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Nine Teams Battle For Final Six Kelly Cup Playoff Berths

March 29, 2004 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release


Heading into the final week of the regular season, nine teams are battling for the remaining six berths in the 2004 Kelly Cup Playoffs.

In the Northern Division, Reading has 80 points and leads Trenton by one point for the fifth and final playoff spots. The first tiebreaker used in determining a berth in the postseason is wins while the second is head-to-head points. Reading is 35-25-10 and had 12 points (6-3-0) against Trenton while Trenton is 36-26-7 and had nine points (3-3-3) against Reading. Trenton will host Atlantic City on March 30, Wheeling on April 2 and Johnstown on April 3 while Reading will host Johnstown on April 2 and Toledo on April 3. Trenton has not missed the postseason in each of its first four seasons while Reading is looking to make the playoffs for the first time in its three-year history.

The fourth-place finisher and fifth-place finisher in the Northern Division will meet in a Wild Card Game on April 5 with the winner advancing to meet the first-place finisher in the Northern Division Semifinals. The best-of-five division semifinals will be played April 6-15 while the best-of-five division finals are scheduled to be played April 16-25. The best-of-five conference finals will be played April 27-May 8 with the best-of-seven Kelly Cup Finals scheduled for May 10-23.

Qualifying for the postseason for the first time since 1997-98, Wheeling has won the Northern Division and the Eastern Conference while Peoria, Atlantic City and Johnstown have all qualified for the playoffs in the Northern Division. Peoria is in the playoffs for the eighth time in its eight seasons while it is the third straight appearance for the Boardwalk Bullies since moving to Atlantic City in 2001-02. Johnstown returns to the postseason for the first time since 2001-02 and the 10th time in its 16-year history.

Winning seven games in a row and going 10-0-2 in its last 12 games, Roanoke has 80 points and is tied for second place in the Southern Division with Florida. Greensboro is in fourth place with 79 points, one point ahead of South Carolina for the fourth and final playoff spot in the Southern Division.

Roanoke, which has not missed the playoffs in each of its first 10 seasons, hosts Charlotte on April 2 and Greenville on April 3. Looking to qualify for the Kelly Cup Playoffs for the sixth time in its six-year history, Florida hosts Augusta on April 2 and 3.

Greensboro hosts Gwinnett on March 30 before traveling to Florence on April 2 and to South Carolina on April 3. In their fifth season, the Generals are looking to make their second straight appearance in the postseason after qualifying for the Kelly Cup Playoffs for the first time in 2003.

South Carolina hosts Augusta on March 30, Columbia on April 2 and Greensboro on April 3 while traveling to Greenville on April 1. The Stingrays are trying to qualify for the postseason for the 11th consecutive season, tying the ECHL record for playoff appearances.

Columbia, which advanced to the Kelly Cup Finals in 2003 and to the Southern Conference Finals in 2002, has won its second division title.

Gwinnett and Pensacola are tied for third place in the Central Division with 85 points and both need three points to secure a playoff berth. Gwinnett plays at Greensboro on March 30 and at Florence on April 1 before returning home to host Columbus on April 2 and Florence on April 3. Pensacola hosts Texas on March 30 before traveling to Louisiana on April 1, Mississippi on April 2 and Columbus on April 3. Pensacola is looking to make its third consecutive postseason appearance while Gwinnett is looking to make its first playoff appearance in its first season in Georgia.

Looking to advance to the postseason for the first time in its three ECHL seasons, Columbus has 79 points and is six points out of the final playoff spot in the Central Division. The Cottonmouths host Mississippi on March 30 and Pensacola on April 3 while traveling to Augusta on April 1 and Gwinnett on April 2.

Louisiana has advanced to the postseason for the ninth time in its nine-year history while Mississippi is making its third consecutive playoff appearance.

Having already clinched the Pacific Division, San Diego has 100 points and needs only one point to clinch the Western Conference. The Gulls have 45 wins and need one win to tie the ECHL record for most wins by a team in its first season set by Toledo, which won 46 games in 1991-92. Joining San Diego in the Pacific Division playoffs are Las Vegas, Idaho and Alaska.



WILD CARD GAME
(One-Game Playoff)
(April 5)

2004 Kelly Cup Playoffs Northern Division Wild Card Game
No. 5 Seed vs. No. 4 Seed
(Winner becomes No. 4 Seed in Northern Division Semifinals)

DIVISION SEMIFINALS
(Best-of-Five Series)
(April 6-15)

2004 Kelly Cup Playoffs Northern Division Semifinals
 No. 1 Seed (Division Winner) vs. No. 4 Seed
No. 2 Seed vs. No. 3 Seed

2004 Kelly Cup Playoffs Southern Division Semifinals
 No. 1 Seed (Division Winner) vs. No. 4 Seed
No. 2 Seed vs. No. 3 Seed

2004 Kelly Cup Playoffs Central Division Semifinals
 No. 1 Seed (Division Winner) vs. No. 4 Seed
No. 2 Seed vs. No. 3 Seed

2004 Kelly Cup Playoffs Pacific Division Semifinals
 No. 1 Seed (Division Winner) vs. No. 4 Seed
No. 2 Seed vs. No. 3 Seed

DIVISION FINALS
(Best-of-Five Series)
(April 16-25)

2004 Kelly Cup Playoffs Northern Division Finals
 Winner of No. 1 Seed/No. 4 Seed vs. Winner of No. 2 Seed/No. 3 Seed

2004 Kelly Cup Playoffs Southern Division Finals
 Winner of No. 1 Seed/No. 4 Seed vs. Winner of No. 2 Seed/No. 3 Seed

2004 Kelly Cup Playoffs Central Division Finals
 Winner of No. 1 Seed/No. 4 Seed vs. Winner of No. 2 Seed/No. 3 Seed

2004 Kelly Cup Playoffs Pacific Division Finals
 Winner of No. 1 Seed/No. 4 Seed vs. Winner of No. 2 Seed/No. 3 Seed

CONFERENCE FINALS
(Best-of-Five Series)
(April 27-May 8)

2004 Kelly Cup Playoffs Eastern Conference Championship
 Northern Division Champion vs. Southern Division Champion

2004 Kelly Cup Playoffs Western Conference Championship
 Central Division Champion vs. Pacific Division Champion

2004 KELLY CUP FINALS
(Best-of-Seven Series)
(May 10-23)

Eastern Conference Champion vs. Western Conference Champion


Nailers, Gulls Battle For Brabham Cup
Entering the final week of the regular season, Wheeling has 104 points and leads San Diego by four points in the race for the Henry Brabham Cup, the trophy awarded each season to the regular season point champion in the ECHL. Wheeling has clinched the Eastern Conference while San Diego has clinched the Pacific Division and needs only one point in its final four games to clinch the Western Conference.

Wheeling plays at Trenton on April 2 and at Atlantic City on April 3. San Diego plays at Fresno on March 29 and at Bakersfield on April 2 while hosting Las Vegas on March 31 and Alaska on April 3.

Wheeling and San Diego are the 12th and 13th teams, respectively, in ECHL history to reach 100 points. Atlantic City and Louisiana can both mathematically achieve 100 points. The defending Kelly Cup Champion Bullies need six points in their final four games to reach 100 points while the IceGators need to win their final two games to reach 100 points.

Qualifying for the postseason for the first time since 1997-98 and winning its first division title since 1994-95, Wheeling is looking for its fourth Brabham Cup, having won the trophy as the Winston-Salem Thunderbirds in 1989-90 and as the Wheeling Thunderbirds in 1992-93 and 1994-95.

Wheeling is only the fifth team in ECHL history to win 50 games and the first since Louisiana won a league record 56 games in 2001-02. Louisiana has tied Trenton for the fourth-most wins in league history and needs one win to tie Pee Dee, which won 51 games in 1998-99, for third place. Florida has the second most wins in ECHL history with 53 in 1999-2000.

The Nailers have set team records for points (104), wins (50), home wins (28) and road wins (22).

had 59 points in 2002-03 and its 45-point increase is the third-highest point increase from one season to the next. The greatest single season point increase is 50 points by Knoxville (44 points in 1992-93 to 94 points in 1993-94) which broke Knoxville's record of 49 points (48 points in 1989-90 to 97 points in 1990-91).

The Brabham Cup is named in recognition of Henry Brabham, who was a founding member of the ECHL and the first owner of the Erie Panthers. A former mayor and businessman who was a major force in professional hockey in Virginia for more than 15 years, Brabham worked tirelessly to establish the fledgling ECHL.


Attendance Increases For 13th Straight Week
With sellout crowds in Idaho and Johnstown on March 27, the ECHL increased its average attendance for the 13th consecutive week as it looks to increase its average attendance for the first time since 1996-97. Heading into the final week of the regular season, the ECHL is averaging 3,882 fans per game, which is up more than four and a half percent from its average of 3,860 for the first 24 weeks of 2002-03 and up more than three and a half percent from its season-ending average of 3,750.

The ECHL has drawn 4,153,742 fans this season surpassing the four million mark for the first time since 2001-02 and the sixth time in league history. The league went over the four million mark four consecutive years from 1996-97 to 1999-2000 when it had a league-high 4,678,087 in 1999-2000. At its current average, the ECHL will draw 4,332,312 which would be the fourth-largest season attendance in the 16-year history of the league.

There have been 38 sellout crowds by 14 different teams in the ECHL in 2003-04 led by Idaho which had its 10th sellout of the season with 5,401 for its last regular season home game on March 27. Johnstown had its sixth sellout crowd of the year on March 27 with 3,703 and has increased its average attendance by more than 16 percent to 2,551.

Florida leads the league in total attendance with 209,804 and average attendance with 6,170 while ranking second with seven sellouts. The Everblades will play their final two home games on April 2 and 3.


Rookies Doell, Cockburn Both Record Second Hat Trick
Rookie Kevin Doell of Gwinnett had his second four-goal game of the season on March 26 and Rookie Bryce Cockburn of Trenton scored his second hat trick in a week, bringing the total number of hat tricks through the first 1,070 games to 76, including six four-goal games and one five-goal game. Cockburn and Doell become the 10th and 11th players to score multiple hat tricks in 2003-04.

Doell, who scored four goals on February 20 at Roanoke, scored at 5:05 of the first to give Gwinnett a 1-0 lead and he made it 2-0 with a goal at 2:13 of the second. He completed the hat trick at 6:14 of the second and scored his fourth goal at 16:03 of the second. Doell leads ECHL rookies with 32 goals and seven game-winning goals while ranking third in scoring with 71 points and fifth in assists with 39.

Rookie Bryce Cockburn scored his second hat trick of the week when he had the first three goals in Trenton's 8-1 win over Greensboro on March 26. Cockburn, who scored three goals against Reading on March 20, opened the scoring at 4:07, scored again 2:34 later and completed the natural hat trick at 13:09.

Pensacola's Tyler Beechey scored four goals on March 28 to join Doell, Florida's Brian McCullough, Alaska's Jordan Cameron, Wheeling's Jason Jaffray, and Long Beach's Nolan Graham on the list of four-goal scorers. Wheeling's Jaffray, who had four goals against Johnstown on March 7, recorded his second hat trick of the season on March 23 at Reading.

In the first 1,070 games, there have been 18 days where multiple hat tricks have been scored. The ECHL has had 12 days where two hat tricks have been scored and five days where three hat tricks have been scored. The ECHL had six hat tricks scored on February 14 which ties the league record set on October 23, 1993 and tied on February 26, 1994 and February 23, 1996.

Idaho leads the league with seven hat tricks, scored by six different players, while Trenton ranks second with five hat tricks, including a five-goal game by Brunelle. Dayton is the only team that has not scored a hat trick. Atlantic City, Louisiana and Peoria have not allowed a hat trick while Bakersfield has allowed a league-high eight hat tricks and Fresno and Texas have each allowed six hat tricks.


Pensacola's Eklund Nears Season Win Record
Brian Eklund of Pensacola picked up his 36th win of the season on March 28 at Texas and has moved into a tie for second place for most wins in a season by an ECHL goaltender. The ECHL record is held by Mark Michaud, who won 38 games for Hampton Roads in 1993-94. Eklund is tied with Kirk Daubenspeck (36 wins for South Carolina in 2002-03), Jan Lasak (36 wins for Hampton Roads in 1999-2000), Doug Bonner (36 wins for Louisiana in 1997-98) and Marc Delorme (36 wins for Louisiana in 1996-97).

Eklund is 36-17-7 with a goals against average of 3.03 and a save percentage of .921 while appearing in 60 of Pensacola's 68 games. Pensacola hosts Texas on March 30 before playing at Louisiana on April 1, at Mississippi on April 2 and at Columbus on April 3.

Selected in the seventh round (226th overall) by Tampa Bay in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft and under NHL contract with the Lightning, Eklund leads the ECHL with 3,600 minutes which ranks him second behind Michaud, who played 3,723 minutes for Hampton Roads in 1993-94. The 6-5 and 210-pound Eklund leads the league with 2,114 saves and the season save record (1,831 by Michaud in 1993-94) on March 9.

Trevor Koenig of San Diego ranks second in the league with 34 wins while Scott Stirling, who won 32 games with Trenton as a rookie in 2000-01, of Atlantic City is third with 31 wins. Stirling is only the third goaltender in league history to win 30 games in more than one season. Nick Vitucci won 35 games with Toledo in 1994-95 and 32 games with Charlotte in 1995-96 while Jeff Salajko won 35 games with Columbus in 1996-97 and 30 games with Columbus in 1998-99.

Marc Magliarditi of Las Vegas, who won 32 games with Florida in 1998-99, and Greg Gardner of Mississippi, who won 32 games with Mississippi in 2002-03, are tied for fourth with 29 wins. With one more win, Gardner will join Vitucci as the only goaltenders in ECHL history to win 30 games in back-to-back seasons. Gladiators Tie Shutout Record

Gwinnett tied the ECHL record for consecutive shutouts with three shutouts in a row from March 21-26. The Gladiators, who held their opponents scoreless for 198:11 from March 20-27, tied the record set by Hampton Roads from March 23-29, 1997.

Hampton Roads holds the ECHL record for regular season scoreless streak with 203:05 from March 23-29, 1997. Hampton Roads continued its shutout sequence for the opening 32:58 in the first game of the 1997 Kelly Cup Playoffs for an ECHL record shutout sequence of 236:03 from March 23-April 2, 1997.

Gwinnett did not allow a goal in the final 4:35 of its 5-2 loss at Augusta on March 20 and following its three shutouts, the Gladiators did not allow a goal in the first 13:36 of their 3-1 loss at Louisiana on March 27. Trevor Prior made 31 saves in the Gladiators 5-0 win against Columbia on March 21 and stopped all 22 shots he faced in Gwinnett's 5-0 win against Alaska on March 22 while Michael Garnett made 23 saves in an 8-0 win at Texas on March 26.

Prior improved to 13-6-4 while lowering his goals against average from 2.78 to 2.54 and raising his save percentage from .909 to .916. Reassigned from Chicago of the American Hockey League on March 26, Garnett is 20-10-2 with a goals against average of 2.12 and a save percentage of .927 in 32 games for the Gladiators. Selected in the third round (80th overall) by Atlanta in the 2001 National Hockey League Entry Draft and under NHL contract to Atlanta, Garnett ranks third in the league in goals against average and is tied for third with four shutouts.

Including the three shutouts by Gwinnett, the ECHL had eight shutouts last week and it has had 116 shutouts in 1,070 games. There has been a shutout every 9.2 games in 2003-04 compared to a shutout every 10.3 games in 2002-03 when the ECHL had a record 99 shutouts in 972 games.

Wheeling has an ECHL record 11 shutouts including three consecutive home shutouts February 20-28, tying the ECHL record held by Chesapeake, which had three home shutouts in a row from March 10-25, 1998. The Nailers set an ECHL record for longest home shutout sequence by not allowing a goal at home for 262:33 from January 31-March 7.


Northern Conference
Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies
 * Bujar Amidovski was 2-0-0 with two shutouts in two games last week.
* Bullies lead the ECHL in goals allowed with 2.25 goals per game.
* Atlantic City travels to Trenton on Tuesday before hosting Toledo on Wednesday and Friday and Wheeling on Saturday.

Cincinnati Cyclones
 * Randy Petruk ranks third in the ECHL with 1,379 saves and ranks fourth with 2,905 minutes.
* Evan Cheverie has 13 points (4g-9a) and is +3 in his last 10 games.
* Cincinnati travels to Dayton on Saturday.

Dayton Bombers
 * Janne Jokila has five goals and eight points in his last 10 games.
* Jason Deskins leads the ECHL with six shorthand goals and ranks second with nine shorthand points.
* Dayton hosts Peoria on Friday and Cincinnati on Saturday.

Johnstown Chiefs
 * Larry Courville has a 10-game point streak(4g-12a) dating back to March 12.
* David Currie is 7-3-0 with a 2.78 goals against average and a shutout in 10 games in March.
* Johnstown travels to Reading on Friday and Trenton on Saturday.

Peoria Rivermen
 * Levente Szuper has won 11 of his last 12 starts posting a 1.75 GAA and a .935 save percentage.
* Rivermen won their last nine home games to finish 22-11-3 at home in 2003-04.
* Peoria travels to Dayton on Friday.

Reading Royals
 * Reading has allowed 72 goals at home this season which ranks second in the ECHL to Atlantic City (70).
* Cody Rudkowsky is 14-4-1 with a 2.01 goals against average in 19 home games.
* Reading hosts Johnstown on Friday and Toledo on Saturday.

Toledo Storm
 * Chris Vail scored his first professional goal in Sunday's 8-2 loss at Peoria.
* Storm is 20-7-5 when scoring three or more goals and 21-12-6 when allowing three goals or less.
* Toledo travels to Atlantic City on Wednesday and Friday and to Reading on Saturday.

Trenton Titans
 * Bryce Cockburn tallied his second hat trick in four games in Saturday's 8-1 win against Greensboro.
* Titans are 12-for-28 (42.9 percent) on the power play in their last five games.
* Trenton hosts Atlantic City on Tuesday, Wheeling on Friday and Johnstown on Saturday.

Wheeling Nailers
 * Joe Exter is 6-2-0 with a 2.06 goals against average and two shutouts in 11 road games.
* Nailers ranks second in the ECHL in scoring with 3.60 goals per game.
* Wheeling travels to Trenton on Friday and Atlantic City on Saturday.


Southern Division
Charlotte Checkers
 * Charlotte's road penalty kill leads the ECHL with 89.7 percent (157-for-175).
* Checkers are 2-10-1 and have been outscored 58-25 in 13 games in March.
* Charlotte travels to Roanoke on Friday and Columbia on Saturday.

Columbia Inferno
 * Tim Smith leads the ECHL with 60 assists and 92 points.
* Inferno leads the ECHL in scoring with 3.81 goals per game.
* Columbia travels to South Carolina on Friday and hosts Charlotte on Saturday.

Florence Pride
 * Wes Goldie leads the team with 57 points and ranks fourth in the ECHL with 36 goals.
* Shaun Sutter has a game-winning goal and 11 points (4g-7a) in 12 games in March.
* Florence hosts Gwinnett on Thursday and Greensboro on Friday while visiting Gwinnett on Saturday.

Florida Everblades
 * Brian McCullough ranks second in the ECHL with 40 goals and ranks third with 86 points.
* Jeff Maund earned his fourth shutout of the season in Sunday 3-0 win at Greensboro.
* Florida hosts Augusta on Friday and Saturday.

Greensboro Generals
 * Louis Goulet had his sixth four-point (0g-4a) game of the season in Friday's 5-3 win against Greenville.
* Jamie Hodson is 6-3-0 with a 2.42 goals against average in his last nine games.
* Greensboro hosts Gwinnett on Tuesday before traveling to Florence on Friday and South Carolina on Saturday.

Greenville Grrrowl
 * Mike Nelson has three goals, 13 assists and is +3 in his last 10 games.
* Mark Concannon has two power-play goals and 14 points (6g-8a) in 14 games in March.
* Greenville hosts South Carolina on Thursday and travels to Roanoke on Saturday.

Roanoke Express
 * Carl Mallette has points in 19 of his 21 games with Roanoke (14g-15a) this season.
* David Belitski is 8-0-1 with a 1.96 GAA and .941 save percentage in his last nine games.
* Roanoke hosts Charlotte on Friday and Greenville on Saturday.

South Carolina Stingrays
 * David Brumby is 10-13-2 and is tied for third in the ECHL with a .929 save percentage.
* South Carolina's road power play leads the ECHL with 23.2 percent (39-for-168).
* Stingrays host Augusta on Tuesday, Columbia on Friday and Greensboro on Saturday while traveling to Greenville on Thursday.


Central Divison
Augusta Lynx
 * Jason Saal is 7-1-0 with a 2.20 goals against average and two shutouts in his last nine games.
* Louis Goulet has seven goals and 12 assists in 13 games in March.
* Augusta travels to South Carolina on Tuesday and hosts Columbus on Thursday before traveling to Florida on Friday and Saturday.

Columbus Cottonmouths
 * Cottonmouths lead the ECHL on the penalty kill with 88.3 percent (280-for-317).
* Jason Tapp is 15-7-4 and is tied for the ECHL lead with five shutouts.
* Columbus hosts Mississippi on Tuesday and Pensacola on Saturday while traveling to Augusta on Thursday and Gwinnett on Friday.

Gwinnett Gladiators
 * Kevin Doell has nine points (5g-4a) in his last five games and leads ECHL rookies with 32 goals.
* Gladiators have four shutouts in their last five games outscoring their opponent 21-3.
* Gwinnett travels to Greensboro on Tuesday and Florence on Thursday while hosting Columbus on Friday and Florence on Saturday.

Louisiana IceGators
 * Derek Gustafson is 27-13-0 and ranks second in the ECHL with a 2.04 goals against average.
* IceGators rank second in the ECHL in goals allowed with 2.31 goals per game.
* Louisiana hosts Pensacola on Thursday and plays at Mississippi on Saturday.

Mississippi Sea Wolves
 * Brent Gauvreau has a 13-game point streak (9g-11a), which ties the team record.
* Greg Gardner is 8-1-0 with a 1.76 goals against average in nine games in March.
* Mississippi travels to Columbus on Tuesday and Texas on Thursday while hosting Pensacola on Friday and Louisiana on Saturday.

Pensacola Ice Pilots
 * Defenseman Corey Neilson leads the ECHL with 33 power-play assists and 41 power-play points.
* Tyler Beechey scored four goals and tallied an assist in Sunday's 9-6 win at Texas.
* Pensacola hosts Texas on Tuesday before traveling to Louisiana on Thursday, Mississippi on Friday and Columbus on Saturday.

Texas Wildcatters
 * Cory Morgan has five power-play goals and 13 points (5g-8a) in 12 games in March.
* Mark Scally is 2-1-0 with a 2.94 goals against average in his last three games.
* Texas travels to Pensacola on Tuesday before hosting Mississippi on Thursday and Long Beach on Friday and Saturday.


Pacific Division
Alaska Aces
 * Kimbi Daniels (0g-8a) and Mark Smith (4g-4a) each have eight points in their last five games.
* Aces rank fourth in the ECHL on the penalty kill with 87.4 percent (304-for-348).
* Alaska travels to Fresno on Tuesday, Long Beach on Wednesday, Las Vegas on Friday and San Diego on Saturday.

Bakersfield Condors
 * Paul Rosebush has two game-winning goals and 15 points (9g-6a) in nine games in March.
* Andrew Ianiero has an eight-game point streak (2g-12a) dating back to February 27.
* Bakersfield hosts Idaho on Wednesday, San Diego on Friday and Las Vegas on Saturday.

Fresno Falcons
 * Kris Porter's two goals in Idaho on March 24 were his 99th and 100th in a Falcons uniform.
* Falcons have a season-high four-game home win streak dating back to March 3.
* Fresno hosts San Diego on Monday, Alaska on Tuesday and Idaho on Friday and Saturday.

Idaho Steelheads
 * Andrei Vasilyev earned his first hat trick of the season in Idaho's 6-4 win on March 24.
* Jan Kopecky leads the team with 53 points (23g-30a) and 19 power-play points (7g-12a).
* Idaho travels to Las Vegas on Tuesday, Bakersfield on Wednesday and Fresno on Friday and Saturday.

Las Vegas Wranglers
 * Marc Magliarditi is 4-0-0 with a 0.75 goals against average and two shutouts in his last four games.
* Dave Cousineau is tied for the ECHL rookie lead with 11 power-play goals and is tied for second among defensemen with four game-winning goals.
* Las Vegas hosts Idaho on Tuesday and Alaska on Friday, while traveling to San Diego on Wednesday and Bakersfield on Saturday.

Long Beach Ice Dogs
 * Alex Kim has a nine-game road point streak (6g-10a) and 18 points (6g-12a) in 13 games in March.
* Martin Paquet has a four-game road assist streak (4a) dating back to March 13.
* Long Beach hosts Alaska on Wednesday and travels to Texas on Friday and Saturday.

San Diego Gulls
 * Sylvain Deschatelets has an ECHL season-high 22-game point streak (13g-22a) dating back to February 10.
* Mark Pederson leads the ECHL with 43 goals, 18 power-play goals and is tied for fourth with 79 points.
* San Diego travels to Fresno on Monday and Bakersfield on Friday while hosting Las Vegas on Wednesday and Alaska on Saturday.

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