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Key head-to-head match ups on tap this week

March 12, 2012 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release


Several key head-to-head match ups are on tap in the ECHL this week that will help decide division championships and playoff positioning as the season heads into the home stretch.

In the South Division, Gwinnett owns a two-point lead over Greenville not only for the division lead, but for the top spot in the Eastern Conference as well. The Gladiators picked up a pair of wins against the Road Warriors last week, and will host Greenville on Saturday in the first of three meetings over the next week. The two clubs have nearly matched each other in the season series with Gwinnett holding a 7-6-1 mark against the Road Warriors, who have gone 7-5-2 against the Gladiators.

Elmira enters the week with a four-point edge over Wheeling for first place in the Atlantic Division. The Nailers, who have one game in hand, travel to First Arena on Sunday for the first of three head-to-head-meetings against the Jackals over the final two weeks of the season. Elmira is 6-4-1 against the Nailers this season while Wheeling has posted a 5-3-3 mark against the Jackals.

Four teams are battling for the final two playoff spots in the Eastern Conference. Florida, which has gone 6-3-1 in its last 10 games, holds the seventh spot with 69 points while Cincinnati is in the eighth and final spot with 67 points. The Everblades have started their seven-game northern road trip with a 2-1-0 record, and play at Reading on Wednesday and Sunday. The Royals are in ninth place of the conference with 65 points, trailing Cincinnati by two and Florida by four points. Florida and Reading have met four times this season, with the Everblades holding a 2-1-1 record while the Royals have gone 2-2-0.

In the Western Conference, the Alaska Aces have the chance to become the first team in the league to clinch a division championship as they open a three-game series in Colorado on Wednesday. The Aces have a magic number of six points to win their second consecutive Mountain Division title, and their sixth division title in nine ECHL seasons.

Stockton hosts Utah on Saturday and Sunday, in a pair of games that will help determine seeding in the Western Conference. The Grizzlies, who defeated Stockton at home on Friday and Saturday, enter the week in sixth place in the conference, just four points behind the Thunder.

Divisions

ATLANTIC DIVISION

- Louie Caporusso is on a five-game goal-scoring streak (6g).

- The Jackals set a team record with their 22nd home win of the season on Saturday.

- Elmira hosts Florida on Friday and Saturday and Wheeling on Sunday.

- Mikael Bedard has seven goals in 16 games with the Royals. - Seventeen of Reading's 29 wins this season have been come-from-behind victories.

- The Royals host Florida on Wednesday and Sunday, are at Wheeling on Friday, and host the Nailers on Saturday.

- Mark Armstrong had two assists in his professional debut on Friday.

- The Titans are the league's third-least penalized team with 13.79 penalty minutes per game.

- Trenton is at Kalamazoo on Friday and Chicago on Saturday and Sunday.

- Peter Merth is tied for fourth among defensemen in plus-minus at +18.

- Wheeling is fourth with four shorthanded goals against.

- The Nailers are at Chicago on Wednesday, host Reading on Friday and visit Reading on Saturday and Elmira on Sunday.

NORTH DIVISION

- Rob Madore set an Express record with 41 saves on Friday in Kalamazoo.

- The Express are 16-5-4 when scoring first.

- Chicago hosts Wheeling on Wednesday, Toledo on Friday and Trenton on Saturday and Sunday.

- Mathew Sisca is tied for second among rookies with 21 goals.

- Cincinnati is fifth with 28.43 shots-against per game.

- The Cyclones are at Gwinnett on Wednesday and Friday, South Carolina on Saturday and Greenville on Sunday.

- Darryl Bootland is one game shy of 600 in his career.

- The K-Wings had their largest crowd of the season with 5,093 on Wednesday against Cincinnati.

- Kalamazoo hosts Toledo on Wednesday and Saturday and Trenton on Friday and visits Toledo on Sunday.

- Derek Brochu has four points (3g-1a) in the last five games.

- Toledo is 4-4 in shootouts this season.

- The Walleye are at Kalamazoo on Wednesday and Saturday and Chicago on Friday before hosting the K-Wings on Sunday.

SOUTH DIVISION

- Scott Pitt is tied for third among rookies in plus-minus at +15.

- Florida is third with 3.55 goals per game.

- The Everblades are at Reading on Wednesday and Sunday and Elmira on Friday and Saturday.

- Brandon Wong has scored at least a point in 16 of Greenville's last 20 games.

- Greenville is 4-0-1 in its last five road games.

- The Road Warriors are at South Carolina on Friday and Gwinnett on Saturday and host Cincinnati on Sunday.

- Pat Galivan leads the Gladiators with 23 goals.

- The Gladiators are 17-3-11 in one-goal games.

- Gwinnett hosts Cincinnati on Wednesday and Friday and Greenville on Sunday.

- Philipp Grubauer is third with a 2.25 goals-against average, tied for third with 22 wins.

- Matt Scherer skated in his 300th professional game Sunday against Cincinnati.

- The Stingrays host Greenville on Friday and Cincinnati on Saturday.

MOUNTAIN DIVISION

- Kane Lafranchise leads rookies in plus-minus at +19.

- The Aces are the league's least-penalized team with 13.38 penalty minutes per game.

- Alaska is at Colorado on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.

- Aaron Schneekloth leads defensemen with 56 points (18g-38a).

- Colorado is first on the power play at home at 24.1 percent (33-for-137).

- The Eagles host Alaska on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.

- Ron Meyers posted his first pro goal and first pro assist Saturday night againt Bakersfield.

- The Steelheads are 19-1-1 when holding the opposition under three goals.

- Idaho travels to Ontario on Tuesday and Stockton on Wednesday and hosts Ontario on Friday and Saturday.

- Paul McIlveen is third with 241 shots.

- Utah is 14-1-2 when trailing after two periods.

- The Grizzlies are at Bakersfield on Wednesday and Friday and Stockton on Saturday and Sunday.

PACIFIC DIVISION

- Justin Pender recorded three assists in a game for the seconnd time this season on Saturday.

- The Condors scored with an extra attacker for the fifth time this season on Saturday.

- Bakersfield hosts Utah on Wednesday and Friday and Las Vegas on Saturday before visiting the Wranglers on Sunday.

- Adam Miller is fourth in the league with 71 points (28g-43a).

- Las Vegas is third with 2.67 goals-against per game.

- The Wranglers are at Stockton on Friday and Bakersfield on Saturday before hosting the Condors on Sunday.

- Derek Couture played his 400th professional game on Saturday against Las Vegas.

- The Reign had their largest crowd of the season on Saturday with 9,592.

- Ontario hosts Idaho on Tuesday and visits the Steelheads on Friday and Saturday.

- Gabriel Levesque has seven points (1g-6a) in the last six games.

- Stockton is 17-1-1 when leading after one period.

- The Thunder host Idaho on Wednesday, Las Vegas on Friday and Utah on Saturday and Sunday.

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