Sports stats



ECHL ECHL

Titans Sweep Road Trip

February 3, 2003 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release


Beating Northwest Division leader Peoria on Saturday and defending Northern Conference Champion Dayton on Sunday, Trenton extended its winning streak to a season-high five consecutive games, including three in a row on the road.

Trenton is 7-3-0 in its last 10 games and 24-16-7 overall with 55 points. The Titans need 45 points in their final 25 games to finish with 100 points for the third consecutive season. Trenton is the only team in ECHL history to finish with 100 points in back-to-back seasons, finishing with 104 points in 2000-01 and 102 points in 2001-02.

The Titans host Toledo on Wednesday before traveling to Charlotte for back-to-back games on Friday and Saturday. After winning its first two road games of the season, Trenton lost nine consecutive road games and was 2-9-0 away from home on December 22. The Titans, however, are 8-1-2 in their last 11 road games evening their road record at 10-10-2.

Rookie goaltender Brandon Snee saw his first action for Trenton on Saturday, making 24 saves in a 3-1 win at Peoria, a win that ended Peoria's ECHL season-high and team record 11-game home winning streak. Assigned by Hartford of the American Hockey League on Thursday, Snee started his second straight game on Sunday and made 27 saves in a 5-4 shootout win at Dayton.

Adam Edinger has scored a pair of game-winning goals and a team-leading 10 points (5g-5a) during the five-game winning streak. Edinger is tied for third in the ECHL with five shorthand goals and leads the Titans with 26 goals, 13 power-play goals, and 48 points while tying for the team lead with four game-winning goals. Scott Bertoli has scored nine points (3g-6a) in the last five games and has a team-high 16 points (6g-10a) in the last 10 games. Activated from the injured reserve on January 2, Bertoli has 30 points (11g-19a) in 22 games for Trenton. The line comprised of Bertoli, Edinger and Mike Hurley combined for 16 points (8g-8a) in the last three games.

Atlantic City's Henkel Extends Scoring Streak to 17 Games

Atlantic City rookie Jim Henkel extended his scoring streak to an East Coast Hockey League season-high 17 games with a pair of assists in Saturday's 5-2 win against Greensboro. Selected by Los Angeles in the eighth round (217th overall) in the 1998 National Hockey League Entry Draft, Henkel has scored 28 points (10g-18a) during the streak. Henkel also has a 13-game road scoring streak that ties him with teammate Kevin Colley for the longest road scoring streak in the ECHL in 2002-03. Henkel has scored 21 points (11g-10a) during the road streak that began December 1 at Richmond.

The 6-2 and 190-pound Henkel ranks third among ECHL rookies with 22 goals and is tied for third among rookies with four game-winning goals while ranking fourth in scoring with 48 points (22g-26a) in 45 games. The 23-year-old Henkel, who has also played two games with Cleveland of the American Hockey League, had an assist and was +2 while helping the Northern Conference to an 8-2 win in the Compuware/ECHL All-Star Game on January 21 in Estero, Fla.

Dayton's Ling Scores 500th Point

Assisting on a second-period goal by Tom Nemeth in Friday's 3-1 win over Mississippi, Dayton's Jamie Ling became the 17th player in East Coast Hockey League history to score 500 points. Returning to the ice after missing two games because of injury, Ling added a shorthand goal on Friday and came back on Saturday to score the Bombers first hat trick of the season in a 5-1 win over Roanoke. Ling is tied for the team lead with 21 points and ranks second on the team in scoring with 34 points (13g-21a) in 46 games.

In addition to Ling, Greensboro's Jay Murphy (260g-250a) and South Carolina's Dave Seitz (203g-323a) have each reached the 500-point milestone in 2002-03.

Ice Pilots Climb Into Third Place in Southwest Division

Coming from behind to post a 7-6 shootout win over Florida on Sunday, Pensacola extended its winning streak to three games, including a shootout win against Baton Rouge on Friday. The win combined with a Mississippi loss at Toledo moved the Ice Pilots into third place in the Southwest Division, three points behind Arkansas and seven points behind leader Louisiana.

Pensacola, which is 6-0-1 in its last seven games and 8-1-1 in its last 10 games, hosts Mississippi on Friday and Louisiana on Saturday before traveling to Louisiana on Sunday.

Greg Pankewicz has scored a team-leading eight goals and 15 points in the last 10 games while Louis Dumont has scored 14 points (6g-8a). Pankewicz is tied for second in the East Coast Hockey League with 29 goals and is tied for 17th in scoring with 54 points (29g-25a) while leading the team with 11 power-play goals. Louis Dumont leads Pensacola with 36 assists while ranking second on the team with 52 points (16g-36a) and nine power-play goals. Dumont led the ECHL with 70 assists and 102 points (32g-70a) in 2001-02 and was named First-Team All-ECHL at center.

Maxime Gingras is 3-0-1 with a 2.58 goals against average in his last four games, improving his record to 18-13-5 while lowering his goals against average to 2.92, 14th in the ECHL. Gingras is second in the ECHL with 1,146 saves and third with 2,178 minutes.

RiverBlades Go 8-0-2 In January

Winning 4-3 against Jackson on Friday, Arkansas improved to 8-0-2 in January, the first time in the team's four-year history that it has gone an entire month without a loss in regulation. The RiverBlades beat Jackson 3-2 in a shootout on Sunday extending their current winning streak to four games while improving to 9-0-3 in their last 12 games, the longest streak in team history without a regulation loss.

Feature Games Of The Week

Northern Conference

Toledo at Atlantic City Friday 7:05 ET

-Toledo is 1-0-0 against Atlantic City in 2002-03 after a 5-4 overtime win on December 21.

- Bullies' Jim Henkel has a 17-game scoring streak.

Wheeling at Johnstown Saturday 7:30 ET

- Wheeling is 3-2-0 against Johnstown in 2002-03.

- Johnstown's J.F. Boutin has five goals in six games against Wheeling.

Southern Conference

Mississippi at Arkansas Thursday 7:00 CT

- Mississippi is 3-2-1 against Arkansas in 2002-03 and 16-10-3 all-time in the regular season.

- Arkansas' Buddy Smith leads the ECHL in scoring with 69 points (22g-47a).

Pee Dee at Columbia Saturday 7:05 ET

- Pee Dee is 3-2-1 against Columbia in 2002-03.

- Teams begin week tied atop the Southeast Division standings with 59 points.

ECHL Goalie Of The Week

Alfie Michaud, Peoria Rivermen

GP: 3 W-L: 3-0 GAA: 1.33 PCT: .959

InGlasCo ECHL Player Of The Week

Ryan Gaucher, Cincinnati Cyclones

GP: 4 G: 3 A: 5 PTS: 8 +/-: +1

Check out the ECHL Statistics

• Discuss this story on the ECHL message board...

ECHL Stories from February 3, 2003


The opinions expressed in this release are those of the organization issuing it, and do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of OurSports Central or its staff.


Sports Statistics from the Stats Crew
OurSports Central