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Lukacevic Named Sher-Wood Hockey ECHL Player Of The Week;

January 12, 2010 - ECHL (ECHL) - Las Vegas Wranglers News Release


Las Vegas, NV- The Las Vegas Wranglers© announced today that left wing Ned Lukacevic has been named Sher-wood Hockey ECHL Player of the Week for Jan. 4-10.

Lukacevic, 23, led the Wranglers with five goals and three assists in a three-game stretch where the Wranglers went 2-0-1. Lukacevic's eight points tied for the league lead during the week, and helped Las Vegas improve to 16-14-4, while gaining second place in the Pacific Division.

Lukacevic is currently tied for the team lead in points with 30, and leads Las Vegas with 14 goals this season. Lukacevic has a five-game goals streak (7g), and a five-game point streak (7g, 4a). Lukacevic's five-game goal streak ties a Wranglers franchise record, set by Dustin Johner in 2003-04.

Lukacevic is in his fifth professional season, and first with Las Vegas. Lukacevic was selected by the Los Angeles Kings 110th overall in the fourth round of the 2004 NHL Entry Draft. The 6'0 winger has played in 225 games since turning professional in 2005-06 with Manchester of the AHL, and has posted 46 goals and 106 points in his career.

On behalf of Ned Lukacevic, a case of pucks will be donated to a Las Vegas youth hockey organization by Sher-wood Hockey, the exclusive puck supplier of the ECHL. Since beginning its sponsorship of the award in 2000-01, Sher-wood Hockey has donated more than 23,100 pucks to youth hockey organizations in ECHL cities.

The Las Vegas Wranglers© are the ECHL affiliate to the National Hockey League's Phoenix Coyotes and the American Hockey League's San Antonio Rampage. Follow the Wranglers on Twitter at www.twitter.com/WranglersLV.

Pro rated 2009-10 season seat packages are on sale now at (702) 471-PUCK. The Wranglers play all 36 regular season home games at the Orleans Arena, located at the Orleans Hotel and Casino at 4500 W. Tropicana Avenue. Individual game tickets are on sale now at (702) 284-7777.

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