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Former Texas Center Kreps Named MeiGray Group Alumnus Of The Month

March 12, 2008 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release


PRINCETON, N.J. - Former Texas Wildcatter and current Florida Panther center Kamil Kreps is the MeiGray Group ECHL Alumnus of the Month for February.

Selected in the second round (38th overall) by the Florida Panthers in the 2003 National Hockey League Entry Draft, Kreps had nine points (2g-7a) and a plus-minus rating of +5 as the Panthers went 6-6-3 in February. In his second season in the NHL, he has career highs with six goals, 15 assists, 21 points, 19 penalty minutes and 65 games.

The 23 year old had an assist at Ottawa on Feb. 7 for his first career three-game assist streak (3a) during which the Panthers were 2-1-0. He scored his first career game-winning goal and had his first multiple-point game (1g-1a) in a 4-2 win against Washington on Feb. 15. He had his second multiple-point game with a goal and an assist in a 5-4 shootout loss to Boston on Feb. 21.

In his rookie season in 2004-05, the 6-foot-2 and 202-pound Kreps had 11 points (5g-6a) and six penalty minutes in 12 games with the Wildcatters while also playing in the American Hockey League where he had 11 points (5g-6a) and 11 penalty minutes in 56 games with San Antonio.

He has played in the NHL each of the last two years and has 23 points (7g-16a) and 25 penalty minutes in 79 games with the Panthers.

The ECHL is the top developmental league for both the National Hockey League and the American Hockey League. It has affiliations with 26 of the 30 teams in the NHL, marking the 11th consecutive season that the league has had affiliations with at least 20 teams in the NHL, and with 26 of the 29 teams in the AHL. There have been 350 former ECHL players who have played in the NHL after playing in the ECHL.

Twenty-one former ECHL players have made their NHL debut this season: former Peoria Rivermen and Alaska Aces goaltender Chris Beckford-Tseu (St. Louis on Feb. 21), former Florida Everblades center David Brine (Florida on Feb. 2), former Idaho Steelheads right wing B.J. Crombeen (Dallas on Jan. 19), former Gwinnett Gladiators left wing Kevin Doell (Atlanta on Jan. 4), former Alaska defenseman Zack FitzGerald (Vancouver on Feb. 5), former Fresno goaltender Thomas Greiss (San Jose on Jan. 14), former Roanoke Express and Wheeling Nailers left wing Jason Jaffray (Vancouver on Dec. 12), former Wheeling Nailers left wing Joe Jensen (Carolina on Feb. 18), former Toledo Storm goaltender Drew MacIntyre (Vancouver on Dec. 13), former San Diego Gulls left wing Cody McLeod (Colorado on Dec. 19), former Alaska Aces and Pensacola Ice Pilots center Chris Minard (Pittsburgh on Jan. 21), former Columbia Inferno center Brandon Nolan (Carolina on Dec. 22), former Johnstown Chiefs and Fresno Falcons goaltender Dmitri Patzold (San Jose on Oct. 7), former Gwinnett Gladiators and Louisiana IceGators left wing Pascal Pelletier (Boston on Jan. 17), former Reading Royals goaltender Jonathan Quick (Los Angeles on Dec. 6), former Stockton Thunder left wing Liam Reddox (Edmonton on Dec. 7), former Gwinnett Gladiators left wing Colin Stuart (Atlanta on Dec. 29), former Columbus Chill, Richmond Renegades and Trenton Titans left wing Pete Vandermeer (Phoenix on Feb. 10), former San Diego goaltender Tyler Weiman (Colorado on Oct. 4), former Charlotte Checkers right wing Craig Weller (Phoenix on Oct. 4) and former Phoenix RoadRunners center Daniel Winnik (Phoenix Coyotes on Oct. 4).

The leading distributor of game-worn hockey jerseys and "Official Game-Worn Jersey Source of the ECHL," MeiGray has sold more than 4,000 game-worn ECHL jerseys since the program began in 2002-03, including nearly 1,000 each of the past three seasons.

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