Cincinnati's Desharnais Named CCM Vector Rookie Of The Month
Published on December 6, 2007 under ECHL (ECHL) News Release
PRINCETON, N.J. -Cincinnati center David
Desharnais is the CCM Vector ECHL Rookie of the Month for
November.
The Quebec City native had 20 points with four goals, including a shorthand
goal and a game-winning goal, 16 assists and a league-leading plus-minus
rating of +15 as the Cyclones went 10-3-1 to move into a tie for first
place in the North Division.
The 5-foot-6 and 177-pound Desharnais had a four-game assist streak (5a)
that was highlighted by a two-assist performance in a 4-0 home win over
Wheeling on Nov. 7.
The 21 year old started a seven-game point streak on Nov. 13 in a 5-1 win
at Dayton where he scored the game-winning goal and had a season-high three
points (1g-2a). He recorded multiple points in each of his next four games,
including tying his season high with a goal and two assists in a 5-4 win at
Dayton on Nov. 18 and three assists in a 7-5 home loss to Dayton on Nov.
23. Desharnais extended the point streak to seven games with an assist in
each of the next two games.
He leads ECHL rookies with 17 assists while his 24 points tie him for
second among first-year players and rank eighth overall.
Desharnais made his professional debut in the American Hockey League last
season, signing with Bridgeport after completing his career in the Quebec
Major Junior Hockey League and finishing with two points (1g-1a) and four
penalty minutes in seven games for the Sound Tigers.
He played four seasons in the QMJHL and had 374 points (126g-248a) and 127
penalty minutes in 262 games for Chicoutimi.
Runners Up: Daniel
Manzato, Las Vegas (5 gp, 1.57 GAA, .948 save pct.), Matt
Beaudoin, Dayton (16 gp, 10g-11a, 21 pts.) and Keith
Johnson, Utah (13 gp, 12g-3a, 15 pts.).
Also Nominated: Josh
Soares (Alaska), Ryan
Dingle (Augusta), Mathieu
Melanson (Florida), Igor
Gongalsky (Fresno), Mike
Hamilton (Gwinnett), Kellen
Briggs (Idaho), Luke
Erickson (Pensacola), Peder
Skinner (Phoenix), Kevin
Schaeffer (Reading), Andrew
Gordon (South Carolina) and Joe
Rooney (Trenton).
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