Cincinnati's Cardarelli Named Sher-Wood East Coast Hockey League Player of the Month for December

January 3, 2003 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release

The 6-0 and 205-pound Cardarelli has a 13-game scoring streak that is the ECHL's longest active scoring streak and tied for the longest scoring streak in the ECHL in 2002-03. During the streak, Cardarelli has tallied 16 goals, including eight power-play goals and one game-winning goal, and has scored 26 points. He has five multiple-goal games and nine multiple-point games during the streak, and scored a point in all 12 of the Cyclones games, leading the ECHL with 16 goals, eight power-play goals and 25 points in the month.

Cardarelli scored three goals in an 8-2 win over Johnstown on December 4, the first hat trick scored by the Cyclones since returning to Cincinnati in 2001-02. He registered his second hat trick of the season and a season-high four points in a 13-2 win against Reading on December 27 and became the fourth ECHL player to record two hat tricks in 2002-03 joining Columbia's Rejean Stringer, Richmond's David Brosseau, and Greensboro's Jay Murphy.

The 25-year-old Cardarelli began the 2002-03 season with Manchester in the British Ice Hockey Super League before joining the Cyclones on November 17. In 19 games with Cincinnati, Cardarelli has scored 33 points, including a team-leading 19 goals and nine power-play goals, and he leads the ECHL in shooting percentage with 27.1 percent (19-for-70).

Selected in the eighth round (186th overall) by Tampa Bay in the 1995 National Hockey League Entry Draft, Cardarelli scored 70 points (30g-40a) in 69 regular season games for Florida of the ECHL in 1999-2000 and also played parts of the 1997-98 and 1998-99 seasons in the ECHL with Chesapeake.

Runners Up: John McNabb, Jackson (12 gp, 7g, 10a, 17 pts, +9) and Mike Jickling, South Carolina (11 gp, 8g, 10a, 18 pts)

Also Nominated: Ernie Hartlieb (Arkansas), Andrew Williamson (Augusta), Bryan Richardson (Baton Rouge), Eduard Pershin (Charlotte), Eric Labelle (Columbia), Brent Cullaton (Columbus), Ryan Vince (Dayton), Ryan Murphy (Florida), Jay Murphy (Greensboro), Dominic Forget (Johnstown), Mark Smith (Lexington), Bruce Richardson (Louisiana), Jim Baxter (Mississippi), Matt Reid (Pee Dee), Gregor Baumgartner (Pensacola), Tyler Rennette (Peoria), Steve Rymsha (Reading), Richard Pitirri (Richmond), Rick Kowalsky (Roanoke), Matt Zultek (Trenton), Jeff Johnstone (Toledo), and Michel Ouellet (Wheeling).

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