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Texas' Snowden Named C&T Hockey Products ECHL Plus Performer of the Month

Published on December 3, 2003 under ECHL (ECHL) News Release


PRINCETON, N.J. - Texas rookie center John Snowden is C&T Hockey Products ECHL Plus Performer of the Month for November.

In his first professional season, Snowden was +12 in November and has been plus or even in 15 consecutive games dating back to October 23 at Greensboro. Snowden scored 12 points in November, including a team-high eight goals, in 12 games. He was +3 in one game, +2 in three games and +1 in three games while finishing even in the other five games as Texas went 4-7-1.

The 21-year-old Snowden, who had one point and was -3 at the beginning of November, leads the Wildcatters in plus-minus with +9 and was tied for the team lead with one game-winning goal. The 6-0 and 200-pound Snowden ranks second on the team with eight goals and fourth in scoring with 13 points (8g-5a) while playing in all of Texas' 19 games.

Born in Snohomish, Washington, Snowden played in the United States Hockey League for three seasons with the Lincoln Stars, and also played one season with the U.S. Junior National Team, scoring four points (2g-2a) in 20 games in 1999-2000.

In 2002-03 with Lincoln, Snowden tied for 12th in the USHL with nine power-play goals, ranked 17th with 23 goals and was 18th in scoring with 49 points. He helped Lincoln capture the 2003 USHL Championship ranking second in assists with eight and fourth in scoring with 11 points in 10 games. He also played in the 2003 USHL Prospects All-Star Game scoring the only goal for Team World.

In three seasons with Lincoln, Snowden scored 143 points (79g-64a) in 167 regular season games and nine points (5g-4a) in 15 playoff games. As a member of the USA Hockey National Development Team Program, Snowden was a member of the 2002 USA Hockey Junior Select Team that went 3-2-0 at the Viking Cup in Camrose, Alberta, Canada.

Runners Up: Charles Linglet, Alaska (+11), Reggie Berg, Florida (+11) and Cory Morgan, Texas (+11).

Top Plus Performer(s) for Each Club: Atlantic City - Ian Walterson (+4); Augusta - Scott Corbett, Jonathon Gagnon, Nick Greenough, Scott Kelman and Wes Swinson (+4); Bakersfield - Jonas Lennartsson (+5); Charlotte - Doug Christiansen and Lucas Lawson (+3); Cincinnati - Mike Hanson (+2); Columbia - Corey Hessler (+10); Columbus - Mitch Fritz (+1); Dayton - Chad Theuer (+4); Florence - Jeff Szwez (+2); Fresno - Mike Sandbeck (+3); Greensboro - Mike Bayrack and Matt Turek (+8); Greenville - Doug Schueller (+8); Gwinnett - Troy Milam and Mike Vigilante (+7); Idaho - Darrell Hay (+10); Johnstown - Shawn Mather (+6); Las Vegas - Justin Kelly and Doug Wright (+4); Long Beach - Nick Ganga (+3); Louisiana - Alex Materukhin (+6); Mississippi - Steffon Walby (+8); Pensacola - Jean-Francois Soucy (+2); Peoria - Trevor Read (+10); Reading - Kent Davyduke (+5); Roanoke - Dan Carlson (+4); San Diego - Samy Nasreddine (+4); South Carolina - Dave Seitz (+4); Toledo - Paul Ballantyne (+5); Trenton - Mathieu Brunelle (+4); and Wheeling - Jean Francois Dufour (+10).

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