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Florida's Taylor Named HOK Sport Plus Performer Of The Month

March 2, 2007 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release


PRINCETON, N.J. - Florida Everblades right wing Adam Taylor is the HOK Sport ECHL Plus Performer of the Month for February after finishing with a plus-minus rating of +11 in 13 games.

Selected in the seventh round (224th overall) by the Carolina Hurricanes in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft and under NHL contract to the Florida Panthers, the 6-foot-1 and 200-pound was even or better in every game but one in February. He led the Everblades with 11 goals and 20 points and finished the month with a nine-game scoring streak (10g-8a). He was a season-high +3 and registered his first professional hat trick on Feb. 14 against Gwinnett and finished +3 and had two goals in a 3-1 win at Augusta on Feb. 16. He was +2 in five games and +1 in four games in February and since joining the Everblades he has been even or better in 16 of 20 games.

Taylor has 24 points (12g-12a) and a plus-minus rating of +8 in 20 games since being acquired by the Everblades from Pensacola on Jan. 3 in exchange for defenseman Niko Tuomi. He began the season with Victoria and had six points (1g-5a) in 15 games before being traded with David Wrigley to Pensacola on Nov. 28, 2006 in exchange for Derek Krestanovich and Jordan Krestanovich. He had 11 points (3g-8a) in 15 games with the Ice Pilots giving him a total of 41 points (16g-25a) in 50 games.

Taylor was selected to the ECHL All-Star Game and led the Salmon Kings and was 13th among ECHL rookies with 57 points on a team-leading 38 assists and 19 goals while playing in all 72 regular season games in 2005-06.

Runners Up: Matt Shasby, Alaska (+10) and Travis Wight, Idaho (+10).

. Top Plus Performer(s) for Each Club: Augusta - Ryan Lang (+4); Bakersfield - Rane Carnegie and Kevin Truelson (+6); Charlotte - Mike Ouellette and Jan Vodrazka (+5); Cincinnati - Conrad Martin (+9); Columbia - Ren Fauci and Luke Fulghum (+3); Dayton - Ryan Reid (+9); Fresno - Luke Curtin and John Morlang (+2); Gwinnett - Jamie Milam and Mike Vigilante (+6); Johnstown - Ryan Gibbons (+8); Las Vegas - Steve Crampton (+7); Long Beach - Bo Cheesman (+4); Pensacola - David Wrigley and Rene Gauthier (+2); Phoenix - Olivier Latendresse (+5); Reading - Joe Zappala and Brett Smith (+3); South Carolina - Marc Busenburg and Matt W. Reid (+2); Stockton - Mike Lalonde (+7); Texas - Marco Rosa (+9); Toledo - Gerry Burke (+5); Trenton - Jim Henkel (+8); Utah - Ian Forbes (+3); Victoria - Seamus Young (+7) and Wheeling - Ned Haven and David Mitchell (+1).

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