ECHL Cincinnati Cyclones

Cincinnati's Desharnais Has 16-Game Assist Streak

Published on February 22, 2008 under ECHL (ECHL)
Cincinnati Cyclones News Release


PRINCETON, N.J. - Cincinnati rookie David Desharnais registered two assists on Thursday to extend his assist streak to 16 games. It is the second-longest assist streak in ECHL history and one game shy of the record of 17 consecutive games by Peter Kasowski of Roanoke Valley from Oct. 26-Dec. 7, 1991 (28 assists).

The Cyclones host Johnstown on Friday and Elmira on Saturday.

In his first professional season and under contract to Hamilton of the American Hockey League, Desharnais began his streak on Jan. 5 with two assists against Reading. He has 24 assists in the 16 games during which he has had six games with two assists and one game with three assists.

Desharnais has a 18-game point streak (3g-26a) that began with two assists on Dec. 31 at Trenton. The ECHL point streak record is 38 games by Trevor Jobe, who scored 112 points from Dec. 19, 1992-Mar. 14, 1993.

Desharnais leads ECHL rookies with 48 assists, 23 power-play assists and 62 points in 45 games while ranking second overall in assists, power-play assists and points. He scored a career-high three goals and four points on Dec. 27 at Wheeling and has had a career-high three assists on Nov. 23 against Dayton and Feb. 1 at Wheeling.

Earlier this season Jeff Campbell of Gwinnett had a 13-game assist streak from Nov. 30-Dec. 28 (20 assists) which was the longest streak since Dany Bousquet of Pee Dee had an assist in 12 consecutive games from Mar. 3-29, 2002.

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