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Pensacola's Beechey Named CCM TACKS ECHL Player of the Month

February 3, 2005 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release


PRINCETON, N.J. - Pensacola center Tyler Beechey is the CCM TACKS ECHL Player of the Month for January.

Beechey led the team with 25 points (7g-18a) as the Ice Pilots went 10-4-1 in January and he also was a starter for the American Conference in the 2005 Coors Light ECHL All-Star Game in Reading, Pa.

Now in his third professional season and his second season with Pensacola, Beechey had seven multiple-point games in January, including four points against Louisiana on January 8 (2g-2a) and Augusta on January 29 (1g-3a) and three points at Texas on January 9 (1g-2a) and at Long Beach on January 23 (1g-2a). He had four consecutive games where he scored multiple points - January 7 against Louisiana (1g-1a), January 8 against Louisiana (2g-2a), January 9 at Texas (1g-2a) and January 14 at Idaho (0g-2a). In the Ice Pilots 3-0 win at Long Beach on January 23, Beechey scored the game-winning goal and assisted on the other two goals.

The 5-11 and 195-pound native of Edmonton, Alberta had a plus-minus rating of +8 for the month, finishing even or better in 12 of his 15 games. He ended the month with a five-game scoring streak (2g-8a) and a five-game assist streak (8a).

Beechey leads the ECHL with 56 points and 21 power-play points (7ppg-14ppa) in 43 games and he is tied for the league lead with seven game-winning goals and three shorthand assists. He ranks second in the league with 35 assists and is tied for second with 14 power-play assists. He is tied for third in the ECHL with 21 goals.

In 2003-04 with Pensacola, Beechey scored 60 points (25g-35a) in 69 regular season games and five points (3g-2a) in five Kelly Cup Playoff games. In his first professional season in 2002-03, he scored 46 points (8g-38a) in 51 games with Trenton while also playing with Providence of the American Hockey League, scoring three points (2g-1a) in three games.

Runners Up: Chris Minard, Alaska (11 gp, 14g, 5a, 19 pts) and Chad Spurr, Pee Dee (13 gp, 6g, 15a, 21 pts).

Also Nominated: Derek Edwardson (Atlantic City), Jamie Johnson (Augusta), Connor James (Bakersfield), Mike Wirll (Charlotte), Matt Ulwelling (Columbia), Reggie Berg (Florida), Jason Weaver (Fresno), Chris Durno (Gwinnett), Shawn Mather (Johnstown), Dustin Johner (Las Vegas), Jade Galbraith (Louisiana), Jeff Hutchins (Mississippi), Brian McCullough (Peoria), Sylvain Deschatelets (San Diego), Graig Mischler (Reading), Rich Peverley (South Carolina), John Snowden (Texas), Maris Ziedins (Toledo), Scott Bertoli (Trenton), and Ed McGrane (Wheeling).

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