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Mississippi, Texas Tie ECHL Record With Three Hat Tricks

December 31, 2007 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release


PRINCETON, N.J. - For the first time since 1999, and only the seventh time since 1991-92, there were three hat tricks scored in an ECHL game when Texas beat Mississippi 10-5 at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum on Saturday. Max Taylor and Moises Gutierrez each scored three goals for Texas while Lance Monych had three goals for Mississippi.

Since 1991-92 there have been 120 games with two hat tricks including four times this season.

The last time there were three hat tricks in a game was Jan. 3, 1999 when Baton Rouge beat Tallahassee 7-3 as B.J. Johnston and Bryan Richardson each had three goals for Baton Rouge and Mike Sancimino had three goals for Tallahassee.

The first time there were three hat tricks in an ECHL game was Jan. 24, 1992 when Columbus beat Knoxville 12-4. Trent Kaese and Kevin Alexander each had three goals for Columbus and Greg Pankewicz had three goals for Knoxville.

Three times in league history there have been three hat tricks scored by a single team. Kurt Kabat, Victor Gervais and Brian Martin of Hampton Roads each scored three goals in a 9-4 win against Roanoke on Mar. 16, 1993. Brandon Coates scored four goals and Gerry Daley and Tim Sullivan each scored three goals as Nashville beat Huntington 16-3 on Jan. 30, 1994. Jamey Hicks scored four goals and Mike Barrie and Stefan Rivard each had three goals as Birmingham beat Tallahassee 14-1 on Mar. 21, 1998.

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Celebrating its 20th Anniversary in 2007-08, the ECHL is the Premier 'AA' Hockey League and the third-longest tenured professional hockey league behind only the National Hockey League and the American Hockey League.

ECHL began in 1988-89 with five teams in four states and has grown to be a coast-to-coast league with 25 teams playing 900 games in 17 states and British Columbia in 2007-08.

The league officially changed its name to ECHL on May 19, 2003.

The ECHL has affiliations with 26 of the 30 teams in the NHL in 2007-08, marking the 11th consecutive season that the league has had affiliations with at least 20 teams in the NHL.

There have been 340 former ECHL players who have gone on to play in the NHL after playing in the ECHL, including a record 47 in 2005-06 and 26 in 2006-07.

There have been 195 former ECHL players who have played their first game in the NHL in the past five seasons.

There are 15 coaches in the NHL who have ECHL experience including former Wheeling coach Peter Laviolette, who is head coach of the Carolina Hurricanes, and former Mississippi coach Bruce Boudreau, who is head coach of the Washington Capitals.

The ECHL is represented for the seventh consecutive year on the National Hockey League championship team in 2007 with Anaheim assistant coach Dave Farrish, players Francois Beauchemin and George Parros and broadcasters John Ahlers and Steve Carroll.

The ECHL has affiliations with 26 of the 29 teams in the American Hockey League in 2007-08 and for the past 18 years there has been an ECHL player on the Calder Cup champion.

In each of the last two seasons there have been more than 225 players who have played in both the ECHL and the AHL and there were over 800 call-ups involving more than 500 players. In the last five seasons the ECHL has had more call-ups to the AHL than all other professional leagues combined with over 2,000 call-ups involving more than 1,000 players since 2002-03.

Further information on the ECHL is available from its website at ECHL.com.

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