Magliarditi chases ECHL history this weekend

Published on February 2, 2006 under ECHL (ECHL)
Las Vegas Wranglers News Release


Las Vegas, NV- Marc Magliarditi of the Las Vegas Wranglers became only the third goaltender in ECHL history to reach 200 wins when he posted a 6-5 shootout win at Idaho on January 27th.

Magliarditi needs one win to move into a tie for second place with Daniel Berthiaume, who had 201 wins in nine ECHL seasons with Wheeling, Roanoke and Greensboro from 1994-2004. The career leader for wins is Toledo coach Nick Vitucci, who had 265 wins in 13 ECHL seasons with Carolina, Winston-Salem, Greensboro, Hampton Roads, Toledo, Charlotte and Greenville from 1988-2001.

Magliarditi is 20-6-3, marking the sixth time in his ECHL career that he has won 20 games which ranks him third behind Vitucci and Berthiaume, who each won 20 games seven times. He is second in the league with 20 wins and three shutouts. He is third in the ECHL with 1,723 minutes and four shootout wins, while he is fifth with a goals-against average of 2.51.

In his ninth professional season overall and his third with Las Vegas, the 29-year-old is 200-102-25 in 340 career ECHL games and is the ECHL career leader with 25 shutouts.

Magliarditi has played 19,619 minutes in the ECHL which ranks him behind Vitucci (27,291) and Berthiaume (20,792), while his 340 career games is fourth behind Vitucci (479), Jason Saal (455) and Berthiaume (364).

Las Vegas concludes a seven-game road trip with stops in Long Beach and Bakersfield this weekend. Las Vegas will return to home ice on Tuesday, February 7th in a showdown with Alaska at 7:05 pm at the Orleans Arena.

Tickets for all games are on sale now. Fans may purchase seats to all Wranglers home games at any of the following ticket locations: The Orleans Arena Box Office, Coast Casinos' showroom box offices at The Orleans, Gold Coast, South Coast and Suncoast, or at the Galleria Mall guest relations/ticket centers.

The Wranglers play all 36 home games at the Orleans Arena, located at the Orleans Hotel and Casino at 4500 W. Tropicana Avenue. Seat packages to see the Wranglers play at the Orleans Arena for the upcoming 2005-06 season are now on sale, starting as low as $150. Call (702) 471-7825 for more information or visit www.lasvegaswranglers.com.

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