Damian Surma

Damian M. Surma (born January 22, 1981) is an American retired professional ice hockey left winger.

Biography Surma was born in Lincoln Park, Michigan. As a youth, he played in the 1995 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the Detroit Little Caesars minor ice hockey team.

He played junior ice hockey for the Plymouth Whalers of the Ontario Hockey League. His best season came in the 1999-00 season when he recorded 78 points in 66 games with the Plymouth Whalers. He scored 34 goals and recorded 44 assists that season while spending 114 minutes in the penalty box.

He was drafted 174th overall by the Carolina Hurricanes in the 1999 NHL entry draft and played two games for the Hurricanes. He scored a goal in his first game and registered an assist in the second.

From 2006 to 2007, he played in Serie A league for HC Valpellice Bulldogs and Associazione Sportiva Asiago Hockey. After spells in the ECHL and the UHL, moved to Italy in 2006, signing for Asiago, he scored 9 goals and 16 assists for 25 points, ranking him third amongst the team. While playing for the HC Valpellice Bulldogs, Surma was suspended for 10 months from the Italian ice hockey federation for firing a puck at a referee after the referee had handed out a penalty against him. This was the longest suspension ever handed out in Italy.

He most recently played with the Arizona Sundogs of the Central Hockey League (CHL).

Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1997–98 Compuware Ambassadors NAHL 54 12 18 30 54 7 1 4 5 10 1998–99 Plymouth Whalers OHL 65 17 15 32 62 11 3 6 9 15 1999–00 Plymouth Whalers OHL 66 34 44 78 114 20 9 8 17 10 2000–01 Plymouth Whalers OHL 55 26 34 60 62 19 8 9 17 25 2001–02 Plymouth Whalers OHL 55 28 27 55 68 6 3 0 3 10 2001–02 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 2002–03 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 1 1 0 1 0 — — — — — 2002–03 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 68 11 11 22 46 — — — — — 2003–04 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 1 0 1 1 0 — — — — — 2003–04 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 48 3 5 8 21 — — — — — 2003–04 Florida Everblades ECHL 18 6 9 15 20 16 5 4 9 20 2004–05 Florida Everblades ECHL 72 32 28 60 74 19 7 6 13 14 2005–06 Missouri River Otters UHL 33 11 19 30 20 — — — — — 2005–06 Kalamazoo Wings UHL 38 15 18 33 35 13 4 6 10 18 2006–07 HC Asiago Italy 32 9 16 25 38 — — — — — 2007–08 HC Asiago Italy 34 17 13 30 52 — — — — — 2008–09 Valpellice Bulldogs Italy2 17 10 5 15 47 — — — — — 2008–09 Stockton Thunder ECHL 41 11 11 22 30 14 3 5 8 8 2009–10 Wichita Thunder CHL 8 0 2 2 12 — — — — — 2009–10 Muskegon Lumberjacks IHL 56 19 27 46 40 7 3 2 5 2 2010–11 Evansville Icemen CHL 43 22 15 37 43 — — — — — 2010–11 Dayton Gems CHL 24 6 15 21 15 3 2 1 3 2 2011–12 Dayton Gems CHL 65 31 34 65 36 — — — — — 2012–13 Rapid City Rush CHL 61 15 29 44 20 5 1 1 2 2 2013–14 Arizona Sundogs CHL 10 2 1 3 9 — — — — — NHL totals 2 1 1 2 0 — — — — — AHL totals 117 14 16 30 67 4 0 0 0 0 CHL totals 211 76 96 172 135 8 3 2 5 4