ECHL Today - Dec. 29

Manchester Monarchs (13-14-2) at Adirondack Thunder (16-9-4)       7 p.m. ET

• Manchester’s Matt Marcinew is on a four-game point streak (3g-3a).
• Mike Szmatula leads Adirondack against the Monarchs with five goals and seven points.
• Monarchs are second with 35.38 shots per game.
• Thunder are 14-0-2 when leading after two periods.

Florida Everblades (20-6-5) at Greenville Swamp Rabbits (12-18-4)     7 p.m. ET

• Joe Cox leads Florida against the Swamp Rabbits with five points (1g-4a).
• Greenville’s Johno May leads rookies with six power-play goals.
• Everblades are fourth with 33.87 shots per game.
• Swamp Rabbits are 7-0-1 when leading after two periods.

Newfoundland Growlers (19-9-1) at Reading Royals (15-8-2)               7 p.m. ET

• Newfoundland’s Giorgio Estephan is tied for third among rookies with 13 goals and 29 points.
• Reading’s Callum Booth is 5-1-0 in six appearances this season.
• Growlers are league’s second-least penalized team with 10.31 penalty minutes per game.
• Royals are 8-1-0 in their last nine games.

Jacksonville Icemen (18-12-1) at Orlando Solar Bears (15-12-3)         7 p.m. ET

• Wacey Rabbit leads Jacksonville against the Solar Bears with four goals and seven points.
• Orlando’s Michael Brodzinski is tied for fourth among defensemen in plus-minus at +13.
• Icemen are fifth with 2.81 goals-against per game.
• Solar Bears lead the league with five overtime wins.

Maine Mariners (17-11-1) at Worcester Railers (13-13-5)             7:05 p.m. ET

• Maine’s Brandon Halverson is fourth with 637 saves.
• Tyler Barnes leads Worcester against the Mariners with seven points (2g-5a).
• Mariners have outscored their opponents 18-11 during five-game winning streak.
• Railers are first on the penalty kill at home at 90.9 percent (50-for-55).

Cincinnati Cyclones (20-6-4) at Fort Wayne Komets (15-12-1)             7:30 p.m. ET

• Cincinnati’s DeVante Stephens is tied for the league lead in plus-minus at +21.
• Fort Wayne’s Lukas Hafner is seventh with a 2.58 goals-against average.
• Cyclones are third with 3.70 goals per game.
• Komets are sixth with 29.376 shots-against per game.

Toledo Walleye (20-6-2) at Kalamazoo Wings (15-14-1)                         7:30 p.m. ET

• Shane Berschbach leads Toledo against the K-Wings with two goals and six points.
• Kalamazoo’s Reid Gardiner is on a 10-game point streak (8g-10a).
• Walleye are fifth on the power play on the road at 21.0 percent (17-for-81).
• K-Wings lead the league with 11 shorthanded goals.

Norfolk Admirals (13-15-3) at Atlanta Gladiators (6-16-6)                     7:35 p.m. ET

• Norfolk’s Jalen Smereck is second among rookie defensemen with 21 points (2g-19a).
• Branden Troock leads Atlanta against the Admirals with four goals.
• Admirals are 8-0-0 when leading after two periods.
• Gladiators are fourth on the power play at home at 23.0 percent (14-for-61).

Brampton Beast (12-16-3) at Indy Fuel (16-13-0)                                      7:35 p.m. ET

• Brampton’s Jordan Henry is second among defensemen with 10 goals.
• Indy’s Kevin Dufour has nine points (7g-2a) in his last six games.
• Beast are 7-0-2 when leading after two periods.
• Fuel have scored five goals in each of their last five games.

Kansas City Mavericks (16-10-2) at Wichita Thunder (14-11-6)            7:05 p.m. CT

• Kansas City’s Willie Raskob is tied for sixth among defensemen with 17 assists.
• Steven Iacobellis leads Wichita against the Mavericks with 10 points (3g-7a).
• Mavericks are 10-1-1 when scoring first.
• Thunder are fifth on the penalty kill at 86.1 percent (124-for-144).

Idaho Steelheads (17-10-3) at Rapid City Rush (14-14-5)                        7:05 p.m. MT

• Kale Kessy leads Idaho against the Rush with four goals and eight points.
• Rapid City’s Adam Carlson is tied for fourth with a .924 save percentage.
• Steelheads have outscored their opponents 29-17 in the third period.
• Rush have had a league-leading 12 games decided in overtime or a shootout.

Allen Americans (7-24-2) at Utah Grizzlies (16-7-4)                                7:05 p.m. MT

• Allen’s Spencer Asuchak has five points (3g-2a) in his last four games.
• Utah’s J.T. Henke leads the league with a 33.3 percent shooting percentage (8-for-24).
• Americans are tied for third with two shorthanded goals against.
• Grizzlies are third with 27.81 shots-against per game.