News release
2 April 2012
Monday, April 02, 2012Elmira Jackals rookie forward Dustin Gazley won the 2011-2012 ECHL scoring championship, the league announced on Monday.
Gazley registered an ECHL-best 85 points this season while also leading all skaters with 60 assists. The 23-year-old scored 25 goals in 2011-2012 as well. He is just the fifth rookie in the league's 24-year history to post the most points in a season and is just the third in the past 22 seasons. The Jackals are the first team in ECHL history to have a player win the scoring title in three-straight seasons. Tyler Donati notched a league-high 114 points (38g-76a) in 2009-2010 while Justin Donati's 94 points (27g-57a) topped the ECHL in the 2010-2011 campaign. An Elmira skater has won the ECHL scoring crown in three of its five seasons in the league.
A native of Novi, Mich. Gazley was named to the ECHL All-Rookie Team and was selected to the All-ECHL First Team last week.
Below is a list of the top five scorers in the ECHL in 2011-2012
1. Dustin Gazley, F, Elmira, 85 points (25g-60a)
2. Adam Miller, F, Las Vegas, 84 points (32g-52a)
3. Justin Bowers, F, Greenville, 78 points (19g-59a)
4. Chad Costello, F, Colorado, 76 points (29g-47a)
5. Trent Daavettila, F, Kalamazoo, 74 points (18g-56a)
The Eastern Conference regular-season champion Jackals will play the Reading Royals in the best-of-five first round of the 2012 Kelly Cup Playoffs. com.