ECHL Announces Ryan Birmingham Memorial Award
Published on October 2, 2007 under ECHL (ECHL) News Release
PRINCETON, N.J. - The ECHL on Tuesday announced that each season it will
honor an on-ice official for his contributions and dedication to the league
officiating staff with the Ryan Birmingham Memorial Award, named in honor
of ECHL linesman Ryan Birmingham, who tragically lost his life in an
automobile accident in May 2007.
The league also announced that it will make a special presentation to the
Birmingham family at the Trenton at Dayton game on Nov. 3, 2007.
The 2007-08 edition of the ECHL Rule Book is dedicated to the memory of
Birmingham, who is featured on the back cover, and ECHL on-ice officials
will be wearing a commemorative patch on their left shoulder that has 60,
which is the number that Birmingham wore, and the initials RJB.
"It has been the intent of the ECHL to remember Ryan Birmingham in a
fitting and deserving manner," said ECHL Vice President of Hockey
Operations Rod Pasma. "Ryan's memory will live on through the formation of
this award in his honor."
Birmingham began his officiating career when he was 12 years old in the
Southgate Minor Hockey Association and worked his way into the USA Hockey
Junior Officiating Development Program in 2003. Birmingham was hired as a
full-time linesman by the ECHL in 2006 and worked 83 games in the regular
season and four games in the Kelly Cup Playoffs, including his final game,
Florida at Charlotte on Apr. 17.
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