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Everblades' Surma Named In Glas Co ECHL Player of the Week

December 28, 2004 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release


PRINCETON, N.J. - Florida left wing Damian Surma is the In Glas Co ECHL Player of the Week for December 20-26.

Surma had six points, scoring two goals and four assists with a plus-minus rating of +2, as Florida went 1-1-0 against South Division rival Pensacola. After registering two assists in regulation, Surma scored the game-winning goal 43 seconds into overtime giving Florida a 3-2 win over Pensacola on December 21. In the second game of the home-and-home series against the Ice Pilots, Surma had two assists and tallied his 13th goal of the season in the 6-4 loss to Pensacola on December 22.

Selected in the sixth round (174th overall) by Carolina in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft and under contract to Lowell of the American Hockey League, the 23-year-old Surma is currently tied for 11th in the ECHL in scoring with 26 points (13g-13a) in 28 games. In 2003-04 he played 18 games in the regular season for Florida scoring 15 points (6g-9a) and nine points (5g-4a) in 16 games of the Kelly Cup playoffs. Surma played with the Lowell Lock Monsters of the AHL in 2001-04 and two games in the National Hockey League scoring a goal in one game for Carolina in 2002-03 and registering an assist in one game in 2003-04.

On behalf of Damian Surma, a case of pucks will be donated to a Florida area youth hockey organization by In Glas Co, the exclusive puck supplier for the ECHL. In Glas Co has donated over 10,000 pucks to youth hockey organizations in ECHL cities since it began sponsoring the award in 2000-01.

Runners Up: Todd Bennett, Augusta (1 gp, 1g, 3a, 4 pts) and Louis Dumont, Mississippi (2 gp, 2g, 2a, 4 pts).

Also Nominated: Nick Lindberg (Pensacola), Ryan Cuthbert (Charlotte), Brad Schell (Gwinnett), Tyler Renncotte (Peoria), Terry Marchant (Texas), Mike Garrow (San Diego), Kenny Corupe (Wheeling), Shawn Collymore (Toledo) and Max Fortunus (Louisiana).

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