Atlanta's Asselin Named Inglasco/ECHL Player of the Week

November 5, 2019 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release

Samuel Asselin of the Atlanta Gladiators
(Atlanta Gladiators)

Asselin scored five goals and added three assists for eight points in the Gladiators' two wins last week.

The 21-year-old had two goals and two assists in a 4-1 win at Jacksonville on Wednesday and added a hat trick along with another assist in a 7-6 victory against Greenville on Sunday.

Under contract with Providence of the American ‚¬Ë†Hockey League, Asselin is second among ECHL ‚¬Ë†rookies - and tied for fifth overall in the league - with 13 points, while his six goals and seven assists are tied for third among first-year players.

Prior to turning pro, Asselin tallied 200 points (82g-118a) in 247 career games in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League with Acadie-Bathurst, Halifax and Shawinigan.

On behalf of Samuel Asselin, a case of pucks will be donated to an Atlanta 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 41,000 pucks to youth hockey organizations in ECHL cities.

Runners Up: Aaron Luchuk, Newfoundland (3 gp, 2g, 4a, 6 pts.) and J.J. Piccinich, ‚¬Ë†Tulsa (3 gp, 2g, 5a, 7 pts.).

Also Nominated: Spencer Asuchak (Allen), Shawn St-Amant (Fort Wayne), Marc-Olivier Roy (Idaho), Chase Lang (Jacksonville), Yannick Veilleux (Kalamazoo), Frank DiChiara (Reading), Max Novak (South Carolina), Shane Berschbach (Toledo) and Spencer Dorowicz (Wichita).

Samuel Asselin of the Atlanta Gladiators

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