Cincinnati's Gaucher Named InGlasCo ECHL Player of the Week
February 3, 2003 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release
PRINCETON, N.J. - Cincinnati defenseman Ryan Gaucher is the InGlasCo East Coast Hockey League Player of the Week for January 27-February 2.
Gaucher scored eight points (3g-5a) and was +1 while extending his scoring streak to eight games.
The 24-year-old Gaucher had an assist and was +2 in Cincinnati's 3-1 win over Lexington on Wednesday and scored a goal in Friday's 3-2 shootout loss at Lexington. Gaucher had his second multiple-goal game and a season-high five points (2g-3a) in a 5-4 win against Augusta on Saturday, and had an assist in Sunday's 3-1 loss at Peoria.
The eight-game scoring streak is the longest of the season for Gaucher, who has 15 points (6g-9a) during the streak.
The 5-11 and 200-pound Gaucher, who is assigned to Cincinnati by Cleveland of the American Hockey League, leads ECHL defensemen with 16 goals, 11 power-play goals, 41 assists and 57 points in 45 games.
Starting for the Northern Conference on defense in the Compuware/ECHL All-Star Game, Gaucher had an assist and was +3 as the Northern Conference won 8-2. It was the second ECHL All-Star appearance for Gaucher, who had a goal in the Southern Conference's 8-6 loss at Greenville in 2000.
On behalf of Ryan Gaucher, a case of pucks will be donated to a Cincinnati area youth hockey organization by InGlasCo.
Runners-Up: J.F. Caudron, Atlantic City (3 gp, 6g, 3a, 9 pts, +5) and Jamie Ling, Dayton (3 gp, 5g, 1a, 6 pts, +3)
Others Nominated: Buddy Smith (Arkansas), Andrew Williamson (Augusta), Bryan Richardson (Baton Rouge), Kevin Caulfield (Charlotte), Tim Smith (Columbia), Andrew Long (Columbus), Kevin Brown (Florida), Rod Aldoff (Greensboro), Josh Olson (Jackson), Sam St. Pierre (Johnstown), Bobby Brown (Louisiana), Mike Scott (Mississippi), Jamie Herrington (Pensacola), Geoff Peters (Reading), Ryan Brindley (South Carolina), Scott Bertoli (Trenton) and Zenon Konopka (Wheeling).
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