Atlantic City's Mather Named In Glas Co ECHL Player of the Week
March 29, 2005 - ECHL (ECHL)
Peoria Rivermen News Release
PRINCETON, N.J. - Atlantic City center Shawn Mather is the In Glas
Co ECHL Player of the Week for March 21-27.
The 25-year-old Mather scored five goals and eight points while helping
the Bullies go 2-1-0 to move into first place in the North Division where
the top five teams are separated by five points.
Acquired in a March 15 trade with Johnstown, Mather had two assists in a
4-3 loss at Trenton on March 25. The 5-10 and 190-pound center then scored
his first hat trick of the season in a 5-3 win against Johnstown on March
26 and had two goals and an assist in a 5-4 win against his former team on
March 27.
Since joining the Bullies, Mather has had three multiple-goal games and
two multiple-assist games, scoring 12 points (5g-7a) while helping Atlantic
City go 4-2-0. The native of Chatham, Ontario has established career highs
with 26 goals and 55 points in 62 games.
Mather began his professional career in the ECHL scoring 44 points
(19g-25a) in 71 games with New Orleans in 2001-02. He returned to Johnstown
in 2002-03, scoring eight points (3g-5a) in 16 games while also scoring
five points (2g-3a) in 40 games with Saint John of the American Hockey
League. In 2003-04, he scored 54 points (23g-31a) in 68 games with
Johnstown and had one assist in three games with Binghamton of the AHL and
one assist in one game with Cleveland of the AHL.
On behalf of Shawn Mather, a case of pucks will be donated to an Atlantic
City area youth hockey organization by In Glas Co, the exclusive
puck supplier for the ECHL. In Glas Co has donated over 12,000 pucks
to youth hockey organizations in ECHL cities since it began sponsoring the
award in 2000-01.
Runners Up: Ryan Vince, Pensacola (4 gp, 4g-4a, 8pts) and Ryan
Fultz, Texas (3gp, 4g-1a, 5pts) .
Also Nominated: Mike Scott (Alaska), Juris Stals (Charlotte),
Steve Saviano (Florida), Maris Ziedins (Greenville), Kevin Doell
(Gwinnett), Dan Tudin (Las Vegas), Chris Thompson (Louisiana), Travis
Lisabeth (Mississippi),Brian McCullough (Peoria) David Masse (Reading),
Brian Gornick (San Diego), Trevor Johnson (South Carolina), Nick Parillo
(Toldeo), Leon Hayward (Trenton), and Brendon Hodge (Wheeling).
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