ECHL ECHL

Falcons' Mather Named In Glas Co ECHL Player Of The Week

February 14, 2006 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release


PRINCETON, N.J. - Shawn Mather of the Fresno Falcons is the In Glas Co ECHL Player of the Week for Feb. 6-12.

The 25-year-old scored five goals, including a hat trick, and nine points in four games to help the Falcons go 4-0-0 and stay atop the Pacific Division at 29-8-10, nine points ahead of second-place Long Beach.

After registering two assists in a 3-2 win at Stockton on Feb. 8, the 5-foot-11 and 187-pound center scored all three goals in the Falcons 3-2 win against Stockton on Feb. 10. He scored his 100th professional goal and had three points (2g-1a) in a 5-3 win at Stockton on Feb. 11 and extended his scoring streak to four games with an assist in a 4-1 win at Stockton on Feb. 12.

Mather is tied for the league lead with six game-winning goals and he leads Fresno with 23 goals and 10 power-play goals while ranking second on the team with 45 points in 42 games.

In his fifth season in the ECHL, he has played for New Orleans, Johnstown and Atlantic City as well as Fresno scoring 213 points (98g-115a) in 264 regular season games and three points (1g-2a) in five Kelly Cup Playoff games. He has also played in the American Hockey League with Saint John, Binghamton and Cleveland scoring seven points (2g-5a) in 44 regular season games and three points (2g-1a) in nine playoff games.

Born in Chatham, Ontario, Mather played one season at Michigan State in 1998-99 and two seasons in the Ontario Hockey League with Windsor from 1999-2001, scoring 129 points (53g-76a) in 132 regular season games and 13 points (9g-4a) in nine playoff games.

On behalf of Shawn Mather, a case of pucks will be donated to a Fresno area youth hockey organization by In Glas Co, the exclusive puck supplier for the ECHL. In Glas Co has donated more than 14,000 pucks to youth hockey organizations in ECHL cities since it began sponsoring the award in 2000-01.

Runners Up: Mike Scott, Alaska (3gp-4g-4a-8pts), Dan Tudin, Las Vegas (2gp-4g-1a-5pts) and Scott Bertoli, Trenton (3gp-1g-8a-9pts).

Also Nominated: Joel Stepp (Alaska), Sean Venedam (Bakersfield), Dusty Jamieson (Charlotte), Reggie Berg (Florida), Allan Sirois (Greenville), Jeff Dwyer (Gwinnett), Dan Hacker (Idaho), Adam Henrich (Johnstown), Dany Roussin (Reading), Jesse Bennefield (San Diego), Joel Irwin (Stockton), Todd Jackson (Toledo), Mike Jarmuth (Trenton) and Garett Cameron (Utah).

Check out the ECHL Statistics



ECHL Stories from February 14, 2006


The opinions expressed in this release are those of the organization issuing it, and do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of OurSports Central or its staff.


Sports Statistics from the Stats Crew
OurSports Central