ECHL Today - Oct. 19

Wheeling Nailers (1-0-0) at Maine Mariners (0-1-0)                                 6 p.m. ET

• Wheeling’s Gabe Klassen and Phip Waugh scored their first pro goals in Friday’s 4-1 win at Maine.
• Maine’s Nolan Maier made 20 saves in last night’s game.
• Nailers went 2-for-5 on the power play in Friday’s game.
• Mariners outshot Wheeling 26-24 on Friday.

Orlando Solar Bears (1-0-0) at South Carolina Stingrays (0-0-0)            6:05 p.m. ET

• Orlando’s Tyler Bird had hat trick, including game-winning goal, in 5-4 overtime win at Greenville on Friday.
• South Carolina’s Jared Nightingale makes his head-coaching debut.
• Solar Bears outshot Greenville 37-30 last night.
• Stingrays led the league last season with 26.49 shots-against per game.

Reading Royals (1-0-0) at Worcester Railers (0-0-0)                                 6:05 p.m. ET

• Reading’s Connor McMenamin scored his first pro goal in last night’s 3-2 win at Trois-Rivières.
• Worcester’s Bob Deraney makes his professional head-coaching debut.
• Royals went 1-for-3 on the power play in last night’s game.
• Railers went 19-4-4 when scoring first last season.

Fort Wayne Komets (1-0-0) at Iowa Heartlanders (0-1-0)                        6 p.m. CT

• Fort Wayne’s Austen Swankler scored his first pro goal in pro debut in last night’s 6-5 win at Iowa.
• Iowa’s Bogdans Hodass  and Jack O’Brien both notched two points (1g-1a) in their pro debuts last night.
• Komets outshot Iowa 38-30 in Friday’s game.
• Heartlanders went 1-for-3 on the power play last night.

Indy Fuel (0-1-0) at Atlanta Gladiators (0-0-0)                                          7 p.m. ET

• Indy’s Adam McCormick scored his first pro goal in pro debut last night at Savannah.
• Jackson Pierson led Atlanta last season with 43 points (17g-26a).
• Fuel went 4-for-4 on the penalty kill in Friday’s game.
• Gladiators are opening at home for the third consecutive season

Florida Everblades (0-0-0) at Jacksonville Icemen (0-0-0)                       7 p.m. ET

• Florida head coach Brad Ralph ranks fifth in ECHL history with 486 career wins.
• Jacksonville’s Brandon Mashinter makes his head-coaching debut.
• Everblades are first team in ECHL history to win three consecutive championships.
• Icemen have won 40 or more games in each of the last three seasons.

Cincinnati Cyclones (0-0-0) at Kalamazoo Wings (0-0-0)                         7 p.m. ET

• Cincinnati’s Tristan Ashbrook was tied for 10th last season with 32 goals for Adirondack.
• Kalamazoo’s Jonathan Lemieux was tied for ninth last season with a .911 save percentage.
• Cyclones’ head coach Jason Payne is 114-82-20 in three seasons.
• K-Wings were tied for the league lead last season with four shorthanded goals against.

Wichita Thunder (0-1-0) at Kansas City Mavericks (1-0-0)                     6:05 p.m. CT

• Wichita’s Michal Stinil had two points (1g-1a) on Friday.
• Kansas City’s Luke Loheit and Landon McCallum scored their first pro goals in pro debuts last night at Wichita.
• Thunder went 1-for-6 on the power play in last night’s game.
• Mavericks outshot Wichita 33-23 on Friday.

Adirondack Thunder (1-0-0) at Norfolk Admirals (0-1-0)                       7:05 p.m. ET

• Adirondack’s Jeremy Brodeur made 25 saves in 2-1 win at Norfolk on Friday.
• Carson Musser scored Norfolk’s lone goal in last night’s game.
• Thunder went 2-for-2 on the penalty kill last night.
• Admirals outshot Adirondack 28-26 on Friday.

Toledo Walleye (0-0-0) at Bloomington Bison (0-0-0)                               7 p.m. CT

• Toledo’s Brandon Hawkins led the ECHL with 40 goals and 93 points last season.
• Bloomington’s Eddie Matsushima tallied 53 points (25g-28a) in 51 games last season with Tulsa.
• Walleye ended last season on a 14-game winning streak.
• First game in Bison team history.

Rapid City Rush (0-0-0) at Tulsa Oilers (0-0-0)                                         7:05 p.m. CT

• Rapid City’s Matt Radomsky was third with 1,193 saves last season.
• Tulsa head coach Rob Murray ranks seventh in ECHL history with 451 career wins.
• Rush ranked fifth last season with 33.44 shots per game.
• Oilers were tied for the league lead with four shorthanded goals against last season.