Las Vegas' Miller Named Sher-Wood Hockey ECHL Player of the Week
April 3, 2012 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release
PRINCETON, N.J. - Adam Miller of the Las Vegas Wranglers is the Sher-Wood Hockey ECHL Player of the Week for March 26-31. It is the third time in his career that Miller has won the weekly honor.
The 27-year-old left wing scored three goals and added four assists for seven points last week as the Wranglers went 2-0-1 in the final week of the season.
Miller opened the week with three points (1g-2a) in a 4-2 win against Alaska on Tuesday and followed that up with a power-play goal in a 6-4 win against Colorado on Friday. He ended the week with another three-point effort (1g-2a) in a 4-3 shootout loss against the Eagles on Saturday.
A native of Livonia, Mich., Miller led the Wranglers, and finished second in the ECHL, with 84 points (32g-52a). Miller, who was named to the All-ECHL Second Team for the second time in his career, was fourth in the league with 32 goals.
Miller has 222 points (81g-141a) in 206 career regular-season games with Las Vegas and has added 32 points (9g-23a) in 43 career Kelly Cup Playoff games. He has also appeared in 10 career games with Milwaukee of the American Hockey League, tallying one goal.
On behalf of Adam Miller, 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 25,000 pucks to youth hockey organizations in ECHL cities.
Runner Up: Darren Archibald, Kalamazoo (3 gp, 3g, 2a, 5 pts.).
Also Nominated: Artem Demkov (Elmira), Joey Haddad (Gwinnett), Matt Case (Idaho) and Maxime Lacroix (South Carolina).
PREVIOUS WINNERS
WEEK PLAYER TEAM
Oct. 14-16 Evan Barlow Elmira Jackals
Oct. 17-23 Justin Shugg Florida Everblades
Oct. 24-30 Eric Lampe Las Vegas Wranglers
Oct. 31-Nov. 6 Brandon Svendsen Kalamazoo Wings
Nov. 7-13 Olivier Labelle Reading Royals
Nov. 14-20 Chris Barton Wheeling Nailers
Nov. 21-27 Chad Klassen Idaho Steelheads
Nov. 28-Dec. 4 Mitch Fadden Utah Grizzlies
Dec. 5-11 Chad Costello Colorado Eagles
Dec. 12-18 Riley Nelson Colorado Eagles
Dec. 19-25 Michael Forney Colorado Eagles
Dec. 26-Jan. 1 Tyler Helfrich Bakersfield Condors
Jan. 2-8 Dustin Gazley Elmira Jackals
Jan. 9-15 Joey Martin Toledo Walleye
Jan. 16-22 Jordan Pietrus Elmira Jackals
Jan. 23-29 Justin Bowers Greenville Road Warriors
Jan. 30-Feb. 5 Chris Doyle Stockton Thunder
Feb. 6-12 Evan Trupp Bakersfield Condors
Feb. 13-19 Andy Bohmbach Trenton Titans
Feb. 20-26 Kevin Ulanski Colorado Eagles
Feb. 27-March 4 Rylan Galiardi Florida Everblades
March 5-11 Paul McIlveen Utah Grizzlies
March 12-18 Peter Boyd Bakersfield Condors
March 19-25 Yannick Riendeau Reading Royals
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