Alaska's Goldie Named Sher-Wood Hockey ECHL Player of the Week
March 15, 2011 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release
PRINCETON, N.J. - Alaska Aces right wing Wes Goldie is the Sher-Wood Hockey ECHL Player of the Week for March 7-13. It is the second time this season, and the third time in his ECHL ¬Ëcareer, that Goldie has won the weekly honor.
The 31 year old scored five goals, added four assists and was a +4 as Alaska swept a three-game series from ¬ËMountain Division rival Victoria to stretch its lead over Idaho to nine points for first place in the division.
Goldie scored two goals, added an assist and was +3 in a 5-3 win on ¬ËWednesday and added four points (2g-2a) in a 6-1 victory on ¬ËFriday. He ended the week with a goal and an assist in a 3-1 win on Saturday.
A native of London, Ontario, Goldie is tied for the league lead with 37 goals and 15 power-play goals, is fifth with 26 power-play points and is seventh with 67 points.
Goldie has 528 points (326g-202a) in 616 career ECHL games with ¬ËPee Dee, Victoria and Alaska. His goal on ¬ËSaturday moved him into second place on the ECHL ¬Ëall-time goals-scored list behind only Rod Taylor. He ranks fifth in ECHL history in games played and is 18th in points.
On behalf of Wes Goldie a case of pucks will be donated to an Alaska 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 23,000 pucks to youth hockey organizations in ECHL cities.
Runners Up: Justin ¬ËBowers, ¬ËGreenville (2gp, 1g, 5a, 6 pts), Andrew Fournier, Kalamazoo (4gp, 2g, 3a, 5 pts.) and Denny Urban, ¬ËReading (3gp, 1g, 4a, 5 pts).
Also Nominated: Guillaume Lefebvre (Bakersfield), Brad Snetsinger (Florida), Jordan ¬ËMorrison (Ontario), Randy Rowe ¬Ë(Toledo), Matt Lombardi (Trenton) and Paul McIlveen (Utah).
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