ECHL Today - Jan. 3

Adirondack Thunder (13-15-8) at Newfoundland Growlers (22-10-0)    7 p.m. NT

• Casey Pierro-Zabotel leads Adirondack against the Growlers with two goals.
• Newfoundland’s Scott Pooley is on a 14-game point streak (16g-6a).
• Thunder have gone beyond regulation in four of their last seven games.
• Growlers are on a 12-game home winning streak.

Worcester Railers (10-19-2) at Reading Royals (18-1-0-4)                       7 p.m. ET

• Ryan MacKinnon leads Worcester against the Royals with four points (1g-3a).
• Reading’s Frank DiChiara is tied for second with 25 assists.
• Railers are tied for the league lead with seven shorthanded goals.
• Royals are 9-1-4 in one-goal games.

Norfolk Admirals (10-21-3) at Greenville Swamp Rabbits (16-17-1)        7:05 p.m. ET

• Norfolk’s Alex Rodriguez leads rookies with 119 shots on goal.
• Michael Pelech leads Greenville against the Admirals with nine points (2g-7a).
• Admirals are 6-0-1 when leading after two periods.
• Swamp Rabbits are 11-3-0 when scoring first.

Florida Everblades (19-8-4) at South Carolina Stingrays (23-2-4)        7:05 p.m. ET

• Florida’s Hugo Roy is on a five-game goal streak (5g).
• Mark Cooper leads South Carolina against the Everblades with three goals.
• Everblades are 17-5-2 when outshooting their opponent.
• Stingrays are 12-0-4 in their last 16 games.

Jacksonville Icemen (9-16-4) at Maine Mariners (16-12-1)                  7:15 p.m. ET

• Chase Lang leads Jacksonville with eight goals and 21 points.
• Terrence Wallin leads Maine with 13 goals and 26 points.
• Icemen are 6-0-0 when leading after two periods.
• Mariners are league’s third-least penalized team with 10.79 penalty minutes per game.

Kalamazoo Wings (12-15-3) at Toledo Walleye (18-9-3)                       7:15 p.m. ET

• Kyle Blaney leads Kalamazoo against the Walleye with two goals.
• Toledo’s Shane Berschbach is tied for fourth with 14 power-play points (3g-11a).
• K-Wings are 8-0-1 when leading after two periods.
• Walleye are second with 3.93 goals per game.

Wheeling Nailers (15-12-4) at Cincinnati Cyclones (20-8-5)                7:35 p.m. ET

• Wheeling’s Ryan Scarfo has five points (1g-4a) in his last two games.
• Mason Mitchell leads Cincinnati against the Nailers with three points (1g-2a).
• Nailers are league’s least-penalized team with 9.42 penalty minutes per agme.
• Cyclones lead the league with 27.09 shots-against per game.

Fort Wayne Komets (15-12-5) at Indy Fuel (16-15-1)                           7:35 p.m. ET

• Fort Wayne’s Alan Lyszczarczyk is tied for third among rookies with 27 points (11g-16a).
• Indy’s Spencer Watson is tied for third with 17 goals.
• Komets are third on the power play at 22.5 percent (31-for-138).
• Fuel are seventh with 2.81 goals-against per game.

Kansas City Mavericks (15-16-2) at Allen Americans (23-6-6)            7:05 p.m. CT

• Kansas City’s Nick Schneider is fifth with 1,238 minutes played.
• Allen’s Gabriel Gagne is tied for the league lead with five game-winning goals.
• Mavericks are tied for fourth with six shorthanded goals.
• Americans have a league-high five wins when trailing after two periods (5-4-2).

Idaho Steelheads (19-10-5) at Tulsa Oilers (13-18-3)                            7:05 p.m. CT

• Idaho’s Marc-Olivier Roy is tied for fourth with 24 assists.
• Tulsa’s Robby Jackson is third among rookies with 106 shots on goal.
• Steelheads are second with 12 games decided in overtime or a shootout.
• Oilers are 8-1-1 when leading after one period.

Rapid City Rush (17-11-3) at Utah Grizzlies (17-9-5)                            7:10 p.m. MT

• Rapid City’s Peter Quenneville is tied for fourth with 36 points (15g-21a).
• Griffen Molino leads Utah against the Rush with six points (0g-6a).
• Rush are fifth on the penalty kill on the road at 86.1 percent (62-for-72).
• Grizzlies are 10-1-2 in their last 13 games.