ECHL This Week: The ECHL Takes a Team-by-Team Look at the League, Broken Down by Division

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Cincinnati
• Cyclones lead the ECHL on the power play with 44.4 percent (4-for-9).
• Defenseman Bryan Schmidt had four points (1g-3a) in a 5-4 win at Dayton on Oct. 20.
• Cincinnati hosts Trenton on Friday and Saturday before playing at Dayton on Sunday.

Dayton
• Rookie Ryan Smyth scored his first professional goal and added another goal in 5-4 loss to Cincinnati on Oct. 20.
• Dayton had 7,801 in attendance for opening night.
• Bombers play at Wheeling on Saturday and host Cincinnati on Sunday.

Elmira
• Jackals beat Wheeling 4-2 in their ECHL debut on Oct. 19.
• Pierre-Luc Faubert scored first professional goal and had an assist at Trenton on Oct. 20.
• Elmira hosts Johnstown on Friday and South Carolina on Sunday.

Johnstown
• Coach Ian Herbers won his first ECHL game 4-2 at Trenton on Oct. 21.
• Chiefs tied ECHL season high with four power-play goals in 6-4 loss to Reading on Oct. 20.
• Johnstown hosts South Carolina on Wednesday and Saturday and visits Elmira on Friday.

Reading
• Reading had ECHL season high 48 shots in a 3-2 loss at Trenton on Oct. 19.
• Patrick Jarrett leads the team with four assists and four points.
• Royals play at Pensacola on Wednesday and Friday, at Mississippi on Saturday and at Gwinnett on Sunday.

Trenton
• Trenton improved to 7-2-0 in home openers with 3-2 win over Reading on Oct. 19.
• Joe Rooney leads ECHL rookies with five points (2g-3a).
• Devils play at Cincinnati on Friday and Saturday.

Wheeling
• David Brown made 43 saves in first pro start, a 4-2 win at Johnstown.
• Wheeling’s road power play is sixth in ECHL at 15.8 percent (3-for-19).
• Nailers host South Carolina on Friday and Dayton on Saturday.

South Division

Augusta
• Opening night crowd of 3,894 was larger than any single-game crowd last season.
• Louis Goulet has 220 points (76g-144a) and needs one point to become Lynx's all-time leading scorer.
• Augusta plays at Charlotte on Tuesday, at Columbia on Friday and at Gwinnett on Saturday.

Charlotte
• Checkers are 3-for-18 (16.7 percent) on the power play in two games.
• Blake Bellefeuille leads the team with three assists and five points.
• Charlotte hosts Augusta on Tuesday and plays at Columbia on Saturday.

Columbia
• Brad Ralph had hat trick at South Carolina on Oct. 20 and is tied for ECHL lead with four goals.
• Jeff Miles (1g-2a) and Owen Fussey (1g-2a) are tied for second on team with three points.
• Inferno plays at Augusta on Friday and at Charlotte on Saturday.

Florida
• Everblades power play is second in the ECHL at 35.3 percent (6-for-17).
• Derek Damon leads the team with three assists and four points in two games.
• Florida plays at Texas on Saturday and Sunday.

Gwinnett
• Jeff Campbell tied team record with four assists at Pensacola on Oct. 19.
• Gwinnett is tied for ECHL lead with six power-play goals after scoring league record 120 in 2006-07.
• Gladiators host Augusta on Friday and Reading on Saturday.

Mississippi
• Torry Gajda leads the team with two assists and two points.
• Rookie Pat Oliveto and Lance Monych each have a goal.
• Mississippi hosts Reading on Saturday and Pensacola on Sunday.

Pensacola
• Rookie Mathieu Roy has a two-game goal streak (2g).
• Rookie defenseman Jean-Claude Sawyer had first multi-point game (1g-1a) on Oct. 19.
• Ice Pilots host Reading on Wednesday and Friday before playing at Mississippi on Sunday.

South Carolina
• Stingrays have nine goals, scored by nine different players, in two games.
• Rookies Paul McIlveen and Pierre-Luc O'Brien lead the team with three assists.
• South Carolina plays at Johnstown on Wednesday and Saturday and visits Wheeling on Friday and Elmira on Sunday.

Texas
• Wildcatters are tied for fourth in the ECHL with five power-play goals in two games.
• Marco Rosa has four special team points (1g-3a) in two games.
• Texas hosts Florida on Saturday and Sunday.

West Division

Alaska
• Alaska opens the season on Tuesday at Fresno.
• Kimbi Daniels led the Aces with 63 assists and 81 points in 2006-07.
• Aces play at Fresno on Tuesday and Friday while visiting Bakersfield on Wednesday and Stockton on Saturday.

Idaho
• In first three seasons in Idaho, coach Derek Laxdal is 10-1-1 in October.
• Mark Bomersback leads ECHL rookies with three goals in two games.
• Idaho plays at Utah on Friday and Saturday.

Phoenix
• Phoenix is 3-0-0 for the first time in their three-year ECHL history.
• Daniel Sisca leads Phoenix with four goals and six points.
• RoadRunners host Stockton on Wednesday and Bakersfield on Friday.

Utah
• Grizzlies’ roster has six players who are 22 years old or younger.
• Ryan Kinasewich (1g-1a) and Scott Burt (0g-2a) lead the team with two points.
• Utah hosts Idaho on Friday and Saturday.

Victoria
• Julien Ellis stopped 35 shots in 2-1 overtime win at defending Kelly Cup Champion Idaho.
• Victoria’s 2-1 overtime win at Idaho on Oct. 19 was its first season-opening win.
• Salmon Kings host Las Vegas on Friday and Saturday.

Pacific Division

Bakersfield
• Condors had 12,546 in attendance for opening weekend.
• Mark Derlago scored his first professional goal in a 3-2 win against Stockton on Oct. 19.
• Bakersfield hosts Alaska on Wednesday and plays at Phoenix on Friday and at Fresno on Saturday.

Fresno
• Fresno does not have an even-strength goal in its first two games.
• Oren Eizenman scored his first professional goal in 2-1 loss to Las Vegas on Oct. 19.
• Falcons host Alaska on Tuesday and Friday and Bakersfield on Saturday.

Las Vegas
• Wranglers have won their last 15 regular season games, dating back to Mar. 10.
• Twin brothers Chris Ferraro (1g-2a) and Peter Ferraro (1g-2a) lead the team in scoring.
• Las Vegas hosts Stockton on Tuesday and plays at Victoria on Friday and Saturday.

Stockton
• Jesse Bennefield and Brad Farynuk each have a goal and an assist in two games.
• Rookie goaltender Glenn Fisher made 29 saves in his professional debut on Oct. 21.
• Thunder play at Las Vegas on Tuesday and at Phoenix on Wednesday before hosting Alaska on Saturday.