
Florida's Surma Is Reebok Hockey ECHL Plus Performer of the Month
Published on November 3, 2004 under ECHL (ECHL) News Release
PRINCETON, N.J. - Florida left wing Damian Surma is the Reebok
Hockey ECHL Plus Performer of the Month for October.
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 was +9 in October after finishing plus or even in all of
Florida's five games. After tying the league season best for plus-minus
rating with +3 on October 29 against Mississippi, the 5-10 and 205-pound
Surma established the league season high for plus-minus rating with +4 on
October 30 at Pensacola. He was even in the Everblades season opener and
was +1 in Florida's other two games.
In a 6-3 win against Mississippi on October 29, Surma scored his first hat
trick as a pro and added an assist giving him a career professional best
four points. Scoring eight points (4g-4a) in three games in the final week
of the month, Surma began November leading the ECHL with seven goals, 12
points and a plus-minus rating of +9 and was tied for the league lead with
three power-play goals.
Surma was one of three players who played in the ECHL, the American Hockey
League and the National Hockey League in 2003-04. Surma had 15 points
(6g-9a) in 18 regular season games and nine points (5g-4a) in 16 games in
the Kelly Cup Playoffs for the Everblades in 2003-04. He scored eight
points (3g-5a) in 48 regular season games with Lowell of the AHL and had
one assist in one game with Carolina in the NHL. The others who played in
the ECHL, the AHL and the NHL were goaltenders Dan Ellis (Idaho, Utah and
Dallas) and Adam Munro (Gwinnett, Chicago and Atlanta).
Runner Up: Greg Amadio, Columbia (+8).
Top Plus Performer(s) for Each Club: Alaska - Jordan Cameron and
Louis Mass (+2); Atlantic City - Luke Curtin (+4); Augusta - Chris Hajt and
Jamie Johnson (+3); Bakersfield - Mike Hofstrand (+4); Charlotte - Eduard
Pershin (+6); Dayton - Tyler Kolarik (+3); Fresno - David Brisson (+2);
Greenville - Daryl Pierce (+1); Gwinnett - Mike Stathopoulos (+5); Idaho -
Dan Vandermeer (+4); Johnstown - Ian Manzano, Matt Reid and Jeff Sullivan
(+2); Las Vegas - Regan Darby and Dana Lattery (+3); Long Beach - Robin
Leblanc, Nathan Martz, Marco Rosa and David Walker (+3); Louisiana - John
Evangelista, Maxime Fortunus, Alex Materukhin, Jake Ortmeyer, Mark Rooneem
and Shawn Skiehar (Even); Mississippi - Anthony Battaglia, Louis Dumont and
Kerry Ellis-Toddington (+5); Pee Dee - Allan Sirois (+5); Pensacola - Jason
Beckett and Ryan O'Keefe (+3); Peoria - Bryce Charpentier, Kris Kasper,
Troy Riddle, Chad Starling and Igor Valeev (+2); Reading - Jon Francisco
(+2); San Diego - Billy Tibbetts (+4); South Carolina - Trevor Johnson,
Rich Peverley and Matt Reid (+4); Texas - Aaron MacInnis and Brad Voth
(+1); Toledo - Sylvain Dufresne (+5); Trenton - Stephen Wood (+4); Victoria
- Jim Gattolliat, Jason Hegberg and Mike Josephson (+2); and Wheeling -
James Laux (+2).
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- ECHL Transactions - ECHL
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- Gladiators Road Game Changed - Atlanta Gladiators
- Falcons Set to Face-off with Former NHL Rookie of the Year - Fresno Falcons
- Bombers change Sunday game times - Dayton Bombers
- Saviano arrives from Lowell - Florida Everblades
- Ryan Finnerty Activated - Victoria Salmon Kings
- Steelheads acquire defenseman Zion - Idaho Steelheads
- Forward Hemingway Reassigned from Worcester - Peoria Rivermen
- ECHL Today - ECHL
- LaBarbera Named MeiGray Group ECHL Alumnus of the Month - ECHL
- Read To Succeed - Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies
- Florida's Surma Is Reebok Hockey ECHL Plus Performer of the Month - ECHL
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