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March 6, 2006 - ECHL (ECHL)
Idaho Steelheads News Release


BOISE, Idaho - The Idaho Steelheads were pretty in pink as they swept Phoenix all three games at Qwest Arena last week, completing a season sweep of the RoadRunners (7-0-0) and outscoring their southern foes by a 34-10 margin. The rambunctious, sellout crowd of 5,048 Saturday night also helped the Pink in the Rink jersey auction set a record, raising $21,791 for breast cancer care and treatment at St. Luke's Regional Medical Center's Mountain States Tumor Institute.

Idaho, which has moved a point past Utah to claim third place in the West Division, leaves Thursday for Alaska to play three games against the league-leading Aces - Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

The Steelheads return home to Qwest Arena on Tuesday, March 14th to take on Stockton.

NATIONAL CONFERENCE, WEST DIVISION STANDINGS
GP W L T PTS PCT
Alaska 57 45 8 4 94 .825
Las Vegas 57 41 10 6 88 .772
Idaho 57 32 18 7 71 .623
Utah 60 32 22 6 70 .583
Victoria 57 19 31 7 45 .395
Phoenix 55 18 34 3 39 .355

IDAHO STEELHEADS AT A GLANCE
Overall: 32-18-7
Home: 15-10-5
Away: 17-8-2
Last ten: 6-3-1
Streak: 3-0-0

LAST WEEK'S GAME RESULTS:
Wed., March 1 vs Phoenix -W4-2
Fri., March 3 vs Phoenix -W1-0
Sat., March 4 vs Phoenix -W5-1

UPCOMING:
Fri., March 10 @ Alaska
Sat., March 11 @ Alaska
Sat., March 12 @ Alaska

STEELHEADS BITES:
Team-
- The Steelheads have won three in a row at home for the first time since opening weekend
- The Steelheads defense has allowed just eight goals in the last five games, going 3-2-0 in that span
- Prior to this weekend, the Steelheads hadn't won three in a row overall since December 21 - 26.
- The Steelheads are now a season-high, 14 games over .500
- In their sweep over Phoenix, three defenseman (Forsyth, Mylymok and Bourassa) netted the game-winning goals.
Individual-
- D'Arcy McConvey has points in three straight tilts (2g-3a)
- Greg Hornby, who leads the team with 217 PIM's, has recorded penalty minutes in four consecutive games
- David Bararuk has points in eight of his last nine games (2g-12a), despite having his seven-game assist streak broken in Friday's 1-0 victory.

- Rookie goaltender Steve Silverthorn is 4-1-0 in his last five starts, while posting a 6-3-0 record since February 1.


COMMUNITY:
The Steelheads will host Skate with the Steelheads tonight (5:30-6:30 pm) at Qwest Arena for all of the participants who completed the goals in the Qwest Hat Trick Reading Program, sponsored by the Idaho Steelheads and Qwest in partnership with local public libraries (Boise, Ada Community, Eagle, Garden City and Meridian). Upon scoring the hat trick, local children had a chance to earn hockey tickets, a cap and a free skate with the Steelheads.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS:
03/01 Add KURT MACSWEYN (F) activated off IR

PRACTICE SCHEDULE:
The Steelheads will practice Monday Wednesday, 10:00 am at Qwest Arena. All Steelheads practices are free and open to the public and media.


I WANNA GO TO THE GAME:
Tickets for Steelheads home games are available at the Qwest Arena Box Office, by visiting any Select-A-Seat outlet, by calling 331-TIXS (8497), or through the Steelheads website by logging on to www.idahosteelheads.com. Season tickets, Flex-Plans and Mini-Plans are also available by calling (208) 383-0080.

LISTEN UP:
Join "Voice of the Steelheads," Joe O'Donnell, on ESPN 1350 KTIK every night from 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. for the Bud Light Sports Talk Show. Stay tuned on game nights as Joe will bring fans play-by-play live action for all 72 games; Color Commentators Mark Broz and John MacMillan join Joe for home games. Games can be heard via the Internet through the Steelheads website, www.idahosteelheads.com or by logging on to www.ktik.com. Games can also be watched live through a Webcast ($6 per view) - link available from the Steelheads Website.

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