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Condors' Brunelle Named In Glas Co ECHL Player of the Week

March 8, 2005 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release


PRINCETON, N.J. - Bakersfield left wing Mathieu Brunelle is the In Glas Co ECHL Player of the Week for February 28-March 6.

The 21-year-old Brunelle scored six goals, including two game winners, and had seven points to help the Condors go 3-0-1 to remain in the battle for first place in the West Division. In his first game for Bakersfield after being acquired in a trade with Dayton, Brunelle scored two points (1g-1a) in a 5-4 overtime loss at Fresno on March 1. After scoring the game winner on a power-play goal in a 4-1 win against San Diego on March 2, the 5-11 and 190-pound right wing recorded his second hat trick of the season in a 7-3 win at Victoria on March 4. He closed out the week by scoring his second game-winning goal in a 4-1 win at Victoria on March 5.

Selected in the seventh round (201st overall) and under contract to Philadelphia of the National Hockey League, Brunelle has a four-game scoring streak, picking up seven points (6g-1a) and a plus-minus-rating of +5 since joining Bakersfield. He began the season with Trenton and scored 21 points (12g-9a) in 37 games before being traded to Dayton where he had 10 points (2g-8a) in 13 games.

In 2003-04, Brunelle scored 56 points (26g-30a) in 64 games with Trenton and also played in seven games with Philadelphia of the American Hockey League. He was named In Glas Co ECHL Player of the Week for January 26-February 1 after scoring 11 points (6g-5a) in three games, including an ECHL season-high and Trenton team record five goals on January 31.

On behalf of Mathieu Brunelle, a case of pucks will be donated to a Bakersfield 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: Joe Tenute, South Carolina (2 gp, 1g, 6a, 7 pts), Nick Deschenes, Trenton (2 gp, 4g, 2a, 6 pts).

Also Nominated: Charles Linglet (Alaska), Derek Edwardson (Atlantic City), Dan Sullivan (Augusta), Ryan Lang (Charlotte), Reggie Berg (Florida), Shaun Sutter (Fresno), Brad Schell (Gwinnett), Max Fortunus (Louisiana), Travis Lisabeth (Mississippi), Steve Hildenbrand (Pee Dee), Aaron Phillips (Pensacola), Trevor Baker (Peoria), Dan Welch (Reading), Grady Moore (San Diego), John Snowden (Texas), Pierre Luc-Sleigher (Toledo) and Ed McGrane (Wheeling).

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