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Cincinnat's Desharnais Has 15-Game Assist Streak

February 20, 2008 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release


PRINCETON, N.J. - Cincinnati rookie David Desharnais has recorded an assist in 15 consecutive games, tying the second-longest assist streak in ECHL history.

The 21 year old has tied the mark set by Mike Reier of Dayton from Oct. 23-Nov. 28, 1992 (24 assists) and equaled by Scott Bertoli of Trenton from Feb. 16-Apr. 4, 2000 (21 assists).

The ECHL record is 17 consecutive games by Peter Kasowski of Roanoke Valley from Oct. 26-Dec. 7, 1991 (28 assists).

The Cyclones host Dayton on Thursday, 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 22 assists in the 15 games during which he has had five games with two assists and one game with three assists.

Desharnais has a 17-game point streak (3g-24a) 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.

He leads ECHL rookies with 46 assists, 22 power-play assists and 60 points in 44 games while ranking second overall in assists and power-play assists and tied for second in 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.

Longest Consecutive Assist Scoring Streak
17 - Peter Kasowski, Roanoke Valley, Oct. 26-Dec. 7, 1991 (28 assists)
15 - David Desharnais, Cincinnati, Jan. 5 to present (22 assists)
- Scott Bertoli, Trenton, Feb. 16-Apr. 4, 2000 (21 assists)
- Mike Reier, Dayton, Oct. 23-Nov. 28, 1992 (24 assists)
14 - John Spoltore, Louisiana, Dec. 20, 1997-Jan. 16, 1998 (23 assists)
- John Spoltore, Louisiana, Jan. 12-Mar. 11, 1994 (18 assists)
- Matt Robbins, Charlotte, Jan. 12-Mar. 11, 1994 (18 assists)

ECHL
Celebrating its 20th Anniversary in 2007-08, the ECHL is the Premier 'AA' Hockey League and the third-longest tenured professional hockey league behind only the National Hockey League and the American Hockey League.

ECHL began in 1988-89 with five teams in four states and has grown to be a coast-to-coast league with 25 teams playing 900 games in 17 states and British Columbia in 2007-08.

The league officially changed its name to ECHL on May 19, 2003.

The ECHL has affiliations with 26 of the 30 teams in the NHL in 2007-08, marking the 11th consecutive season that the league has had affiliations with at least 20 teams in the NHL.

There have been 349 former ECHL players who have gone on to play in the NHL after playing in the ECHL, including a record 47 in 2005-06 and 26 in 2006-07. There have been 204 former ECHL players who have played their first game in the NHL in the past five seasons.

There are 15 coaches in the NHL who have ECHL experience including former Wheeling coach Peter Laviolette, who is head coach of the Carolina Hurricanes, and former Mississippi coach Bruce Boudreau, who is head coach of the Washington Capitals.

The ECHL is represented for the seventh consecutive year on the National Hockey League championship team in 2007 with Anaheim assistant coach Dave Farrish, players Francois Beauchemin and George Parros and broadcasters John Ahlers and Steve Carroll.

The ECHL has affiliations with 26 of the 29 teams in the American Hockey League in 2007-08 and for the past 18 years there has been an ECHL player on the Calder Cup champion.

In each of the last two seasons there have been more than 225 players who have played in both the ECHL and the AHL and there were over 800 call-ups involving more than 500 players. In the last five seasons the ECHL has had more call-ups to the AHL than all other professional leagues combined with over 2,000 call-ups involving more than 1,000 players since 2002-03.

Further information on the ECHL is available from its website at ECHL.com.

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