San Diego's Pederson Wins ECHL Sportsmanship Award
April 2, 2004 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release
PRINCETON, N.J. â The ECHL on Friday announced that San Diego left wing
Mark Pederson of the San Diego Gulls is the recipient of the 2003-04 ECHL
Sportsmanship Award as determined in a vote of ECHL coaches. The ECHL
Sportsmanship Award is presented annually to the player who is judged to
have exhibited the best type of sportsmanship combined with a high standard
of playing ability.
Bobby Brown of Louisiana finished second while Peoria's Greg Day and Randy
Rowe were third and fourth in the voting.
Named to the All-ECHL Second Team on Thursday, Pederson has 36 penalty
minutes in 69 games and leads the ECHL with 44 goals and 18 power-play
goals. Selected in the first round (15th overall) by Montreal in the 1986
National Hockey League Entry Draft, Pederson ranks sixth in the league in
scoring with 81 points (44g-37a). He is tied for fourth in the league with
eight game-winning goals and is tied for fifth with 32 power-play points
(18g-14a). The 6-2 and 210-pound Pederson leads the team with 81 points
(44g-37a), power-play points with 32 (18g-14a), game-winning goals with
eight and is tied for the team lead in plus-minus rating with +16.
ECHL Sportsmanship Award Winners
2003-04 Mark Pederson, San Diego Gulls
2002-03 Rejean Stringer, Columbia Inferno
2001-02 Ben Stafford, Trenton Titans
2000-01 Jamie Ling, Dayton Bombers
1999-00 Jamie Ling, Dayton Bombers
1998-99 Jamie Ling, Dayton Bombers
1997-98 Cal Ingraham, Tallahassee Tiger Sharks
1996-97 Mike Ross, South Carolina Stingrays
The ECHL will announce the CCM® ECHL Rookie of the Year recipient
for 2003-04 on Saturday, April 3.
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