Everblades Berg Named In Glas Co ECHL Player Of The Week

December 20, 2006 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release

PRINCETON, N.J. - Florida Everblades right wing Reggie Berg is the In Glas Co ECHL Player of the Week for Dec. 11-17, 2006.

Playing three road games in three nights, the 5-foot-10 and 175-pound Berg had two goals, a team-leading four assists and six points as the Everblades went 3-0-0 for the second week in a row and moved into a first-place tie with Texas atop the ECHL. After scoring a goal in a 6-5 win at Augusta on Dec. 12, Berg scored his league-leading fourth insurance goal in a 3-1 win at South Carolina on Dec. 16 and had three assists in a 5-2 win at Columbia on Dec. 17.

The 30-year-old has a six-game point streak (3g-8a) and is tied for the Everblades lead with 16 assists and is tied for second on the team with 26 points in 22 games. In the last six road games Berg has helped Florida go unbeaten while registering a team-high eight assists and 11 points.

Selected in the seventh round (178th overall) by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft, Berg has played all seven of his seasons in the ECHL with Florida and has also played in the International Hockey League for Orlando and Cincinnati and in the American Hockey League for Lowell.

On behalf of Reggie Berg, a case of pucks will be donated to a Florida area youth hockey organization by In Glas Co, the exclusive puck supplier for the ECHL. Since beginning its sponsorship of the award in 2000-01, In Glas Co has donated more than 15,000 pucks to youth hockey organizations in ECHL cities.

Runners Up: Jason Deitsch, Cincinnati (4 gp, 3g, 3a, 6 pts), Brad Schell, Gwinnett, (2 gp, 1g, 5a, 6 pts) and Justin Aikins, Phoenix (4 gp, 3g, 2a, 5 pts).

Also Nominated: Jim Dahl (Alaska), Shane Hynes (Augusta), Todd Griffith (Bakersfield), Luke Curtin (Fresno), Colin Hemingway (Pensacola), Greg Hogeboom (Reading), Marc Busenburg (South Carolina), Mike Lalonde (Stockton), Kevin Baker (Texas), Ken Magowan (Toledo), Gregg Johnson (Trenton) and Ryan Kinasewich (Utah).

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