McConvey named ECHL Player of the Week

1boisebro · Post by **1boisebro** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 4:35 pm

if it weren't for D'Arcy, the Steelies would probably be a .500 team...

STEELHEADS MCCONVEY NAMED IN GLAS CO ECHL PLAYER OF THE WEEK

PRINCETON, N.J. - D’Arcy McConvey of the Idaho Steelheads is the In Glas Co ECHL Player of the Week for March 13-19.

The 24-year-old had three multiple-point games and registered a point in all four games he played as the Steelheads went 4-0-0 to improve to 37-20-7 and 81 points, remaining in third place in the West Division.

After scoring four points (2g-2a) in Idaho’s 6-4 win against Stockton on March 14, the 5-foot-10 and 190-pound center had a goal and two assists in a 4-2 win over the Thunder on March 15. He had an assist in a 2-0 win at Utah on March 17 and closed out the week with a goal and an assist in a 4-1 win against Stockton on March 18.

Under contract to Iowa of the American Hockey League, McConvey leads Idaho with 42 assists and is second on the team with 30 goals, 14 power-play goals and 72 points. He is seventh in the league in points and has scored in 38 of his 51 games played, including 22 multiple-point games. He has also appeared in eight games with Iowa.

McConvey was selected as a starter for the 2006 All-Star Game and he had two assists to help the National Conference to a 7-6 win over the American Conference.

In his first professional season with Columbia in 2004-05, he ranked eighth among ECHL rookies with a team-leading 54 points in 60 regular season games and had two assists in five Kelly Cup Playoff games while also playing four games with Reading.

The Richmond Hill, Ontario native played four years at Bowling Green State University from 2000-04. He scored 102 points (31g-71a) in 153 career games and led the team in scoring each of his final two seasons.

On behalf of D’Arcy McConvey, a case of pucks will be donated to a Boise, Idaho area youth hockey organization by In Glas Co, the exclusive puck supplier for the ECHL. In Glas Co has donated over 14,000 pucks to youth hockey organizations in ECHL cities since it began sponsoring the award in 2000-01.

Freddie · Post by **Freddie** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 8:25 am

I saw in today's paper that Darcy has been recalled to Iowa (AHL)

McConvey · Post by **McConvey** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 12:01 am

Freddie wrote:I saw in today's paper that Darcy has been recalled to Iowa (AHL)

Yeah, it figures Iowa would recall him AFTER the Stars played in Manchester!! Stupid Stars.

But good for D'Arcy! I'm glad he's doing so well.

1boisebro · Post by **1boisebro** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 4:50 pm

i'm glad he got called up after Idaho clinched the playoffs, though. the stars are still trying to get in.

even more good news, D'Arcy was just named the CCM ECHL Player of the Month:

PRINCETON, N.J. – D’Arcy McConvey of the Idaho Steelheads is the CCM TACKS ECHL Player of the Month for March.

The 24-year-old led ECHL players in March with 14 goals and 27 points in 15 games helping Idaho go 12-3-0 and improve to 41-21-7 to move into third place in the West Division and clinch a berth in the Kelly Cup Playoffs for the third consecutive year.

Under contract and currently on recall to the Iowa Stars of the American Hockey League, McConvey scored in 11 of 15 games and had eight multiple-point games, including three games where he had four points.

After scoring five points in his first six games of the month, he scored in eight of his next nine games, including a six-game scoring streak from Mar. 14-24 during which he had his four points (2g-2a) in a 6-4 win over Stockton on Mar. 14 and his first professional hat trick and four points in a 6-2 win against Fresno on Mar. 24. He closed out the month helping win a pair of games at Long Beach scoring four points (2g-2a) on Mar. 29 and had his second hat trick on Mar. 31.

The 5-foot-10 and 190-pound McConvey leads the league with 39 goals and eight game-winning goals while ranking second with 16 power-play goals. He leads the Steelheads on the power play with 16 goals and 37 points and is tied for second in the ECHL with 86 points in 58 games.

He was voted by National Conference coaches to be a starter in the All-Star Game and he had two assists in a 7-6 win, and on Wednesday he was named Second Team All-ECHL. He has also played eight games in the AHL with Iowa recording eight penalty minutes.

In his first professional season with Columbia in 2004-05, he finished eighth among ECHL rookies with a team-leading 54 points in 60 regular season games and had two assists in five Kelly Cup Playoff games while also playing four games with Reading.

The Richmond Hill, Ontario native played four years at Bowling Green State University from 2000-04. He scored 102 points (31g-71a) in 153 career games and led the team in scoring each of his final two seasons.

Runners Up: Brian Passmore, Augusta (15gp, 10g, 9a, 19 pts), Dave Bonk, Bakersfield (18gp, 10g, 9a, 19 pts) and Steve Saviano, Florida (13gp, 10g, 12a, 22 pts).

Also Nominated: Kimbi Daniels (Alaska), Mike Bayrack (Charlotte), Jeff Miles (Columbia), Colin Pepperall (Greenville), Dan Tudin (Las Vegas), Cory Urquhart (Long Beach), Jake Riddle (Phoenix), Larry Courville (Reading), Alex Kim (San Diego), Anders Strome (South Carolina), Joel Irwin (Stockton), Bracken Kearns (Toledo), Jim Henkel (Trenton), Ryan Kinasewich (Utah) and Jade Galbraith (Victoria).

- www.idahosteelheads.com <http://www.idahosteelheads.com> -

hopefully, iowa's season will end soon, and we'll get D'Arcy back for our playoff run. the team's finished pretty strong this year and we could use our leading scorer against Las Vegas and Alaska.