Greenville's Bowers Named Sher-Wood Hockey ECHL Player of the Week
January 31, 2012 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release
PRINCETON, N.J. - Justin Bowers of the Greenville Road Warriors is the Sher-Wood Hockey ECHL Player of the Week for Jan. 23-29.
The 26-year-old forward scored three goals, added six assists and was a +6 last week as the Road Warriors swept a three-game series at Florida.
Bowers scored a goal, added two assists and was +3 in a 6-3 win on Wednesday and added three assists in a 4-3 overtime victory on Thursday. He closed the week with two goals, including the game-winner, and an assist in a 3-2 win on Saturday, giving him mulitiple points in each of his last five games.
A native of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Bowers leads the Road Warriors, and is tied for second in the ECHL, with 57 points (14g-43a) in 44 games. He leads the league with 43 assists, 20 power-play assists and 24 power-play points.
Bowers has 154 points (45g-109a) in 132 career ECHL games with Dayton and Greenville. He also has 20 points (9g-11a) in 55 career American Hockey League games with Lake Erie, Quad City, Abbotsford and Portland.
On behalf of Justin Bowers, a case of pucks will be donated to a Greenville 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 25,000 pucks to youth hockey organizations in ECHL cities.
Runners Up: Justin Milo, Gwinnett (3 gp, 1g, 5a, 6 pts.) and Nick Petersen, Wheeling (4 gp, 3g, 3a, 6 pts.).
Also Nominated: Tyler Donati (Chicago), Mathieu Aubin (Cincinnati), Michael Neal (Idaho), Darren Archibald (Kalamazoo), Josh Lunden (Las Vegas), Casey Haines (Reading), Pierre-Luc O'Brien (South Carolina), Matt Foy (Stockton) and Bryan Rufenach (Toledo).
PREVIOUS WINNERS
WEEK PLAYER TEAM
Oct. 14-16 Evan Barlow Elmira Jackals
Oct. 17-23 Justin Shugg Florida Everblades
Oct. 24-30 Eric Lampe Las Vegas Wranglers
Oct. 31-Nov. 6 Brandon Svendsen Kalamazoo Wings
Nov. 7-13 Olivier Labelle Reading Royals
Nov. 14-20 Chris Barton Wheeling Nailers
Nov. 21-27 Chad Klassen Idaho Steelheads
Nov. 28-Dec. 4 Mitch Fadden Utah Grizzlies
Dec. 5-11 Chad Costello Colorado Eagles
Dec. 12-18 Riley Nelson Colorado Eagles
Dec. 19-25 Michael Forney Colorado Eagles
Dec. 26-Jan. 1 Tyler Helfrich Bakersfield Condors
Jan. 2-8 Dustin Gazley Elmira Jackals
Jan. 9-15 Joey Martin Toledo Walleye
Jan. 16-22 Jordan Pietrus Elmira Jackals
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