Notes and links from the finest division in the ECHL will be posted soon. The video above was posted online by the Stockton Record's Kirk Barron. ECHL PACIFIC DIVISION NOTES - 11/20 Fresno Falcons (1st place, 8-5-0). The Fresno Falcons dropped an I-99 rivalry game with the Bakersfield Condors 2-1 at home on Saturday. According to the Fresno Bee, a respectable crowd of 4,104 watched the Falcons outshoot Bakersfield 26-24, but turn up empty on 8 power play opportunities. Fresno will face the expansion Ontario Reign club in back-to-back games on Friday and Saturday. Fresno's move from the Save Mart Center on campus back to their original home at Selland Arena for the 2008-09 season should benefit from a $15 million renovation in 2006 which included a new video replay scoreboard and an updated refrigeration system for the ice surface. Right wing Matt Stefanishion, who finished third in the ECHL last season with 243 PIMS, leads the Falcons in scoring with 10 goals and 3 assists in 12 games played. Stefanishion is only second on the Falcons this season with 38 PIMS. Center Oren Eizenman, who lead Fresno last season as a rookie with 66 points and an impressive performance at the ECHL Allstar Game in Stockton, has 2 goals and 8 assists in 7 games played. Eizenman started 2008-09 with the Manitoba Moose of the AHL. 6-foot-0, 225-pound power forward Igor Gongalsky, also an allstar as a rookie last season, is struggling with 3 goals and 0 assists in 13 games played. Fresno has a busy weekend with games scheduled Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Ontario Reign (2nd place, 7-5-1). The expansion Ontario Reign franchise became the fourth ECHL team in California after the recent departures of the San Diego Gulls and the Long Beach Ice Dogs. An affiliate of the Los Angeles Kings, a short drive away along highway 10, the Reign play at the 11,000-seat Citizens Business Bank Arena which opened on October 18, 2008. The Los Angeles Lakers christened the new AEG-owned arena with a 105–94 exhibition win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on October 24th. The Ontario Reign christened the ice rink the next night in front of a sellout 8,832-strong crowd with a 4-1 win over the National Conference champion Las Vegas Wranglers. Former Team USA 2007 bronze medal winning goaltender Jeff Zatkoff, a third round draft selection by the Los Angeles Kings in 2006, leads the Reign with a 6-3-1 record and a 2.28GAA and .937SV% in 10 games played. Ontario has only scored a National Conference worst 35 goals this season, lead by center Jon Francisco with 13 points and right wing Geoff Walker with 12, but they have been stingy defensively allowing only 36 goals against. A recent home game against the Stockton Thunder was military appreciation night sponsored by the USO of Ontario, with a pre-game military fly-over, a performance by country music singer Amy Scruggs, and reduced ticket prices for all members of the military. Other than LA Times blog coverage of the arena opening, a similar arena preview article by Ben Weber in the OC Register, it is unclear which Southern California newspaper will be covering the Ontario Reign beat. Scratch that, it looks like that would be J.P. Hoornstra of the LA Daily News. More on this team will be posted in the coming weeks when I can make a visit to see Ontario play on home ice. Bakersfield Condors (3rd place, 6-7-1). The longtime independent Bakersfield Condors, now an ECHL affiliate of the Anaheim Ducks, benefited from that arrangement with the salary cap demotion of forward Bobby Ryan and defenseman Brett Festerling earlier today. After a wild 6-4 loss to Washington on Wednesday night, and before you could inquire whether or not they would be forced to play against against the Sharks ECHL affiate Phoenix Roadrunners on Friday, both players were already recalled back to Anaheim this morning. Rabobank Arena in Bakersfield is one of the best in the league, with clear glass instead of plexiglass/stanchions that make for incredible sightlines from the stands. BakersfieldCondors.com is also one of the most innovative websites in the ECHL, with blogs, a Spanish language section, interactive multimedia content, and promotions to match. This Satuday the Oakland Raiderettes will be on hand to sign autographs and take pictures. Sharkspage favorite, goaltender Yutaka Fukufuji, was added to the active roster on Tuesday. Fukufuji became the first Japanese-born player to suit up as an.nhl goaltender Jan. 13, 2007 for the Los Angeles Kings. Also on the list of asian players who have made an impact by playing in the.nhl, Japanese-Canadian Devin Setoguchi. The second year Setoguchi leads the Sharks with 11 goals. Bemidji State alumni Matt Pope leads the Bakersfield Condors with 9 goals and 5 assists in 11 games played. According to the Bakersfield Californian, the Condors have won 3 straight games and 4 of their last 5 after a pair of Dave Bonk goals and 28 saves by goaltender Dave McKee powered Bakersfield past the Phoenix RoadRunners 5-3 on Wednesday night. McKee is the only goaltender assigned to the club by Anaheim, but the Condors have three goalies on the roster including Ryan Nie and Yutaka Fukufuji. Stockon Thunder (4th place, 5-7-2). The Stockton Thunder ice the best offense in the Pacific Division, but they are tied with Phoenix for a National Conference worst 50 goals allowed. Center Cory Urquhart, a Montreal Canadiens second round selection in 2003, leads the Thunder in scoring with 15 points after scoring 9 points in 5 games to start the season. Mike Lalonde, the Thunder's leading goal scorer in 2005-06 (29) and 2006-07 (23), is 9 points away from surpassing Nathan Martz for the Thunder franchise scoring lead according to the Raw Feed. Lalonde scored his 4th goal of the season in a 3-2 loss to the Idaho Steelheads on Wednesday. Stockon faces the Steelheads at home in back-to-back games on Friday and Saturday. The Thunder earned a 3-2 shootout win over the Victoria Salmon Kings on a fifth round shootout goal by center Jeff Kyrzakos in the first of two Thunder Goes Pink III games to help raise awareness for breast cancer. 9,737 fans packed Stockton Arena for the second Pink Game on Saturday November 8th, but they witnessed the home Thunder squad's 5-game winning streak in pink snapped by the Salmon Kings in a 3-1 loss. The Stockton Thunder are the 3-time ECHL attendance champions, with an average of 6,648 fans per game last season. Las Vegas Wranglers (5th place, 5-6-2). The Calgary Flames ECHL affiliate in Las Vegas currently sits in last place in the Pacific, but in the tightest division in the league they remain only 5 points behind first place Fresno. The perennial National Conference powerhouse reached the Kelly Cup Finals and the Conference Semifinals in the last two seasons, registering 46+ wins and 106+ points or more in three straight years. The Wranglers announced two roster moves earlier today. Forward Chris Korchinski was traded to the Elmira Jackals for defenseman Chris St. Croix. Defenseman Gerard Miller was also traded to the Reading Royals for future considerations. 6-foot-3 former University of Alaska-Anchorage goaltender John DeCaro has been leading the Wranglers in net, registering a 3-1-0 record in 5 games played with a 1.80GAA and a 0.926SV%. Former goaltender Marc Magliarditi, owner of the best goalie mask ever photographed on Sharkspage, holds the Las Vegas Wranglers franchise record with 1,432 total saves during the 2003-04 ECHL season.Source
Friday, November 21, 2008
ECHL Pacific Division Notes, video of Stockton Goes Pink III weekend raising money for breast cancer awareness
Notes and links from the finest division in the ECHL will be posted soon. The video above was posted online by the Stockton Record's Kirk Barron. ECHL PACIFIC DIVISION NOTES - 11/20 Fresno Falcons (1st place, 8-5-0). The Fresno Falcons dropped an I-99 rivalry game with the Bakersfield Condors 2-1 at home on Saturday. According to the Fresno Bee, a respectable crowd of 4,104 watched the Falcons outshoot Bakersfield 26-24, but turn up empty on 8 power play opportunities. Fresno will face the expansion Ontario Reign club in back-to-back games on Friday and Saturday. Fresno's move from the Save Mart Center on campus back to their original home at Selland Arena for the 2008-09 season should benefit from a $15 million renovation in 2006 which included a new video replay scoreboard and an updated refrigeration system for the ice surface. Right wing Matt Stefanishion, who finished third in the ECHL last season with 243 PIMS, leads the Falcons in scoring with 10 goals and 3 assists in 12 games played. Stefanishion is only second on the Falcons this season with 38 PIMS. Center Oren Eizenman, who lead Fresno last season as a rookie with 66 points and an impressive performance at the ECHL Allstar Game in Stockton, has 2 goals and 8 assists in 7 games played. Eizenman started 2008-09 with the Manitoba Moose of the AHL. 6-foot-0, 225-pound power forward Igor Gongalsky, also an allstar as a rookie last season, is struggling with 3 goals and 0 assists in 13 games played. Fresno has a busy weekend with games scheduled Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Ontario Reign (2nd place, 7-5-1). The expansion Ontario Reign franchise became the fourth ECHL team in California after the recent departures of the San Diego Gulls and the Long Beach Ice Dogs. An affiliate of the Los Angeles Kings, a short drive away along highway 10, the Reign play at the 11,000-seat Citizens Business Bank Arena which opened on October 18, 2008. The Los Angeles Lakers christened the new AEG-owned arena with a 105–94 exhibition win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on October 24th. The Ontario Reign christened the ice rink the next night in front of a sellout 8,832-strong crowd with a 4-1 win over the National Conference champion Las Vegas Wranglers. Former Team USA 2007 bronze medal winning goaltender Jeff Zatkoff, a third round draft selection by the Los Angeles Kings in 2006, leads the Reign with a 6-3-1 record and a 2.28GAA and .937SV% in 10 games played. Ontario has only scored a National Conference worst 35 goals this season, lead by center Jon Francisco with 13 points and right wing Geoff Walker with 12, but they have been stingy defensively allowing only 36 goals against. A recent home game against the Stockton Thunder was military appreciation night sponsored by the USO of Ontario, with a pre-game military fly-over, a performance by country music singer Amy Scruggs, and reduced ticket prices for all members of the military. Other than LA Times blog coverage of the arena opening, a similar arena preview article by Ben Weber in the OC Register, it is unclear which Southern California newspaper will be covering the Ontario Reign beat. Scratch that, it looks like that would be J.P. Hoornstra of the LA Daily News. More on this team will be posted in the coming weeks when I can make a visit to see Ontario play on home ice. Bakersfield Condors (3rd place, 6-7-1). The longtime independent Bakersfield Condors, now an ECHL affiliate of the Anaheim Ducks, benefited from that arrangement with the salary cap demotion of forward Bobby Ryan and defenseman Brett Festerling earlier today. After a wild 6-4 loss to Washington on Wednesday night, and before you could inquire whether or not they would be forced to play against against the Sharks ECHL affiate Phoenix Roadrunners on Friday, both players were already recalled back to Anaheim this morning. Rabobank Arena in Bakersfield is one of the best in the league, with clear glass instead of plexiglass/stanchions that make for incredible sightlines from the stands. BakersfieldCondors.com is also one of the most innovative websites in the ECHL, with blogs, a Spanish language section, interactive multimedia content, and promotions to match. This Satuday the Oakland Raiderettes will be on hand to sign autographs and take pictures. Sharkspage favorite, goaltender Yutaka Fukufuji, was added to the active roster on Tuesday. Fukufuji became the first Japanese-born player to suit up as an.nhl goaltender Jan. 13, 2007 for the Los Angeles Kings. Also on the list of asian players who have made an impact by playing in the.nhl, Japanese-Canadian Devin Setoguchi. The second year Setoguchi leads the Sharks with 11 goals. Bemidji State alumni Matt Pope leads the Bakersfield Condors with 9 goals and 5 assists in 11 games played. According to the Bakersfield Californian, the Condors have won 3 straight games and 4 of their last 5 after a pair of Dave Bonk goals and 28 saves by goaltender Dave McKee powered Bakersfield past the Phoenix RoadRunners 5-3 on Wednesday night. McKee is the only goaltender assigned to the club by Anaheim, but the Condors have three goalies on the roster including Ryan Nie and Yutaka Fukufuji. Stockon Thunder (4th place, 5-7-2). The Stockton Thunder ice the best offense in the Pacific Division, but they are tied with Phoenix for a National Conference worst 50 goals allowed. Center Cory Urquhart, a Montreal Canadiens second round selection in 2003, leads the Thunder in scoring with 15 points after scoring 9 points in 5 games to start the season. Mike Lalonde, the Thunder's leading goal scorer in 2005-06 (29) and 2006-07 (23), is 9 points away from surpassing Nathan Martz for the Thunder franchise scoring lead according to the Raw Feed. Lalonde scored his 4th goal of the season in a 3-2 loss to the Idaho Steelheads on Wednesday. Stockon faces the Steelheads at home in back-to-back games on Friday and Saturday. The Thunder earned a 3-2 shootout win over the Victoria Salmon Kings on a fifth round shootout goal by center Jeff Kyrzakos in the first of two Thunder Goes Pink III games to help raise awareness for breast cancer. 9,737 fans packed Stockton Arena for the second Pink Game on Saturday November 8th, but they witnessed the home Thunder squad's 5-game winning streak in pink snapped by the Salmon Kings in a 3-1 loss. The Stockton Thunder are the 3-time ECHL attendance champions, with an average of 6,648 fans per game last season. Las Vegas Wranglers (5th place, 5-6-2). The Calgary Flames ECHL affiliate in Las Vegas currently sits in last place in the Pacific, but in the tightest division in the league they remain only 5 points behind first place Fresno. The perennial National Conference powerhouse reached the Kelly Cup Finals and the Conference Semifinals in the last two seasons, registering 46+ wins and 106+ points or more in three straight years. The Wranglers announced two roster moves earlier today. Forward Chris Korchinski was traded to the Elmira Jackals for defenseman Chris St. Croix. Defenseman Gerard Miller was also traded to the Reading Royals for future considerations. 6-foot-3 former University of Alaska-Anchorage goaltender John DeCaro has been leading the Wranglers in net, registering a 3-1-0 record in 5 games played with a 1.80GAA and a 0.926SV%. Former goaltender Marc Magliarditi, owner of the best goalie mask ever photographed on Sharkspage, holds the Las Vegas Wranglers franchise record with 1,432 total saves during the 2003-04 ECHL season.Source
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