Cincinnati's Johnson Named Inglasco/ECHL Player of the Week
December 17, 2019 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release
PRINCETON, N.J. - Ben Johnson of the Cincinnati Cyclones is the Inglasco ECHL Player of the Week for Dec. 9-15.
Johnson scored five goals, added four assists and was a +7 in four games last week.
The 25-year-old had a goal and an assist in a 3-2 win against Kalamazoo on ¬ËWednesday, picked up four points (2g-2a) in a 5-2 victory over the K-Wings on ¬ËFriday, picked up an assist in a 4-3 overtime loss to Toledo on ¬ËSaturday and had a pair of goals in a 4-1 win at Kalamazoo on ¬ËSunday.
A native of Calumet, Michigan, Johnson has posted 25 points (11g-14a) in 24 games with the Cyclones this season.
Johnson has recorded 67 points (26g-41a) in 93 career ECHL ¬Ëgames with Cincinnati, Adirondack and Orlando while adding 10 points (6g-4a) in 49 career American ¬ËHockey League games with Albany.
Prior to turning pro, Johnson tallied 128 points (66g-62a) in 191 career games with Windsor of the Ontario Hockey League.
On behalf of Ben Johnson a case of pucks will be donated to a Cincinnati 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: Michael Huntebrinker, Florida (3 gp, 1g, 6a, 7 pts.) and A.J. White, Idaho (3 gp, 3g, 3a, 6 pts.).
Also Nominated: David Vallorani (Brampton), Brett McKenzie (Fort Wayne), Johno May (Orlando), Dan DeSalvo (South ¬ËCarolina), Brett Boeing (Toledo), Jack Kopacka (Tulsa), Nick Saracino (Wheeling) and Ostap Safin (Wichita).
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