The National Hockey League (NHL) announced today that Anaheim Ducks right wing Bobby Ryan was named the league?s Rookie of the Month for January. It marks the first time in franchise history that a Ducks player has received the honor. Ryan, 21 (3/17/87), co-led the league in goal scoring for the month of January with 11 (tied with Mike Cammalleri of CGY). His 11 goals were the most by a rookie in one month since Washington?s Alex Ovechkin had 11 in March, 2006. The Cherry Hill, New Jersey native also set a Ducks rookie record for goals in one month (previously seven, Kariya (March 1995) and Penner (March 2007)) and tied the rookie record for points in one month (Getzlaf, March 2006, 4-12=16). Ryan?s 16 points (11-5=16) were seven more than any other rookie had in January (four players had nine points), while his 11 goals were five more than any other rookie (Kyle Okposo of NYI, six goals). On January 9 at Los Angeles, Ryan recorded a hat trick in a span of two minutes, 21 seconds, the fastest hat trick by a U.S.-born player in NHL history and the fastest by an NHL rookie since 1938 (Detroit?s Liscombe, 1:52). The 6-2, 208-pound winger also had a franchise rookie-record five-game goal streak from Jan. 17-28. Ryan had a seven-game point streak (5-3=8) from Jan.16-31, the longest by a rookie since Sam Gagner (EDM) had a nine-game streak from Feb. 4-24, 2008. He had points in 12 of the 14 games in January (11-5=16) and has points in 17 of the last 21 contests (13-11=24) overall. On the road, Ryan currently owns a 12-game point streak (9-9=18), including goals in four of the last five (4-2=6) and in six of the last eight road games (8-4=12). For the season, Ryan has 17-17=34 points with a +11 rating in 35 games. He currently leads all NHL rookies in goals (17), power play goals (8), power play points (15), shooting percentage (19.1%) and points-per-game (.97), while ranking second in points and assists. Selected by Anaheim in the first round (second overall) of the 2005 NHL Entry Draft, Ryan has appeared in 58 career NHL games over the past two seasons, collecting 22-22=44 points with 20 penalty minutes (PIM). He also appeared in two Stanley Cup Playoff contests with Anaheim in 2008, going scoreless with two PIM.