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Six straight wins move Everblades to cusp of South Division lead

January 3, 2012 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release


The start of a five-game road trip last weekend did nothing to slow down the Florida Everblades as the team won three games in three nights against their three South Division rivals, increasing their winning streak to six games, and moving to within one point of first place in the South Division.

Florida opened its trek with a 3-1 win at Greenville on Thursday. Matt Beca, Trevor Bruess and Mathieu Roy tallied goals for the Everblades while Pat Nagle earned the win in goal with 30 saves.

Friday, the Everblades traveled to Gwinnett to take on the South Division leading Gladiators and skated away with another 3-1 victory. David Fischer tied game for Florida midway through the second period, the first goal Gwinnett goaltender Jeff Jakaitis allowed in over 215 minutes. The Everblades went ahead for good just 48 seconds after Fishcher's tally on a Scott Pitt goal, and Beca added an empty-net tally in the final minute.

The Everblades ended the week on Saturday with a 6-3 win at South Carolina. Six different players scored goals in the game for Florida, which raced out to a 4-0 lead in the opening 37 minutes of the contest. Fischer led the way offensively with three assists and Nagle won his sixth straight start with 29 saves.

Nagle is 13-8-0 overall on the season with a 2.88 goals-against average and a save percentage of .906. His 13 wins are tied for fourth in the league, while he is third with 1,290 minutes played and is fifth with 597 saves.

Beca leads the Everblades in scoring with 28 points (10g-18a), which is tied for 17th overall in the league. Florida's offense features five players with at least two points, and two others with 19. Rylan Galiardi is tied for sixth among ECHL rookies with 23 points (9g-14a) and his five power-play goals are tied for first among first-year players. Fischer ranks third among ECHL defensemen with 25 points (4g-21a) and his 21 assists are tops among blueliners.

The Everblades conclude their road trip with a pair of games at Gwinnett on Friday and Saturday.

ECHL enjoys best attendance since Opening Weekend

Last week saw the ECHL enjoy its second-best attendance week of the season as an average of 4,637 fans attended 33 games across the league.

Trenton had its second and third largest crowds of the season as 4,321 fans were at Sun National Bank Center for Wednesday's game against Wheeling and 3,831 were in attendance for the New Year's Eve match-up against Elmira. The Titans are averaging 2,657 through 17 home games, a 10.1 percent increase over last season's attendance for the Trenton Devils.

Toledo, which leads the ECHL with an average of 5,789 per game, added two sellouts to its tally last week with 7,538 on Tuesday and 8,200 on Friday. The Walleye have finished in the top three in attendance in each of their first two seasons in the league.

The Chicago Express had their second largest crowd of the season with 4,231 at Sears Centre Arena on Friday for their game against Kalamazoo.

Cincinnati, which has increased attendance 5.1 percent, had 5,525 on Tuesday against Kalamazoo, the Cyclones third-largest crowd of the season.

Elmira had two sellout crowds last week as the club welcomed over 8,300 for a pair of games against Wheeling. Both crowds were over 110 percent of capacity at First Arena.

Reading welcomed crowds in excess of 5,000 for each of its two games last week.

Stockton, which is second in the league with 5,766 fans per game, increased its average with over 12,000 fans at two games against Ontario last weekend. The Thunder have averaged over 6,000 fans per game in each of their six seasons in the league and led the ECHL in attendance for their first four seasons before finishing third in 2009-10 and second last season.

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Teams

- Wes Goldie is 16 goals away from tying Rod Taylor for the most career goals in ECHL history.

- The Aces lead the league on the penalty kill at 86.6 percent (103-for-119).

- Alaska hosts Utah on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

- Scott Freeman is tied for the rookie lead with 15 goals.

- The Condors are the only ECHL team to have not played in a shootout this season.

- Bakersfield is at Ontario on Tuesday and hosts Stockton on Friday and Saturday.

- Paul Dainton stopped 40 shots on Tuesday, tying his own team record for saves in a game.

- Pierre-Luc Faubert 's overtime goal on Friday was the first overtime goal in team history.

- Chicago hosts Reading on Friday and Saturday.

- Anthony Luciani is tied for fifth among rookies with 11 goals.

- Cincinnati is 10-1-2 at home.

- The Cyclones host Greenville on Wednesday and are at Wheeling on Friday and Elmira on Saturday and Sunday.

- Aaron Schneekloth leads defensemen in points (30), goals (13), power-play points (17) and shots (94).

- Colorado leads the league with 3.72 goals per game.

- The Eagles host Las Vegas on Friday and Saturday.

- The Jackals are on their second six-game winning streak of the season.

- Goaltender Brian Stewart is 7-0 in shootouts in his ECHL career.

- Elmira hosts South Carolina on Friday and Cincinnati on Saturday.

- David Fischer is third among defensemen with 25 points (4g-21a).

- The Everblades lead the league on the power play at 24.7 percent (40-for-162).

- Florida plays at Gwinnett on Friday and Saturday.

- Jason Missiaen has a 1.20 goals-against average and a .976 save percentage in his six wins.

- Greenville is 13-0-0 when giving up two goals or less.

- The Road Warriors are at Cincinnati on Wednesday, Kalamazoo on Friday, Toledo on Saturday and Wheeling on Sunday.

- Jeff Jakaitis has four shutouts this season, tying the team record set by Michael Garnett in 2003-04.

- The Gladiators are 10-4-5 when outshot by their opponent.

- Gwinnett hosts Florida on Friday and Saturday.

- Sixteen of the Steelheads 32 games have been against Alaska or Las Vegas.

- Jacob Cepis has at least one point in 12 of Idaho's last 15 games.

- Idaho hosts Ontario on Friday and Saturday.

- Sam Ftorek has scored six of his eight goals on the power play.

- The K-Wings posted a season-high tying seven goals on Saturday against Toledo.

- Kalamazoo hosts Greenville on Friday and Trenton on Saturday.

- Eric Lampe is on a 13-game point streak since Nov. 25 (11g-9a).

- Las Vegas leads the Pacific Division by 11 points over Ontario.

- The Wranglers travel to Colorado for games on Friday and Saturday.

- Bill Bagron 's assist in 4-3 shootout win at Stockton on Friday was the 150th point of his pro career.

- The Reign earned five out of a possible eight points in four road games last week.

- Ontario hosts Bakersfield on Tuesday and is at Idaho on Friday and Saturday.

- Reading is tied for the league lead with 10 road wins (10-4-3).

- Ryan Cruthers has six multi-point games this season.

- The Royals are at Chicago on Friday and Saturday.

- Philipp Grubauer is fifth among ECHL goaltenders with a 2.35 goals-against average.

- Johann Kroll is tied for second among defensemen with two shorthanded points (1g-1a).

- The Stingrays visit Elmira on Friday, Wheeling on Saturday and Toledo on Sunday.

- Kevin Baker has scored 11 points (5g-6a) in the last eight games.

- Stockton ranks second in ECHL attendance with an average of 5,766 fans per game.

- The Thunder are at Bakersfield on Friday and Saturday.

- Kyle Rogers had 10 points (2g-8a) during December.

- Toledo has had back-to-back sellout crowds, with four total sellouts this season.

- The Walleye host Trenton on Friday, Greenville on Saturday and South Carolina on Sunday.

- Ray DiLauro has four assists in his first seven games with the Titans.

- The Titans are 6-1-2 when leading after the first period.

- Trenton visits Toledo on Friday and Kalamazoo on Saturday.

- Mitch Fadden leads the team in scoring with 30 points (9g-21a).

- Utah is 13-2-3 in one-goal games.

- The Grizzlies are at Alaska on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

- Zack Torquato scored at least one point in 11 of 14 games in December.

- Wheeling has killed 25 consecutive opponent power-play opportunities.

- The Nailers are home against Cincinnati on Friday, South Carolina on Saturday and Greenville on Sunday.

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