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November 27, 2006 - ECHL (ECHL)
Toledo Walleye News Release


STORM NOTES

* Home Cooking! The Toledo Sports Arena continues to be the greatest home ice advantage in the ECHL. Toledo defeated Dayton 5-4 in a shootout Friday night to improve to 8-1-0 at One Main Street. That start equals the home start of the 1993-94 team that also started 8-1-0 at home. The best 9 game start at home was 9-0-0, done by the 2002-03 Storm that skated perfect through its first 11 home games before suffering a home defeat. Some of the best home starts by Storm teams listed (year is in parenthesis): 7-0-2 (97), 8-1-0 (93), 7-1-1 (94,95,96).

* Road Tripping! This week Toledo begins a stretch in which they will play 7 of the next 9 games away from the friendly confines of the Sports Arena. The Storm are just 1-4-0 on the road this season.

* Power Play! Toledo's Power Play erupted Saturday night against the Dayton Bombers scoring a season high 4 times in 13 opportunities. The PP has also tallied at least once in 5 of the last 7 games (9-52), good for 17.3% over those games. For the season, Toledo has scored 12 power play goals in 111 chances (10.8%), which ranks 24th in the ECHL.

* Penalty Kill! The Penalty Kill Unit has stopped 85 of 102 times they have been shorthanded (83.3%). That ranks 14th among all ECHL teams.

STORM WATCH

* Storm at Reading Friday night! For the sixth time this season the Storm and the Royals will meet. The home team has won the previous five games. Reading defeated Toledo in back-to-back games 6-3 and 5-2 on November 17th and 18th in Reading. The Royals are just 4-3-2 at home this season and they are currently 5 points behind the Storm in the North Division Standings. Matt Zultek is pacing the Storm against the Royals as he has 2 goals, 4 assists in the first 5 games. Andrew Martin and Mike Berry each have 3 goals in those games. The Royals have scored 9 power play goals against the Storm.

* Storm at Trenton Saturday and Sunday! For the first time this season, the Toledo Storm will get a look at the Trenton Titans. Trenton is tied with Toledo atop the North Division, as each team possesses 18 points. The Titans have 8 players with 10 or more points on the season and have scored 60 goals in 13 games this season, which leads the ECHL in average per game (4.62). John Laliberte, who has scored 11 goals with 7 assists, leads the Titans.

STORM TIDBITS

* Tim Songin scored his first professional goal Friday night.

* Logan Koopmans is third among all ECHL goaltenders with 8 wins, and is tenth in GAA (2.60).

* Paul Crosty is first among rookies with 60 penalty minutes, and has collected a penalty minute in 10 straight games.

* Jamie Tardif is fifth among ECHL rookies in scoring with 14 points (5g, 9a).

* Toledo is one of two teams that have not allowed a shorthanded goal (Florida).

* The Storm have collected the second most major penalties.

* Toledo is 5-2-0 when tied after two periods.

* Toledo is 7-1-0 when scoring the first goal of the game.

STORM PLAYER OF THE WEEK:

Jamie Tardif (1 goal - 2 assists = 3 points)

Chris collected the first two goals of the game on Sunday helping Toledo to a 4-1 win.

STORM GOALTENDER OF THE WEEK:

Logan Koopmans (1-1-0, 2.91 gaa, 0.921 save%)

Well traveled during the previous three days, Logan returned to the Storm pipes and made 23 saves for his 7th win Sunday.

Record: 9-5-0 (1st North Division) (Week Record 1-1-0) (Streak Won 1)

LAST WEEK'S RESULTS

Wednesday November 22 @ Cincinnati Cyclones (Loss 1-2)

Friday November 24 vs. Dayton Bombers (SO Win 5-4)

THIS WEEK'S GAMES (All Times Eastern)

Friday December 1 @ Reading Royals (7:05pm) (6:50pm, B2)

Saturday December 2 @ Trenton Titans (7:00pm) (6:45pm, 1520, B2)

Sunday December 3 @ Trenton Titans (4:00pm) (3:45pm, 1520, B2)

All Storm Game Day Broadcasts Can Be Heard and Seen Online Through www.toledostorm.com

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