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March 10, 2003 - ECHL (ECHL)
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The Storm's 40-14-9 record gives Toledo 89 points, which places the Storm in second place in the overall ECHL point standings two points behind the Peoria Rivermen (43-14-5= 91).

Toledo's (.706) win percentage is second in the league to the Peoria Rivermen (.734).

The Storm's 40 wins in 63 games is the third most in the league, trailing the Peoria Rivermen (43 wins in 62 games) and the Columbia Inferno (41 wins in 64 games).

Toledo's 14 losses in regulation ties Toledo with the Peoria Rivermen and the Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies for the fewest regulation losses in the league.

With Saturday night's 4-5 shootout loss to the Peoria Rivermen this past Friday night, the Storm extended the team's unbeaten streak to five games (4-0-1). That streak was snapped with the 0-3 loss in Peoria on Sunday. The longest unbeaten streak of the season for the Storm is ten games (6-0-4), which ran from January 7 through January 24, 2003.

With the shootout loss to Peoria on Saturday and the loss to the Rivermen on Sunday, the Storm is currently on a two-game winless streak. The longest winless streak of the season for the Storm is three games (0-2-1), which the team has experienced three times (11/29 - 12/06; 01/16 - 02/01; and 02/05 - 02/08).

With the shootout loss and loss on the road in Peoria this week, the Storm now has a record of 17-12-5 = 39 (.574) away from the Toledo Sports Arena this season. The best road record in the eleven year franchise history preceding the current season was accomplished in the inaugural season (1991-92), when the Storm went 21-10-1 = 43 (.671) in the opponents' buildings. Toledo has two more regular season games on the road: (i) @ Dayton, Saturday, March 22; and (ii) @ Wheeling, Sunday, March 30.

The next four consecutive games for the Storm are going to be played at the Toledo Sports Arena. The Storm is currently riding an eight game home winning streak, dating to a 4-1 loss to Lexington at the Toledo Sports Arena on February 1. The 2002-03 Storm established a franchise record by winning the team's first eleven home games.

The Storm's home record of 23-2-4 = 50 gives Toledo the best home win percentage in the league at (.862). The best home win percentage in the eleven year franchise history of the Storm was established by the 1995-96 team at (.829) (27-4-4 = 58).

With Saturday's shootout loss (4-5) and Sunday's loss (0-3) at Carver Arena in Peoria, Illinois, the Storm failed to win in Peoria for the second consecutive season, extending the franchise winless streak in Peoria to ten games (0-6-4). (Over the course of the past two seasons, Toledo has had identical 0-3-2 records at the Peoria Civic Center.) The last time the Storm won in Peoria was on February 6, 2001, when current Assistant Coach Mark Bernard made 47 stops on 50 shots and beat the Rivermen, 5-3.

After beating the Rivermen in the first two games of the season series at the Toledo Sports Arena, the Storm has now gone six consecutive games without beating Peoria (0-4-2). The Storm and Rivermen will conclude the ten game regular season series with back-to-back games at the Toledo Sports Arena this Friday and Saturday night.

In Saturday's 4-5 shootout loss to the Peoria Rivermen, the Storm scored the game's first goal (a power play goal by Matt Ellis at 2:47 of the second period). That marked the 39th time this season that Toledo has scored the game's first goal, and the Storm has a record of 32-2-5 in those games.

Matt Ellis racked up his the first hattrick of his professional career by bagging three goals in Peoria on Saturday night. His goals included the first in the game-a power play goal at 2:47 of the second period-(his fourth "first-goal" of the season; and his team leading eighth power play goal); an even strength goal at 13:06 of the second period to give the Storm a 3-1 lead; and a sixth-attacker goal with 51.8 seconds remaining in the game to tie it at four.

Although Matt Ellis (as with the entire Storm team) was held scoreless on Sunday afternoon, Ellis has now scored thirteen goals in his last fourteen games with the Storm. During that span, he has racked up nineteen points (13g-6a=19pts), picked up two or more goals in three separate games, and racked up seven separate multi-point games. Over the course of the season, Ellis has had twelve multi-point games.

With his three goals on Saturday, Matt Ellis took over as the leading goal scorer for the Storm with 23. Ellis is the second leading scorer (in total points) for the Storm with 48 points (23g -25a = 48pts), placing him twelfth in the ECHL rookie scoring race. Nick Parillo remains as the overall point leader for the Storm with 53 points (22g - 31a = 53pts), which is tied for eighth in the rookie scoring race.

Matt Ellis' goal at 19:58 of the third period to tie the game at four on Saturday night marked the third time this season that the Storm has scored a goal with the goaltender pulled, the sixth attacker on the ice, and less than a minute remaining in regulation Wes Mason scored such a goal with 16 seconds remaining in Johnstown to tie a game at four on October 12; and Alexandre Jacques got one under similar circumstances with just eleven seconds remaining against the Dayton Bombers on January 17.

In Saturday's game, Wes Mason assisted on the first two Matt Ellis goals. That is the second time this season that Mason has picked up two assists in a single game, and his fifth multi-point game of the year.

Grady Moore assisted on the sixth attacker scored by Matt Ellis with just 51.8 seconds remaining on Saturday night. That was Moore's eleventh assist in his last twelve games with the Storm. Moore currently leads the Storm with 34 assists. His 41 points (7g - 34a = 41pts) places him third in scoring on the Storm and tied for ninth in scoring amongst defensemen in the ECHL.

Paul Ballantyne scored his ninth goal as a member of the Storm at the 10:15 mark of the second period to give the Storm a 2-1 lead. That was his third goal in two games and fourth in five games. In Ballantyne's last six games, he has racked up seven points (4g - 3a = 7 pts).

Nathan Robinson assisted on Paul Ballantyne's goal on Saturday night. That was Robinson's fourteenth point (5g - 9a = 14pts) in his first eight games with the Storm. After Sunday's 3-0 loss for the Storm, Robinson has played nine games with the Storm and has only been held off the scoreboard twice.

The Storm gave up a short-handed goal on Saturday night to Peoria's Mike Nelson at 17:40 of the second period to make the score 3-2 in favor of Toledo. That marked the seventh short-handed goal that the Storm has given up this season, which is tied for the seventh fewest given up by an ECHL team this season.

Saturday's game marked the thirty-third time this season that the Storm has entered the third period of a hockey game with the lead (3-2). It also marked only the third time that the team failed to win such a game. Toledo's record is 30-1-2 when entering the third period with a lead. (The only loss in regulation in such circumstances came on January 3, when the Storm entered the third period leading the Peoria Rivermen at Carver Arena in Peoria, 2-1, and ended up losing 3-2).

Saturday's game marked the thirteenth time this season that Toledo has ended a game in regulation time in a tie with the opponent. It was also the eighth time this year that a Storm game has gone all the way to the shootout. Toledo has a record of 3-5 in the shootout and 1-4 in overtime.

The 4-5 shootout loss in Peoria on Saturday night marked the sixth consecutive time that the Storm has failed to win a game that ended regulation time in a tie, dating back to a 5-4 shootout win over the Arkansas Riverblades on January 7. In the six ties since that date, the Storm has lost three games in overtime (including one to the Peoria Rivermen on January 31) and three in the shootout.

In Saturday's shootout, the Storm shooters went one for five. The only shooter to score was Jim Brown, who shot fourth for the Storm and scored on his first shootout attempt of the season. Erik Anderson, Nick Parillo, Darryl Bootland, and Matt Ellis failed to score on their attempts. Overall this season, Toledo has scored on eleven of the forty shootout attempts the team has taken, a 27.5% scoring ratio. Opponents have scored on 13 of their forty attempts against Toledo goaltenders (a 32.5% scoring ratio).

Storm goaltender, Doug Teskey, is 2-5 in the shootout. He has stopped 14 of the 23 shots taken against him in the shootout-a 60.8% save percentage.

In Saturday night's game, there were a total of 151 penalty minutes assessed against the Storm and the Rivermen. The season high for the Storm in that category this season was established on November 30 when the Toledo and the Dayton Bombers combined for 153 pims. In Saturday's game, the Storm racked up 79 pims. (Against Dayton on November 30, Toledo was assessed with 90 minutes in penalties.) Peoria's 72 pims on Saturday night was two penalty minutes short of the 74 assessed against Wheeling in Toledo's 8-3 win over the Nailers on Sunday, March 2, (which is the season high for Storm opponents' this year).

Over the course of the season, Toledo has averaged 31.7 penalty minutes against per game, which is the third highest in the league.

The Storm has had 550 minor penalties assessed against the team in the 63 games played this season. That is second only to the Dayton Bombers (560 in 63 games) in that category.

In the two games this week, Toledo picked up a total of six major penalties (five for fighting; and one for cross-checking). The Storm has amassed 83 major penalties this season. Peoria leads the league in this category with 105.

Kris Waltze picked up a fighting major on Sunday in Peoria, giving him 23 for the season, which is tied for fifth in the EHCL this year.

Darryl Bootland picked up nine minutes in penalties, including a five minute fighting major for a tilt with Peoria's Brad Voth, in the two games this week. Bootland leads the league in total penalty minutes with 322.

On Sunday, the Storm was shutout for the fifth time this season, 3-0. It also marked the second shutout this year at the hands of the Peoria Rivermen. Mathieu Chouinard and the Rivermen blanked the Storm at the Toledo Sports Arena, 2-0, on November 29.

Over the course of this season, Toledo has averaged 3.41 goals per game which is tied for tenth in the league in that category.

On Sunday afternoon, the Storm was held to 26 shots by the Peoria Rivermen. Toledo averages 35.14 shots on goal per game, which is second best in the league in that category.

In the 3-0 win for Peoria over the Storm on Sunday, the Rivermen had 41 shots on goal. That marked the tenth time this season that Toledo has given up 40 or more shots to the opponent. In fact, in five of the last eight games, the opponent has had 40 or more shots on the Storm goal. Toledo averages 31.75 shots against per game this season, which is fourteenth in the league in that category.

The loss on Sunday snapped a six game unbeaten streak for Storm goaltender Doug Teskey (5-0-1). Teskey currently has a record of 24-6-5, a goals against average of 2.94 and a save percentage of .908. His 24 wins is tied for fourth in the league; and his 2.94 gaa is tied for twentieth.

Over the course of the past week, the Storm power play went one for ten (1-4 on Saturday; and 0-6 on Sunday). Over the course of the season, Toledo has scored eight power play goals in forty-six chances against the Peoria Rivermen, a 17.4% scoring ratio.

This season, Toledo has scored 70 power play goals in 369 chances, a 19.0% scoring ratio-which is tied for twelfth in the league in that category.

During the two games this past week, the Storm allowed three power play goals in fifteen chances for the Rivermen. Over the eight games played thus far between these two teams, Toledo has allowed eight power play goals in 48 chances for the Rivermen, which is a 83.3% kill ratio.

Throughout this season, the Storm has allowed a total of 59 power play goals against in 375 chances this season, which is an 84.3% kill ratio-third in the league.

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