OTHL -- The Florida Panthers had a good month with 13 wins and just 1 loss. And Florida can thank two players for there solid play in the past month. Peter Forsberg lead the league in scoring with 27 points in the 14 played games. 8 of the points was goals while 19 of them where assist points. Forsberg also had a +19 rating. Thanks to this solid month, Florida are now leading there division, and are just behind Ottawa in the conference. A month ago, the Panthers where outside the top 8 and where looking like a train wrech. Now they are looking like a true cup contender. Today Peter Forsberg was awarded with the Player Of The Month award thanks to his solid play. Forsberg took the award just infront of Nashville's Vinny Prospal who had 21 points and a +9 rating in 14 games. Second runner up was Prospals teammate, Martin Erat who had 5 goals and 14 assists for 19 points and just as his teammate a +9 rating.
The other top name this past month was the Panthers goaltender Roberto Luongo, who posted an incredible 12-1-0 record in 13 starts. Luongo had a 9-9-1 record going into the month. But now Luongo can boost a 21-10-1 record, putting him just behind Biron (OTT), Thibault (VAN), Theodore (MTL) and Roloson (PHX) for the season. In the 13 starts, Luongo allowed only 20 goals, giving him a 1.53 goals against average. He also had 2 shutouts against Tampa Bay and Toronto. Luongo edged out San Jose's Evgeni Nabokov and Dallas David Aebischer for the monthly honours.