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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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