Elmira's Justin Donati Named Sher-Wood Hockey ECHL Player Of The Week
January 5, 2010 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release
PRINCETON, N.J. - Elmira Jackals rookie and ECHL All-Star Game starting forward Justin Donati is the Sher-wood Hockey ECHL Player of the Week for Dec. 28-Jan. 3.
He also won the honor for the Week of Nov. 9-15 and was named ECHL Rookie of the Month for October.
The 23 year old registered the first back-to-back multi-goal games of his career with three points (2g-1a) in a 6-3 win at Johnstown on Dec. 31 and four points (2g-2a) in a 7-4 loss to Trenton on Jan. 1. His league-leading 10 points during the week helped Elmira go 2-2-0 and maintain second place in the East Division at 15-15-4.
Donati leads the league with 52 points and 34 assists in 32 games while he is tied for third with 18 goals. He is currently riding a four-game point streak (4g-6a) and leads the Jackals in all scoring categories.
He played for Las Vegas in 2007-08 and had 11 assists in 14 games for the Wranglers. Donati has played the last two seasons for the University of Prince Edward Island where he had 58 points (22g-36a) in 31 games. He played four seasons in the Ontario Hockey League from 2003-07 and had 269 points (120g-149a) in 213 regular season games and 46 points (24g-22a) in 40 playoff games for Oshawa, Sudbury and Toronto.
On behalf of Justin Donati, a case of pucks will be donated to an Elmira youth hockey organization by Sher-wood Hockey, the exclusive puck supplier of the ECHL. Since beginning its sponsorship of the award in 2000-01, Sher-wood Hockey has donated more than 23,100 pucks to youth hockey organizations in ECHL cities.
Runners Up: Alexandre Imbeault, Alaska (5 gp, 4g, 3a, 7 pts) and Chad Painchaud, Victoria (5 gp, 3g, 4a, 7pts).
Also Nominated: Brian O'Hanley (Cincinnati), Paul Healey (Florida), Pat Galivan (Gwinnett), Jeff Mason (Kalamazoo), Shawn Germain (Ontario), Andrew Sarauer (Reading), Jake Hauswirth (South Carolina), Chris D'Alvise (Stockton), Malcolm MacMillan (Toledo) and TJ Fox (Wheeling).
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