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Smith Named Rbk Edge/AHL Rookie Of The Month

March 7, 2008 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release


SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - The American Hockey League announced that former Utah and current Bridgeport center Trevor Smith has been named the Rbk Edge/AHL Rookie of the Month for February.

He becomes the second former ECHL player to win the award as John Curry, who played for both Las Vegas and Wheeling this season, was the recipient in December.

The ECHL has affiliations with 26 of the 29 teams in the AHL, marking the seventh consecutive season that it has had affiliations with 20 or more teams in the AHL. More than 225 players have played in both the ECHL and the AHL this season and almost 500 players with ECHL experience have played in the AHL this year. The AHL has 10 former ECHL coaches who are head coaches and 14 others who are assistant coaches.

Smith scored two game-winning goals and had 15 points (8g-7a) in 13 games, and he scored in each of the last nine games in the month (6g-6a). He has 22 points (11g-11a) and 14 penalty minutes in 36 games for Bridgeport.

The 23 year old, who is under contract to the New York Islanders, was selected to the ECHL All-Star Game, but did not play after being called up to Bridgeport on Dec. 27, 2007. He has 25 points (11g-14a) and 28 penalty minutes in 22 games for Utah.

Other former ECHL players nominated for the Rbk Edge/AHL Rookie of the Month were Jean-Michel Daoust, Benoit Mondou and Derek Nesbitt.

Former ECHL players won the CCM/AHL Player of the Month award in November (Martin St. Pierre), December (Pascal Pelletier) and January (Grant Stevenson). Former ECHL All-Star Jeff Glass was the Rbk X-Pulse/AHL Goaltender of the Month for November.

Former ECHL players have won the Rbk Hockey/AHL Player of the Week award eight times this year with Sean Curry (Dec. 16), Jaroslav Halak (Jan. 6), Grant Stevenson (Jan. 20), Danny Taylor and Miika Wiikman (Jan. 27), Andrew Gordon (Feb. 11), Drew MacIntyre (Feb. 25) and Karl Goehring (Mar. 3).

For the 18th year in a row there is a former ECHL player on the American Hockey League champion as Hamilton had a record 12 players with ECHL experience on its roster.

In both 2005-06 and 2006-07, more than 225 players played in both the ECHL and the AHL and there were over 800 call ups, involving over 500 players, from the ECHL to the AHL. From 2002-03 to 2006-07, the ECHL had over 2,000 call ups, involving more than 1,000 players, which is more than the total call ups for all other professional leagues combined during that time period.

The AHL Player of the Week award was won 14 times by a former ECHL player in 2006-07 while a former ECHL goaltender was named the AHL Goaltender of the Month the last five months of the season. Six former ECHL players were on the All-AHL Teams in 2006-07 including former Charlotte goaltender Jason LaBarbera, who was named Goaltender of the Year, and former Mississippi defenseman Sheldon Brookbank, who was selected as Defenseman of the Year, while former ECHL goaltender Jaroslav Halak was named to the AHL All-Rookie team.

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