Allen's Salituro Named Inglasco/ECHL Player of the Week

February 26, 2019 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release

Allen Americans forward Dante Salituro
(Allen Americans)

Salituro scored three goals, added four assists and was a +6 last week as the Americans swept a three-game series from Utah.

The 22-year-old had a goal and and an assist in a 7-5 win on?Friday and in a 4-2 victory on Saturday before notching a goal and two assists in a 5-4 win on?Sunday.

A native of Willowdale, Ontario, Salituro has 47 points (14g-33a) in 52 games with the?Americans this season.

Under contract with the Minnesota Wild of the National Hockey League, Salituro has recorded 97 points (38g-59a) in 112 career ECHL games with Allen, Rapid City, Cincinnati and Norfolk. He has added four points (3g-1a) in 19 career American Hockey League games with Iowa and Cleveland.

Salituro posted 282 points (122g-160a) in 295 career games in the Ontario Hockey League with London and Ottawa.

On behalf of Dante Salituro, a case of pucks will be donated to an?Allen youth hockey organization by Inglasco, the exclusive puck supplier of the ECHL. Since beginning its sponsorship of the award in 2000-01, Inglasco has donated more than 39,000 pucks to youth hockey organizations in ECHL cities.

Runners Up: Cody Fowlie, Jacksonville (3 gp, 4g, 2a, 6 pts.) and Steven Iacobellis, Wichita (4 gp, 3g, 5a, 8 pts.).

Also Nominated: John Edwardh (Adirondack), Anthony Petruzzelli (Fort Wayne), Mitch Moroz (Idaho), Kelly Klima (Norfolk), Otto Somppi (Orlando), Grant Besse (South Carolina), Brenden Kotyk (Toledo), Adam Pleskach (Tulsa) and Bo Brauer (Worcester).

Allen Americans forward Dante Salituro

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