Bullies' Nowak Named In Glas Co ECHL Player of the Week

Published on November 16, 2004 under ECHL (ECHL) News Release

PRINCETON, N.J. - Atlantic City's Brett Nowak is the In Glas Co ECHL Player of the Week for November 8-14.

In his second professional season, the 23-year-old center scored two game-winning goals and nine points as Atlantic City went 4-0-0 to move into first place in the North Division with 15 points and a 7-4-1 record. Nowak scored the game-winning goal on the power play and had a career-high three assists and a career-best four points in the Bullies 5-2 win at South Carolina on November 9. He had two assists in a 4-3 win at Charlotte on Wednesday and two more helpers in a 5-3 win against Trenton on Saturday. The 6-3 and 195-pound Nowak closed out the week by scoring the game-winning goal on the power play in a 2-0 win against Dayton.

Born in New Haven, Conn., Nowak is second on the team and tied for fifth in the league with eight assists while ranking second on the team and tied for seventh in the league with 12 points. His two game-winning goals are second on the team and tied for fourth in the league.

Selected in the fourth round (103rd overall) in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft, Nowak played for Providence in the American Hockey League in 2003-04, scoring 13 points (3g-10a) in 55 regular season games and had one goal in one playoff game. Nowak played four seasons at Harvard University from 1999-2003, scoring 105 points (39g-66a) in 116 career games.

On behalf of Brett Nowak, 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 10,000 pucks to youth hockey organizations in ECHL cities since it began sponsoring the award in 2000-01.

Runners Up: Shawn Heaphy, Fresno (2 gp, 1g, 5a, 6 pts) and Richard Pitirri, Greenville (2 gp, 2g, 4a, 6 pts).

Also Nominated: Joe Talbot (Alaska), Chris Hajt (Augusta), Luis Tremblay (Bakersfield), Mike Harder (Charlotte), Matt Hendricks (Florida), Brad Schell (Gwinnett), Steve Hildenbrand (Johnstown), Rejean Stringer (Las Vegas), Anthony Battaglia (Mississippi), Jordan Krestanovich (Pensacola), Trevor Johnson (Peoria), Ryan Kinasewich (Reading), Matt Reid (South Carolina), Lou Dickenson (Texas), Phil Lewandowski (Trenton) and Mark Kosick (Wheeling).

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