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Ice Dogs' Rosa Named Reebok Hockey ECHL Plus Performer of the Month

February 4, 2005 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release


PRINCETON, N.J. - Long Beach rookie center Marco Rosa is the Reebok Hockey ECHL Plus Performer of the Month for January, leading the ECHL with a plus-minus rating of +17.

The 23-year-old, Rosa finished +2 or better in six games and was plus or even in all but one of 17 games in January. He scored in 15 of the 17 games, including an eight-game scoring streak from January 12-22 (5g-6a). He had a five-game goal-scoring streak from January 15-21, tying him with five players for the second-longest goal-scoring streak in the league in 2004-05. He ended the month scoring a goal in three consecutive games (3g) and opens February with a three-game scoring streak (3g-1a). He scored the game-winning overtime goal on January 28 against Bakersfield, a win that allowed Long Beach to move into a first-place tie in the West Division with Bakersfield. Rosa led the Ice Dogs in January with 10 goals and was second on the team with 21 points.

Among league rookies, Rosa ranks second with 18 goals, is tied for second in plus-minus rating (+16) and is seventh in scoring with 36 points in 44 games. Selected in the eighth round (255th overall) by the Dallas Stars in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft, Rosa is third on the team in scoring with 36 points (18g-18a) in his rookie season with Long Beach and was selected to play in the 2005 Coors Light ECHL All-Star Game.

Prior to joining the ECHL, the 6-1 and 185-pound Rosa spent four years playing at Merrimack College in Massachusetts where he had 97 points (36g-61a) in 135 games and was named to the 2004 Hockey East All-Conference team as an honorable mention.

Runner Up: Joe Talbot, Alaska (+12).

Top Plus Performer(s) for Each Club: Atlantic City - Eric Nelson (+3); Augusta - Jim Shepherd, Rod Sarich and John Cronin (+2); Bakersfield - Connor James (+7); Charlotte - Ryan Cuthbert (+5); Columbia - Greg Amadio (+7); Dayton - Bryan Nathe (+4); Florida - Shane Hnidy (+4) Fresno - Dustin VanBallegooie (+5); Greenville - Scott Balan and Carl Mallette (+9); Gwinnett - Chris Durno (+9); Idaho - Riley Riddell, Billy Tibbetts and Darren McLachlan (+2); Johnstown - Mike James (+6); Las Vegas -Derek Engelland (+9); Louisiana - Josh Barker (+3); Mississippi - Mike Jarmuth (+9); Pee Dee - Allan Sirois (+9); Pensacola - Jason Beckett (+9); Peoria - Trevor Byrne (+8); Reading - Judd Medak, Cail MacLean and Preston Mizzi (+5); San Diego - Ian Forbes (+2); South Carolina - Aaron Power (+7); Texas - Chris Fornier (+1); Toledo - P.J. Martin (+9); Trenton - Jerramie Domish (+2); Victoria - Peter Trumbley (+1); and Wheeling - Brendon Hodge (+5).

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