Phoenix's Sisca Named CCM TACKS ECHL Player Of The Month

November 7, 2007 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release

PRINCETON, N.J. - Daniel Sisca of the Phoenix RoadRunners is the CCM TACKS ECHL Player of the Month for October.

The 5-foot-9 and 160-pound Sisca had four goals, two power-play goals, one game-winning goal, one shorthand goal, four assists and a plus-minus rating of +4 as the RoadRunners went 3-2-0.

After registering a shorthand goal in a 4-2 win on Oct. 19 against Utah, Sisca scored the game-winning goal on the power play and also had an assist in a 6-0 win against the Grizzlies. He had two goals, including one on the power play, and an assist in a 6-2 win on Oct. 21 while helping Phoenix to its best start ever at 3-0-0. He closed out the month on Oct. 26 with a pair of assists in a 6-5 loss to Bakersfield.

The native of Woodbridge, Ontario played in Italy last season with Milan where he had 24 points (9g-15a) and 26 penalty minutes in 32 regular season games and two points (1g-1a) and 14 penalty minutes in nine playoff games.

The 24 year old played for the Florida Everblades in 2005-06 and was selected to ECHL All-Star Game and the ECHL All-Rookie Team after finishing second among league rookies and tied for seventh overall with 79 points (29g-50a) in 71 regular season games. He also played in the Kelly Cup Playoffs for the Everblades and had four points (2g-2a) and 12 penalty minutes in seven games.

B2 Networks' Video of Daniel Sisca's Goals

Runners Up: P.J. Atherton, Reading (7 gp, 3g, 3a, 6 pts), Scott Burt, Utah (6 gp. 4g, 3a, 7pts) and Matt W. Reid (5 gp, 4g, 2a, 6 pts).

Also Nominated: Matt Shasby (Alaska), Aaron Slattengren (Augusta), Brett Lutes (Bakersfield), Blake Bellefeuille (Charlotte), Brad Ralph (Columbia), Mathieu Melanson (Florida), Luke Curtin (Fresno), Jeff Campbell (Gwinnett), Chris Ferraro (Las Vegas), Jean-Claude Sawyer (Pensacola) and Joe Rooney (Trenton).

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