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Schwab Hoists Stanley Cup

June 12, 2003 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release


PRINCETON, N.J. – For the fourth straight year, a former ECHL player was part of the Stanley Cup Champion. Corey Schwab of the New Jersey Devils became the sixth ECHL alumnus to hoist the Stanley Cup when the New Jersey Devils defeated Anaheim in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals on Monday.

Manny Legace (Detroit, 2002), David Aebischer and Nolan Pratt (Colorado, 2001), Krzysztof Oliwa (New Jersey, 2000), and Kevin Dean (New Jersey, 1995) are all former ECHL alumni that have hoisted the Stanley Cup.

Schwab made two saves in 11:23 after coming on in relief of Martin Brodeur in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Finals at Anaheim. He also relieved Brodeur in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals stopping all six shots he faced in 16:23. Schwab was 5-3-1 with a shutout, a .933 save percentage and a 1.47 goals against average in 11 regular season games for New Jersey in 2002-03. He was 6-0-1 with a 4.13 goals against average and a .873 save percentage in eight games in the ECHL with Cincinnati in 1991-92.

The ECHL was represented in the Stanley Cup Finals by Tim Nowak, a veteran linesman in the NHL since 1993-94 who began his officiating career in the ECHL, and Anaheim players Dan Bylsma, Cam Severson and Lance Ward.

Bylsma played two seasons with the Greensboro Monarchs, scoring 60 points (25g-35a) in 60 games in 1992-93 and 30 points (14g-16a) in 25 games in 1993-94. Severson played in the ECHL in 1999-2000 scoring two points (0g-2a) in seven regular season games with Louisiana and 27 points (19g-8a) in 56 regular season games and seven points (3g-4a) in 18 postseason games while helping Peoria win the ECHL title. Ward scored one goal and had 12 PIMs in six regular season games with the Miami Matadors in 1998-99.

There were 36 former ECHL players on the rosters and five former coaches behind the benches when the Stanley Cup Playoffs began, and 15 of the 16 teams had an ECHL representative. There have been 215 former ECHL players that have advanced to the NHL and 24 of the 30 teams in the National Hockey League had affiliations with teams in the ECHL in 2002-03. There were 90 former ECHL players who played in the NHL in 2002-03 and 20 former ECHL players made their NHL debuts in 2002-03.

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