Elmira's Tyler Donati Named Sher-Wood Hockey ECHL Player Of The Week
Published on January 26, 2010 under ECHL (ECHL) News Release
PRINCETON, N.J. - Tyler Donati of the Elmira Jackals is the Sher-wood Hockey ECHL Player of the Week for Jan. 18-24.
The 23 year old scored eight points (3g-5a) and had a plus-minus rating of +5 to help Elmira win back-to-back games at Toledo and improve to 20-17-4. Donati had two goals and an assist in a 7-2 win on Jan. 22 and tallied one goal and four assists in an 8-2 win on Jan. 23.
Donati leads the league with 38 assists while ranking second with 22 power-play points and 19 power-play assists and third with 56 points. He has scored multiple points in 13 of his 36 games, including eight games with three or more points, after having five multiple-point games in 20 games during his first two ECHL seasons.
In three seasons with the Jackals, Donati has 79 points (24g-55a) in 56 regular season games while also playing in the American Hockey League where he has 19 points (6g-13a) in 57 regular season games with Binghamton and Philadelphia.
The Oakville, Ontario native spent four years in the Ontario Hockey League and had 300 points (131g-169a) in 252 regular season games and 39 points (10g-19a) in 36 playoff games for Oshawa, Toronto and Belleville from 2003-07.
On behalf of Tyler 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: Milan Gajic, Florida (2 gp, 1g, 3a, 4 pts.), Evan Barlow, Idaho (3 gp, 4g, 3a, 7 pts.) and AJ Perry, Utah (2 gp, 2g, 4a, 6 pts.).
Also Nominated: Adam Naglich (Bakersfield), Matt Caruana (Gwinnett), Dean Strong (Kalamazoo), Andrew Sarauer (Reading), Maxime Tanguay (Toledo) and Adam Taylor (Victoria).
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