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Idaho's McConvey Named CCM TACKS ECHL Player Of The Month

April 6, 2006 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release


PRINCETON, N.J. - D'Arcy McConvey of the Idaho Steelheads is the CCM TACKS ECHL Player of the Month for March.

The 24-year-old led ECHL players in March with 14 goals and 27 points in 15 games helping Idaho go 12-3-0 and improve to 41-21-7 to move into third place in the West Division and clinch a berth in the Kelly Cup Playoffs for the third consecutive year.

Under contract and currently on recall to the Iowa Stars of the American Hockey League, McConvey scored in 11 of 15 games and had eight multiple-point games, including three games where he had four points.

After scoring five points in his first six games of the month, he scored in eight of his next nine games, including a six-game scoring streak from Mar. 14-24 during which he had his four points (2g-2a) in a 6-4 win over Stockton on Mar. 14 and his first professional hat trick and four points in a 6-2 win against Fresno on Mar. 24. He closed out the month helping win a pair of games at Long Beach scoring four points (2g-2a) on Mar. 29 and had his second hat trick on Mar. 31.

The 5-foot-10 and 190-pound McConvey leads the league with 39 goals and eight game-winning goals while ranking second with 16 power-play goals. He leads the Steelheads on the power play with 16 goals and 37 points and is tied for second in the ECHL with 86 points in 58 games.

He was voted by National Conference coaches to be a starter in the All-Star Game and he had two assists in a 7-6 win, and on Wednesday he was named Second Team All-ECHL. He has also played eight games in the AHL with Iowa recording eight penalty minutes.

In his first professional season with Columbia in 2004-05, he finished eighth among ECHL rookies with a team-leading 54 points in 60 regular season games and had two assists in five Kelly Cup Playoff games while also playing four games with Reading.

The Richmond Hill, Ontario native played four years at Bowling Green State University from 2000-04. He scored 102 points (31g-71a) in 153 career games and led the team in scoring each of his final two seasons.

Runners Up: Brian Passmore, Augusta (15gp, 10g, 9a, 19 pts), Dave Bonk, Bakersfield (18gp, 10g, 9a, 19 pts) and Steve Saviano, Florida (13gp, 10g, 12a, 22 pts).

Also Nominated: Kimbi Daniels (Alaska), Mike Bayrack (Charlotte), Jeff Miles (Columbia), Colin Pepperall (Greenville), Dan Tudin (Las Vegas), Cory Urquhart (Long Beach), Jake Riddle (Phoenix), Larry Courville (Reading), Alex Kim (San Diego), Anders Strome (South Carolina), Joel Irwin (Stockton), Bracken Kearns (Toledo), Jim Henkel (Trenton), Ryan Kinasewich (Utah) and Jade Galbraith (Victoria).

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