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Reading Rookie Goaltender Quick Scores Goal, Gets Win, Shutout

October 26, 2007 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release


PRINCETON, N.J. - Reading rookie goaltender Jonathan Quick joined Mike Smith in the ECHL record book when he recorded his first win, his first shutout and scored his first goal in the same game, a 3-0 win at Pensacola on Wednesday.

The goal came at 19:25 of the third period when the puck rolled the length of the ice and into the Pensacola net which was empty because goaltender Mike Brodeur had been pulled for an extra attacker. Quick was the last player to touch the puck, so he was credited with the unassisted goal. Ironically on Dec. 5, 2003 at Mississippi, Pensacola goaltender Brian Eklund was credited with a goal when the puck rolled the length of the ice into the goal, which was empty as the result of an upcoming penalty call.

Quick is the ninth goaltender in league history to score a goal and the first since Trevor Koenig of Atlantic City at Wheeling on Mar. 2, 2005.

Selected in the third round (72nd overall) by Los Angeles in the 2005 National Hockey League Entry Draft and under NHL contract to the Kings, the 21-year-old Quick made 32 saves in his second professional start, improving to 1-1-0 with a goals-against average of 1.51 and a save percentage of .942.

Smith, who was named to the NHL All-Rookie Team in 2006-07, registered his first win, first shutout and scored his first goal in his third professional start on Oct. 22, 2002 against Dayton. With Lexington leading 1-0 late in the third period, Dayton dumped the puck behind the net where Smith gained control and flipped it out of the zone. The puck hit in the center faceoff circle and slid untouched into the empty net at 19:04 and Lexington went on to win 2-0. The goal by the then 20-year-old Smith, who is the youngest goaltender to score a goal in a professional game, was featured on ESPN's NHL 2Night.

Corwin Saurdiff of Hampton Roads was the first ECHL goaltender to score a goal on Mar. 18, 1995 against Charlotte. Charlotte's Nick Vitucci, Erie's Olie Sundstrom and South Carolina's Sean Gauthier all accomplished the feat during the 1995-96 season and Toledo's Mark Bernard scored a goal on Mar. 27, 2001 against Johnstown.

ECHL

- Affiliations with 26 of the 30 teams in the National Hockey League, marking the 11th consecutive season that the league has had affiliations with at least 20 teams in the NHL.

- 333 former ECHL players have played in NHL.

- There were 69 former ECHL players on NHL opening-day rosters and there have been 188 former ECHL players who have played their first game in the NHL in the past six seasons.

- Twenty-six former ECHL players made their NHL debut in 2006-07, including two who played in both the ECHL and the NHL as goaltender Yutaka Fukufuji played for Reading and Los Angeles while defenseman Bryan Young skated for Stockton and Edmonton. Dave McKee played for Augusta and dressed for five games as the backup goaltender for Stanley Cup champion Anaheim.

- Four former ECHL players have made their NHL debut this season: former Johnstown Chiefs and Fresno Falcons goaltender Dmitri Patzold (San Jose on Oct. 7), former San Diego goaltender Tyler Weiman (Colorado on Oct. 4), former Charlotte right wing Craig Weller (Phoenix on Oct. 4) and former Phoenix RoadRunners center Daniel Winnik (Phoenix Coyotes on Oct. 4).

- Record 51 former ECHL players played their first NHL game in 2005-06.

- ECHL has been represented on last seven Stanley Cup champions.

- 14 Former ECHL coaches on NHL staffs.

- ECHL has been represented on last 18 Calder Cup champions.

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

- The Stockton Thunder and the City of Stockton will host the 16th Annual ECHL All-Star Game at Stockton Arena on Jan. 23, 2008 and the 11th Annual ECHL All-Star Skills Competition on Jan. 22, 2008.

- 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.
ECHL and its member teams contributed nearly $3 million for charity and relief funds in 2006-07.

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

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