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Trashers forwards Omicioli and Collymore earn UHL monthly awards

April 4, 2006 - International Hockey League 2 (IHL 2)
Danbury Trashers News Release


DANBURY, CT- The United Hockey League (UHL) in conjunction with the Danbury Trashers, have announced that left wing Drew Omicioli has been named the UHL Sher-Wood Player of the Month, while rookie center Shawn Collymore garnered the Easton UHL Rookie of the Month award for March, 2006.

Omicioli completed the month with 22 points on 10 goals and a +13 rating in 11 games played. He tied a Danbury franchise record with six points on three goals on March 1st in the 7-0 win over Muskegon. He was the second player this season to earn a hat trick for Danbury, as Shawn Collymore was the first to do it earlier in the season against Elmira. Drew also had four points (2g, 2a) in the 6-4 win vs. Rockford on March 11th and four points (1g, 3a) in the 5-2 win vs. Roanoke Valley on March 18th. During the month, Omicioli had five multi-point games. The 26-year-old native of West Warwick, Rhode Island Ieads Danbury in scoring with 78 points on 41 goals with a +29 rating in 60 games played this season. He earned the UHL Sher-Wood Player of the Week awards for the final week of February and the first week of March.

Collymore finished the month with 19 points on nine goals with a +19 rating in 11 games played. He had seven multi-point games during the month and netted the game-winning goal in the 5-1 victory vs. Roanoke Valley on March 17th. He had an even or better plus/minus rating in all 11 games and currently ranks fifth in the UHL this season with a plus-40 rating. The 22-year-old native of LaSalle, Quebec has registered 41 points on 20 goals in 55 games for the Trashers. Collymore also earned UHL Player of Week honors for the third week of March.

Danbury returns home on Sunday April 9th against the Adirondack Frostbite starting at 7:00pm in their regular season home finale. Playoff tickets and 2006-07 season tickets are also available. Tickets are available at DanburyTrashers.com or by calling 866-565-PUCK. For more information on the promotion, visit DanburyTrashers.com. All games are available on 940 AM ESPN Radio and DanburyTrashers.com with the "Voice of the Trashers" Phil Giubileo on the play-by-play, and can be purchased for $6.00 for live streaming video courtesy of B2 Networks.

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