @ ELM 7

Power Play Goals Kudelka/Rodney (2) Four with (1) each

Shorthanded Goals Faubert (1) NONE

Game-Winning Goals Six with (1) each NONE

Saturday, February 23rd - @ CINCINNATI 7:30 p.m. U.S. Bank Arena

The North Division-leading Cyclones host the Jackals in the final two games of the season series tonight and March 28th. Elmira is 3-4-0-1 against Cincinnati after dropping a 5-1 verdict Saturday at First Arena.

Series Leaders Elmira Cincinnati Series Result to Date

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

Assists Doucet (6) Ehgoetz (7) 2-Nov CIN 5 @ ELM 1

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

+/- Busby/Kudelka (+3) Reynolds (+8) 7-Dec ELM 1 @ CIN 2 so

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

Shots Littlejohn (30) Ehgoetz/Daoust (28) 29-Dec CIN 5 @ ELM 1

Power Play Goals Littlejohn (2) Aubin (2) 12-Jan CIN 3 @ ELM 4

Shorthanded Goals NONE Reynolds (2) 16-Feb CIN 5 @ ELM 1

Game-Winning Goals Ulanski/Robins (1) Syroczynski (2)

Jackals Bites: The Jackals are currently on a season-high five-game losing streak (last win 2/3/08 @ JHN 3-2 so)...Saturday's game drew the 11th capacity crowd of the year to First Arena (3,974)...The Jackals faced their first penalty shot of the year Saturday as Jason Deitsch converted shorthanded at 11:21 of the 3rd period...Deitsch's goal was one of two shorties allowed in the game by Elmira, the most allowed in one game this year by the Jackals...Elmira has given up a league-high 13 shorthanded goals...The Jackals finished 5-4 against South Division clubs this year, including a 2-2 mark against league-leading Texas...Elmira registered a season-high 49 shots on goal Saturday against Cincinnati...Elmira and Cincinnati combined for 81 shots Saturday night, a season-high from a Jackals perspective..FRANK LITTLEJOHN hit the 2000 PIM mark in his pro career with a minor penalty Thursday in a loss to Texas...BENOIT DOUCET, the Jackals leading scorer with 49 points (including a team-high 34 assists), was held off of the score sheet Saturday against Cincinnati for just the fourth time in the last 28 games.

Jackals Leaders: Goals: FAUBERT 20...Assists: DOUCET 34...Points: DOUCET 49...PIM: JOHNSON 193...

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

Streaking into Tuesday's Game #50: Losses - 5; Home losses - 3; Road losses - 2; ...Goals - Shawn Weller 3 (3); Points - Weller 3 (3+3=6), Robins 3 (1+2=3); Road points - Kevin Ulanski 7 (8); Goaltender losses - Martin 5.

Jackals Amongst ECHL Leaders: Joel Martin - 23 wins (1st), 2,197 minutes played (1st), 5 shootout wins (1st), .941 saves (4th)...Pierre-Luc Faubert - 4 shootout goals (t-3rd - overall/1st - rookies), 48 points (9th), +23 (t-3rd - rookies)...Benoit Doucet - 49 points (t-7th - rookies/t-17 overall), 34 assists (3rd - rookies)...Trevor Hendrikx - 140 PIM (3rd - defensemen), 10 major penalties (t-2nd - defensemen)...Luke Fulghum - 4 shorthanded goals (t-2nd)...Kevin Ulanski - 3 shorthanded assists (t-3rd)...Chaz Johnson - 193 PIM (2nd), Tomas Kudleka - 3 game-winning goals (t-1st - defensemen).

Ranking the Jackals ECHL Rank ECHL Leader

Goals for/game 3.41 (10th) 4.15 - Cincinnati

Goals against/game 3.10 (11th) 2.25 - Cincinnati

Shots for/game 31.55 (14th) 37.16 - Gwinnett

Shots against/game 30.14(6th) 28.67 - Johnstown

PIM/game 26.90 (1st) 26.90 - Elmira

Power Play % 44/277 15.9% (t-16th) 23.0% - Gwinnett

Penalty Kill % 247/297 83.2% (t-12th) 88.9% - Columbia

Shorthanded goals for 8 (9th) 15 - South Carolina

Shorthanded goals against 13 (t-23rd) 1 - Las Vegas

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

Shootout % against 10/38 26.3% (6th) 16.7% - South Carolina

Attendance/game 3,596 (14th) 6,530 - 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 19th 10:00 a.m. Morning skate - First Arena

JACKALS v. TRENTON MAGIC FM 6:35 p.m.

Wednesday, February 20th 11:00 a.m. Morning skate - First Arena

6:35 p.m. JACKALS @ READING MAGIC FM 6:05 p.m.

Thursday, February 21st 11:45 a.m. Practice - WesBanco Arena (Wheeling, WV)

Friday, February 22nd 11:15 a.m. Morning skate - WesBanco Arena

7:35 p.m. JACKALS @ WHEELING MAGIC FM 7:05 p.m.

Saturday, February 23rd 11:15 a.m. Morning skate - U.S. Bank Arena

7:30 p.m. JACKALS @ CINCINNATI MAGIC FM 7:00 p.m.

Sunday, February 24th 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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