Arkansas' Bermingham Named Sher-Wood ECHL Player of the Month
Published on February 5, 2003 under ECHL (ECHL) News Release
PRINCETON, N.J. - Jason Bermingham of the Arkansas RiverBlades is the Sher-Wood East Coast Hockey League Player of the Month for January.
The 6-0 and 195-pound Bermingham scored 19 points while helping Arkansas go 8-0-2, the first time in the team's four-year history that it has gone an entire month without a loss in regulation.
Bermingham scored a team-high four game-winning goals in January while also leading the team in power-play goals (4), goals (11), and plus-minus (+12).
He scored a goal in each of Arkansas' first six games in the month and finished the month with a goal in eight of the 10 games and he had three games with two goals. Arkansas was 7-0-1 when Bermingham scored a goal and 3-0-0 when he scored multiple goals. He had seven multiple-point games helping Arkansas go 7-0-0 and was held scoreless only once in January, a 2-1 overtime loss at Louisiana on January 19.
Bermingham is tied for fifth in the ECHL with 12 power-play goals and is tied for 14th in scoring with 55 points (26g-29a) in 47 games. He scored a goal in seven consecutive home games beginning December 27 and ending January 24, the longest home goal scoring streak in the ECHL in 2002-03. The 26-year-old Bermingham leads the RiverBlades with 26 goals and is tied for the team lead with four game-winning goals.
In his third season with Arkansas, Bermingham led the team in 2001-02 with 30 goals and 59 points while tying for the team lead with six game-winning goals.
Runners Up: Andrew Williamson, Augusta (13 gp, 12g, 9a, 21 pts, Even), J.F. Boutin, Johnstown (13 gp, 9g, 15a, 24 pts, +8) and Greg Day, Peoria (10 gp, 7g, 10a, 17 pts, +17)
Also Nominated: J.F. Caudron (Atlantic City), Bryan Richardson (Baton Rouge), Allan Egeland (Charlotte), Ryan Gaucher (Cincinnati), Barrie Moore (Columbia), Chris M. Thompson (Dayton), Marty Johnston (Florida), Mark Turner (Greensboro), Brent Gauvreau (Jackson), Shawn McNeil (Louisiana), Cody Bowtell (Mississippi), Greg Schmidt (Pee Dee), Louis Dumont (Pensacola), Brad Rooney (Reading), Dylan Gyori (Roanoke), Adam Calder (South Carolina), Nick Parillo (Toledo), and Adam Edinger (Trenton).
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