
2007-08 ECHL All-Rookie Team Announced
April 3, 2008 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release
PRINCETON, N.J. - The ECHL on Thursday announced its All-Rookie
Team for 2007-08 as determined in a vote of ECHL coaches, who were asked to
select a goaltender, two defensemen and three forwards. A rookie is defined
as a player who has played in less than 25 professional games prior to the
start of the current season.
2007-08 ECHL All-Rookie Team
F - Matt
Beaudoin, Dayton Bombers (62 gp, 38g, 31a, 69 pts, -7)
F - David
Desharnais, Cincinnati Cyclones (66 gp, 28g, 74a, 102 pts, +35)
F - Josh
Soares, Alaska Aces (59 gp, 36g, 45a, 81 pts, -1)
D - Ryan
Gunderson, Trenton Devils (70 gp, 4g, 40a, 44 pts, -14)
D - Adrian
Veideman, Augusta Lynx (65 gp, 10g, 29a, 39 pts, -1)
G - Anton
Khudobin, Texas Wildcatters (27 gp, 20-1-4, 1.98 GAA, .934 Save Pct.)
David
Desharnais of Cincinnati leads the ECHL with 74 assists, 38 power-play
assists and 102 points while his plus-minus rating of +35 leads league
rookies and is second overall. His 102 points is the most scored by a
rookie since 1996-97 when Dany Bousquet of Pee Dee had 107 points (54g-53a)
in 68 games. The 21 year old is 13th among the 16 rookies who have scored
100 points, two points behind John Young of Greensboro, who had 104 points
(35g-69a) in 66 games in 1993-94 and Sheldon Gorski of Louisville, who had
104 points (51g-53a) in 62 games in 1990-91. Desharnais has been named
Vector CCM Rookie of the Month in November,
February
and March.
He set the ECHL record with an assist in 20
consecutive games from Jan. 5-Feb. 29 and he had the fourth-longest
scoring streak in league history with 27 games from Dec. 31, 2007-Mar.
12, 2008. He has already broken the team record of 75 points by Gorski in
1997-98 and Matt Noga in 2002-03 and the club mark of 51 assists by Noga in
2002-03. He was selected to the ECHL
All-Star Game after scoring 27 points (6g-21a) in 22 games. He is under
AHL contract to Hamilton and has one assist and six penalty minutes in four
games with the Bulldogs.
Matt
Beaudoin of Dayton leads all rookies and is third overall in the ECHL
with 38 goals while he is first among rookies and second overall with 16
power-play goals in 62 games. The 23 year old is tied for sixth among
rookies and 12th overall with 69 points. He signed with Hershey of the
American Hockey League on Mar. 26 and has appeared in four games with the
Bears. He has also played three games in the AHL with Iowa and one game
with Rochester.
Josh
Soares of Alaska is tied for second among rookies and tied for fourth
overall with 81 points in 59 games. He is second among rookies and fourth
overall with 36 goals and tied for second among rookies and tied for fifth
overall with six game-winning goals. The 26 year old was selected to the ECHL
All-Star Game after scoring 14 goals and 30 points in 24 games. He is
under AHL contract to Peoria and has four points (2g-2a) in seven games
with the Rivermen.
Ryan
Gunderson of Trenton leads ECHL rookie defensemen and ranks second
overall among defensemen with 40 assists while his 44 points in 70 games
leads all first-year defensemen and is tied for fifth overall. The 22 year
old was selected to the ECHL
All-Star Game after leading ECHL defensemen with 17 assists and tying
for third among blue liners with 19 points in 25 games.
Adrian
Veideman of Augusta is second among first-year defensemen and tied for
10th overall with 39 points in 65 games. He is second among rookie
defensemen and tied for seventh overall among defensemen with 10 goals.
Veideman, who will turn 25 years old on Apr. 13, was selected to the ECHL
All-Star Game after ranking second among rookie defensemen with 13
assists and third with 16 points in 26 games. He is under AHL contract to
Portland and has two points (1g-1a) and two penalty minutes in six games
with the Pirates.
Anton
Khudobin of Texas is 20-1-4 and leads ECHL goaltenders with a
goals-against average of 1.98 and a save percentage of .934 in 27 games.
Selected in the seventh round (206th overall) by Minnesota in the 2004 NHL
Entry Draft and under NHL contract to the Wild, he posted back-to-back
shutouts in his last two starts on Feb. 1 and 12 and is tied for third in
the league with three shutouts. The native of Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan
was voted to the ECHL
All-Star Game after going 10-0-3 with a goals-against average of 1.85
and a save percentage of .938 in his first 14 games. The 21 year old was
reassigned by Minnesota to Houston of the American Hockey League on Feb. 13
and he is 2-2-1 with a shutout, a goals-against average of 1.99 and a save
percentage of .911 in 12 games with the Aeros.
Since the ECHL began naming the All-Rookie Team in 2000-01, seven players
selected have gone on to play in the NHL: Kevin
Doell (2003-04), Vern
Fiddler (2001-02), Simon
Gamache (2001-02), Mike
Glumac (2002-03), Jason
Jaffray (2002-03), Joey
Tenute (2004-05) and Zenon
Konopka (2002-03).
The ECHL will announce its First-Team All-ECHL and Second-Team All-ECHL
teams on Friday.
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