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March 31, 2003 - ECHL (ECHL)
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The Storm's 47-15-10 regular season record gave Toledo 104 points, which placed the Storm first overall ECHL point standings for the 2002-03 regular season.

The ECHL's Henry Brabham Cup, awarded to the team with the best regular season record, was presented to the Storm at the conclusion of the 2002-03 regular season. This marks the second time in franchise history that Toledo has won the Brabham Cup. The team also had the best regular season record in the Storm's inaugural season, 1991-92.

Toledo's regular season (.722) win percentage was the highest in the league. That represents the third best win percentage in Storm franchise history--both the 1991-92 team and the 1995-96 team had a win percentage of (.742).

The Storm's 47 regular season wins tied the team for second overall with the Columbia Inferno. The Peoria Rivermen won more games in regulation (48) than any other ECHL team in the 2002-03 regular season.

The 47 regular season wins for the Storm this season is the second most in franchise history. The 1995-96 team won 48 regular season games.

Toledo lost fewer games in regulation than any team in the league (15) during the 2002-03 season. That ties the 1991-92 team for the second fewest losses in Storm franchise history. The 1995-96 team established the franchise record by losing only lost 14 games in regulation.

The 2002-03 Storm had the best home record in the league: 29-3-4 = 62 pts (.861).

This season, Toledo established franchise regular season records for most wins at home (29), fewest losses at home (3), and home win percentage (.861).

With the 3-2 win over the Cincinnati Cyclones at the Toledo Sports Arena on Friday night, the Storm stretched the franchise record single season home winning streak to fourteen games, dating back to a 4-1 loss to the Lexington Men O'War on February 1. That streak was snapped with the 3-2 loss to Cincinnati at the Sports Arena on Saturday night.

In all three games this week, the Storm scored the first goal of the game. Over the course of the season, Toledo scored the game's first goal in 47 of the 72 regular season games (65% of the games played) and compiled a record of 38-3-6 in those games.

In Friday night's game, Wes Mason scored the first goal of the game at 5:36 of the first period. That marked the fourth time this season that Mason has scored the game's first goal. Mason also assisted on Toledo's second goal (by Tim Verbeek) of the game. That marked seventh multi-point game of the season for Mason, who finished the regular season with 36 points (17g-19a=36pts), which was tied for seventh in team scoring.

Matt Ellis assisted on the Storm's first goal on Friday night. He also picked up an assist in the Storm's 4-3 win over Wheeling on Sunday. In his last 23 regular season games, Ellis racked up 30 points (17g-13a=30pts), getting at least one point in sixteen of those games and having ten multi-point performances in that time span.

Matt Ellis led the Storm in goals (27) during the regular season and was second in team scoring with 59 points (27g-32=59pts), which placed him tied for ninth in scoring amongst ECHL rookies.

The Storm's second goal on Friday night was scored by Tim Verbeek with nine seconds remaining in the first period, while the Storm was on the power play. That marked the sixth power play goal of the season for Verbeek, who finished the regular season with 39 points (17g-22a=39pts), which was sixth in team scoring.

The Storm entered the third period on Friday night tied with Cincinnati, 2-2, and picked up a third period power play goal (by Jim Brown) to win the game. That marked the seventeenth time this season that the Storm entered the third period tied with the opponent, and Toledo had a record of 9-2-6 in those games.

The game winning goal on Friday night was scored by Jim Brown at the 6:49 mark of the third period of play while the Storm was skating with the man advantage. The score was tied at two when Brown scored this gwg. That marked the second game in a row (and the third time this season) that Jim Brown scored ga goal that broke a third period tie and proved to be the game winner. (Against the Johnstown Chiefs on Sunday, March 23, Brown scored a power play goal with seven seconds remaining to give the Storm a 5-4 win.)

In addition to his game winner on Friday, Jim Brown also scored a goal on Saturday night (the first goal of the game in the 2-3 loss to Cincinnati) and Sunday afternoon-Toledo's third goal of the game against the Wheeling Nailers to make the score 3-0 16:08 into the first period. Brown finished the regular season on a four game goal scoring streak (5g-0a=5pts).

Jim Brown played 21 regular season games with the Storm and picked up a total of 19 points (12g-7a=19pts) in those games. Seven of Brown's twelve goals were scored with the Storm on the power play and five of his goals proved to be game winners.

Grady Moore assisted on two goals-including the game winner by Jim Brown-in the Storm's 3-2 win over Cincinnati on Friday night. Moore led the Storm in assists during the regular season with 40. He was also the leading scoring defenseman for the Storm with 47 points (7g-40a=47pts), which placed him third in scoring on the team.

Last week, Grady Moore was named to the ECHL's All-Rookie Team. Moore was the second highest scoring rookie defenseman in the league (behind only Jonathan Zion of the Roanoke Express). Moore was the ninth leading scorer amongst all of the defensemen in the league and was seventeenth in overall rookie scoring.

Doug Teskey was the goaltender of record in all three games for the Storm this week. On Friday, he won his thirtieth game of the season by making 29 stops on 32 shots. Teskey's final regular season record was 31-8-5, with a 2.89 goals against average, and a .909 save percentage. Teskey's 31 wins placed him third amongst goaltenders in the league, and his goals against average ranked seventeenth in the league.

Overall, the Storm averaged 2.72 goals against per game, which was the third best in the league behind only the Peoria Rivermen (2.51) and the Jackson Bandits (2.71).

Over the course of the season, the Storm scored an average of 3.43 goals per game, which ranked the team tenth in the league in that category.

The Storm only had one player to score more than sixty points this season (Nick Parillo, 61 points), but the team had fifteen players with 24 or more points over the course of the regular season.

In Saturday's 2-3 loss to Cincinnati, Jeff Johnstone gave the Storm a 2-0 lead 1:28 into the second period with his fifteenth goal of the season. Johnstone also picked up an assist in Sunday afternoon's win in Wheeling. Over the course of the season, Johnstone accumulated 40 points (15g-25a=40pts) in 43 games with the Storm.

Nick Parillo assisted on the Storm's second goal (by Jeff Johnstone) on Saturday night. Parillo also picked up an assist in Sunday's 4-3 win over Wheeling. Parillo led all Storm players in scoring over the course of the regular season with 61 points (23g-38a=61pts), which placed him eighth in scoring amongst first year players. Parillo also ended up as the leading active Storm player in (+/-) with a (+23). (Alexandre Jacques finished the season with a +29 in thirty-seven games, prior to sustaining a season ending injury on January 31.)

Nathan Lutz assisted on both of the Storm goals in Saturday's 2-3 loss to Cincinnati. Lutz, who finished the regular season with 25 points (5g-20a=25pts), had three multi-point games during the year.

The Storm entered the third period on Saturday night with a 2-0 lead, gave up three goals in a span of 2:42 in the mid-portion of the period, and lost 2-3. That marked only the second time all season that the Storm held a lead entering the third period and ended up losing-and the only time it happened during the year at the Sports Arena.

In Saturday's 2-3 loss to Cincinnati, the Storm outshot the Cyclones 40-29. Over the course of the season, Toledo outshot the opponent in 38 of the games played and compiled a record of 26-6-6 in those games.

Saturday's 40 shot performance marked the 18th time this season that the Storm had 40 or more shots on the opponent's goal in a single game. Over the course of the season, Toledo averaged 35.17 shots on goal per game, which was second only to the Florida Everblades (35.99) in that category.

With Sunday's 4-3 win in Wheeling on Sunday, the Storm ended the regular season with a record of 18-12-6=42 (.583) away from the Toledo Sports Arena. The best regular season road record in franchise history was accomplished by the inaugural Storm team that went 21-10-1 = 43 (.672) in 1991-92.

The first goal in Sunday's 4-3 win over the Wheeling Nailers was scored by Miroslav Durak. That was Durak's third goal of the season, and his first "first goal" of the season.

Dale Junkin scored two power play goals in Sunday's 4-3 win in Wheeling, marking his second two-goal game of the season. He finished the regular season with seven power play goals, which was tied for third on the team with Jim Brown in that category. (Matt Ellis and Nick Parillo both had eight power play goals to lead the team during the regular season.) Junkin's second goal on Sunday (at 16:48 of the first period) turned out to be the game winner-his fourth game winning goal of the season.

Dale Junkin finished the regular season with 45 points (14g-31a=45pts) in 64 games, which placed him fourth in scoring on the team.

Paul Ballantyne assisted on the back-to-back power play goals at 16:08 and 16:48 of the first period to make the score 4-0 against Wheeling on Sunday. That marked the seventh multi-point performance of the season for Ballantyne, who finished the regular season with 26 points (10g-16a=26pts). Ballantyne's ten goals led all Storm defensemen.

Trevor Read also assisted on the third and fourth Storm goals on Sunday in Wheeling. For Read, that marked his fourth multi-point game of the season. Read's 29 points (6g-23a=29pts) made him the second highest scoring defenseman on the team.

In Sunday's 4-3 win over the Nailers, the Storm scored three power play goals in five opportunities with the man advantage. That marked the sixth consecutive game in which the Storm scored at least one power play goal. Over the last four games of the season, Toledo scored ten power play goals in eighteen chances-a 55.6% scoring ratio. Sunday's game marked the eighth time this season that Toledo has scored three or more power play goals in a single game.

Over the course of the season, Toledo scored 84 power play goals in 414 chances, which was a 20.3% scoring ratio-tied for seventh in the league.

The Storm penalty killing unit allowed at least one power play goals in ten of the final eleven games of the season. During that time span, Toledo allowed a total of 12 pp goals against in 65 chances for the opponent (81.5% kill ratio).

During the season, the Storm allowed a total of 68 power play goals against in 425 chances-which was a 84.0% kill ratio-third in the league.

TRANSACTIONS

03/27/03 ADD Erik Anderson, forward, re-assigned by Milwaukee Admirals (AHL).
03/28/03 DELETE Brian Finley, goaltender, re-called by Milwaukee Admirals (AHL).
03/28/03 DELETE Kris Waltze, defenseman, placed on 7-Day Injured Reserve.
03/28/03 ADD L.J. Scarpace, goaltender, signed and added to roster (emergency).
03/30/03 ADD Miroslav Durak, defenseman, activated from 7-Day Injured Reserve.

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