Alaska's Rookie Hemingway Named In Glas Co Player Of The Week
Published on March 11, 2008 under ECHL (ECHL) News Release
PRINCETON, N.J. - Alaska rookie right wing Brett
Hemingway is the In Glas Co ECHL Player of the Week for Mar.
3-9.
The 24 year old had four goals, five assists and nine points to help the
Aces go 4-1-0 and clinch a berth in the Kelly Cup Playoffs for the fifth
straight year.
After scoring two goals in a 3-2 win against Idaho on Mar. 4, the Surrey,
British Columbia native had back-to-back three-point games on Mar. 7 when
he scored the game-winning goal and had two assists in a 3-2 win against
Victoria and on Mar. 8 when he had a goal and two assists in a 4-3 win
against Victoria.
Since being acquired by the Aces from Reading on Feb. 13, the 6-foot-1 and
185-pound Hemingway has 18 points (9g-9a) in 14 games. Selected to the ECHL
All-Star Game, he has 42 points (19g-23a) in 56 games with Alaska,
Fresno and Reading.
Selected in the seventh round (225th overall) by the Colorado Avalanche in
the 2003 NHL Entry Draft, Hemingway played four years at the University of
New Hampshire where he had 134 points (61g-73a) and 91 penalty minutes in
150 games from 2003-07.
He signed with Albany of the American Hockey League after completing his
college career and had one goal and two penalty minutes in two games.
On behalf of Brett
Hemingway, a case of pucks will be donated to a Anchorage area youth
hockey organization by In Glas Co, the exclusive puck supplier for
the ECHL. Since beginning its sponsorship of the award in 2000-01, In
Glas Co has donated more than 19,000 pucks to youth hockey
organizations in ECHL cities.
Runners up: Matt
Syroczynski, Cincinnati (3 gp, 4g, 1a, 5 pts), Ryan
Garlock, Johnstown (3 gp, 2g, 5a, 7 pts) and Peter
Ferraro, Las Vegas (3 gp, 5g, 0a, 5 pts).
Also Nominated: Shane
Hynes (Augusta), Chris
Capraro (Charlotte), Greg
Labenski (Dayton), Josh
Prudden (Fresno), Benoit
Doucet (Elmira), Chad
Painchaud (Gwinnett), Taggart
Desmet (Idaho), Shawn
Collymore (Reading), Chris
Chaput (South Carolina), Jim
Henkel (Trenton), Ryan
Kinasewich (Utah) and Wes
Goldie (Victoria).
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