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Ice Pilots' Wirll Named CCM TACKS Player Of The Month

February 5, 2007 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release


PRINCETON, N.J. - Mike Wirll of the Pensacola Ice Pilots is the CCM TACKS ECHL Player of the Month for January.

The 24-year-old led the ECHL in January with 14 goals and was tied for fifth in scoring during the month with 17 points.

Since joining Pensacola from Utah on Nov. 17, Wirll has 39 points (24g-15a) in 31 games.

The Regina, Saskatchewan native scored in 11 out of 12 games in January. He had a 13-game scoring streak (15g-6a) from Dec. 29-Jan.26 and a seven-game goal streak (10g) from Jan. 2-15. He tied for the second-longest goal streak in the ECHL this season and tied for the fourth-longest point streak.

Wirll leads the ECHL in first goals with eight and is tied for the lead with 30 goals and is tied for eighth with 49 points (27g-22a).

The 5-foot-10 and 206-pound Wirll had his first hat trick of the season and a season-high four points (3g-1a) in a 7-4 win against South Carolina on Jan. 2. He had four multi-point games and four power-play goals in January as Pensacola went 5-8-0.

In eight away games in January Wirll had 10 points (9g-1a). Wirll had a goal and an assist in a 6-4 loss at South Carolina on Jan. 4 and had a goal in a pair of games at South Division leader Gwinnett. On Jan. 13 at Augusta Wirll had two goals and he scored two more goals on Jan. 26 at Columbia.

In his fourth season in the ECHL, Wirll has 158 points (70g-88a) and 118 penalty minutes in 186 regular season games with Charlotte, Victoria, Utah and Pensacola. He has also played in the West Coast Hockey League, the WHA2 and the Southern Professional Hockey League as well as in Finland.

Runners Up: Matt Shasby, Alaska (12gp, 2g, 15a, 17pts), Ryan Lang, Augusta (12gp, 5g, 15a, 20 pts) and Ryan Kinasewich, Utah (13gp, 11g, 8a, 19pts).

Also Nominated: Kevin St. Jacques (Bakersfield), Mike Ouellette (Charlotte), Reggie Berg (Florida), Brad Schell (Gwinnett), Marty Flichel (Idaho), Derek Edwardson (Las Vegas), Todd Jackson (Phoenix), Greg Hogeboom (Reading), Matt W. Reid (South Carolina), Tim Verbeek (Stockton), Marco Rosa (Texas), Chris Blight (Toledo), Scott Bertoli (Trenton) and Jordan Cameron (Wheeling).

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