Charlotte's Jamieson Named CCM TACKS ECHL Player Of The Month

Published on November 3, 2006 under ECHL (ECHL) News Release

PRINCETON, N.J. - Charlotte Checkers left wing Dusty Jamieson is the CCM TACKS ECHL Player of the Month for October.

The 25-year-old became only the fifth ECHL player since 1997 to score a hat trick in back-to-back games, accomplishing the feat in the first two games of the season. He had three goals, including two on the power play, in a 10-3 win against Wheeling on Oct. 20 and three goals, including the game winner on the power play, in a 5-3 win against Wheeling on Oct. 21. He was named ECHL Player of the Week for Oct. 20-22 after finishing opening weekend with the league lead in goals and power-play goals.

The 6-foot-2 and 195-pound Jamieson had an assist on Oct. 26 at Florida and a goal and an assist in a 5-2 win at Pensacola on Oct. 31 to finish the month with 10 points (7g-3a) in five games.

Selected in the fifth round (136th overall) by the Montreal Canadiens in the 1999 National Hockey League Entry Draft, Jamieson is tied for the ECHL lead with seven goals, four power-play goals and two game-winning goals while his 10 points in five games ties him for third in scoring.

Jamieson has led Charlotte in goal scoring each of the past three seasons, including 30 goals last season and 31 goals in 2004-05, and his 119 career goals rank second to Darryl Noren, who scored 174 goals in a Checkers sweater. Jamieson, who had a goal and an assist to help the Eastern Conference to a 7-6 win in the 2004 ECHL All-Star Game, has played for the Checkers in each of his first five professional seasons and has 213 points (119g-94a) in 232 regular season games and 13 points (4g-9a) in 18 games in the Kelly Cup Playoffs.

He has also played in the American Hockey League where he has one assist in 10 games with Binghamton and Hartford.

Runners Up: Brad Schell, Gwinnett (5 gp, 3g, 11a, 14 pts) and Matt W. Reid, South Carolina (6 gp, 7g, 5a, 12 pts).

Also Nominated: Barrett Heisten (Alaska), Ryan Lang (Augusta), Joel Irving (Bakersfield), Torry Gajda (Cincinnati), Anthony Battaglia (Columbia), Luke Curtin (Fresno), Derek Nesbitt (Idaho), Jake Ortmeyer (Phoenix), Arpad Mihaly (Reading), Nathan Martz (Stockton), Marco Rosa (Texas), Ken Magowan (Toledo), Mike Pandolfo (Trenton), Mike Wirll (Utah) and Kiel McLeod (Victoria).

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