NFL, MLB, NHL, NBA, CFL stats



ECHL

ECHL Today

November 28, 2006 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release


Texas Wildcatters (11-2-2) at Florida Everblades (11-5-0) 7:30 p.m. ET
* Teams split opening series at Florida as Wildcatters won 5-2 on Oct. 20 and Everblades won 5-2 on Oct. 21.
* Jonathan Lehun has eight points in last five games (4g-4a) and leads Florida with eight goals and 15 points.
* Texas' Kevin Baker has an ECHL season-high 13-game scoring streak (13g-11a).
* Florida rookie Mike Angelidis and Texas' Brandin Cote are tied for ECHL lead with three game-winning goals.

Pensacola Ice Pilots (2-10-2) at Augusta Lynx (10-8-0) 7:35 p.m. ET
* Lynx have won last three meetings by one goal to improve to 3-1-0 in season series against Ice Pilots.
* Pensacola's Mike Ayers is 0-1-1 with a goals-against average of 1.71 against the Lynx.
* Joe Cardarelli leads Augusta against Pensacola with four goals, two power-play goals and five points.
* Derek Krestanovich (2g-3a) and Jordan Krestanovich (2g-3a) lead the Ice Pilots in scoring against Augusta.

Utah Grizzlies (4-11-3) at Phoenix RoadRunners (9-7-0) 7:11 p.m. MT
* Phoenix defenseman Jake Ortmeyer leads the team with three goals and five points against Utah.
* Grizzlies' Ryan Kinasewich has three-game goal streak (4g) and three-game scoring streak (4g-2a).
* RoadRunners have won team record five home games in a row.
* Brad Herauf leads Utah with five power-play goals, eight goals and 13 points.

Bakersfield Condors (8-6-1) at Fresno Falcons (9-6-0) 7:00 p.m. PT
* First meeting since Fresno's 4-2 win at home in Game 7 of Pacific Division Finals on May 6.
* Condors' Brett Lutes has two-game goal streak (3g) and leads the team with eight goals.
* Falcons are 8-3-2 all-time at home against Bakersfield, including 3-1 in shootouts and 1-1 in overtime.
* Kevin St. Jacques has five points (1g-4a) in last two games and leads Bakersfield with 16 points (5g-11a).

Premier 'AA' Hockey League Fast Facts
* Affiliations with 25 of the 30 teams in the National Hockey League marking 10th consecutive season that the league has had affiliations with at least 20 teams in the NHL.
* 307 former ECHL players have played in NHL.
* 161 have made NHL debut in the last five seasons, including goaltenders Joey MacDonald, Mike Smith and Mike Wall and center Drew Larman this season, and a record 47 in 2005-06.
* ECHL has been represented on last six Stanley Cup champions.
* Two NHL head coaches (Peter Laviolette & Jim Playfair) and 9 assistant coaches have ECHL experience.
* Affiliations with 24 of the 27 teams in the American Hockey League.
* ECHL has been represented on last 17 Calder Cup champions.
* For each of the past four seasons, ECHL has had more players called up to AHL than all other professional leagues combined. From 2002-06 the ECHL had 1,646 call ups, involving almost 1,000 players, including 416 call ups involving 263 players last season.
* Idaho Steelheads and City of Boise will host the 15th Annual ECHL All-Star Game presented by Rbk Hockey on Jan. 17 and the 10th Annual ECHL All-Star Skills Competition presented by Rbk Hockey on Jan. 16 at Qwest Arena.
* ECHL and its member teams contributed more than $2.3 million for charity and relief funds in 2005-06.

Check out the ECHL Statistics

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

ECHL Stories from November 28, 2006


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