Pasma New Director of Hockey Operations
Published on August 21, 2002 under ECHL (ECHL) News Release
PRINCETON, N.J.  The East Coast Hockey League announced on Wednesday that it has named Rod Pasma as Director of Hockey Operations. Pasma¹s responsibilities include overseeing team rosters, transactions, player contracts, immigration, and the playing schedule.
Pasma was the director of compliance for the Central Hockey League in 2001-02 and was responsible for league discipline, salary cap and player transactions. He was Officiating Coordinator with the National Hockey League during the 1998-99 and 1999-2000 seasons, handling many aspects of the officiating department including scouting, hiring, supervision and evaluation, as well as the assignment of minor league officials and trainees.
Selected in the second round (30th overall) by the Washington Capitals in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft, the defenseman played three seasons in the Ontario Hockey League with Cornwall, Kingston and Windsor and three seasons at Laurentian University. Pasma, who received his economics degree from Laurentian, played one professional season with the Louisiana IceGators in 1995-96.
Formed in 1988-89 with five teams in three states, the ECHL celebrates its 15th Anniversary season with 27 teams in 14 states including the newest market in Lexington, Ky. The ECHL welcomes two new markets in 2003-04 with the addition of Gwinnett County, Ga. and Southeast (Beaumont) Texas.
There have been 191 former East Coast Hockey League players that have advanced to the National Hockey League along with coaches, officials and front office personnel. In 2001-02, 82 ECHL alumni played in the NHL, including 17 who made their NHL debut, and 25 of the 30 teams in the NHL developed players with ECHL affiliates.
The ECHL had 400 call ups to the 27 members of the American Hockey League in 2001-02, the most since a record 453 call ups to the 19 members of the AHL and the 13 members of the International Hockey League in 1999-2000.
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