Connor MacEachern of the Idaho Steelheads adds a monthly award to his outstanding rookie season. On Wednesday, the ECHL [https://echl.com/]announced that Idaho Steelheads [https://idahosteelheads.com/]forward Connor MacEachern has been named the Howies Hockey Tape ECHL Rookie of the Month for February. Photo Courtesy of the Idaho Steelheads [https://deweb-519a7.b-cdn.net/post-images/efe423a2-6e19-4b5f-9148-9068a1746240.png] Photo Courtesy of the Idaho Steelheads MacEachern accumulated 13 points including nine goals in 10 games during the month. He recorded at least a point in eight of his 10 games and had at least one goal in seven contests in February. The 25-year-old left-shot center also had four multi-point games, highlighted by a three-point performance (2-1-3) on February 3 in Utah against the Grizzlies. The native of Brooklin, Ontario is currently tied for third among ECHL rookies with 23 goals and tied for seventh among first-year players with 38 points in 38 games for the Steelheads. In 53 career ECHL games between Idaho and the Wichita Thunder, MacEachern has tallied 45 points (25-20-45) while adding one assist in nine career American Hockey League [https://thehockeynews.com/ahl/]games with San Jose. Prior to turning pro, the 5-foot-10, 185-pound MacEachern registered 77 points (31-46-77) in 130 career NCAA [https://thehockeynews.com/ncaa/]games at Penn State University and 56 points (26-30-56) in 62 games with the Youngstown Phantoms of the United States Hockey League [https://thehockeynews.com/ushl/]. The Steelheads collected three out of a possible six points last weekend in Rapid City against the Rush. They are three points back of the fourth and final playoff spot, five points back of third place, and seven points from second place with 18 regular-season games remaining. Idaho is back in action starting Wednesday in Kansas City against the Mavericks [https://kcmavericks.com/], with puck drop set for 7:05 Pm CT.
