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Grizzlies' Kinasewich Named CCM TACKS ECHL Player Of The Month

March 3, 2006 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release


PRINCETON, N.J. - Ryan Kinasewich of the Utah Grizzlies is the CCM TACKS ECHL Player of the Month for February.

The 22-year-old led the Grizzlies in February with 10 goals, 16 assists and 26 points in 14 games as Utah went 10-2-2 to improve to 32-20-5 and move into third place in the West Division with 69 points.

The left wing registered 10 multiple-point games, including a streak where he scored six of seven games registering two points with a goal and an assist. He ended the month on an eight-game scoring streak (6g-12a), including three points (1g-2a) in a 5-4 win at San Diego on Feb. 22 and four points (1g-3a) in Utah's 4-0 win at Phoenix on Feb. 26.

The 6-foot-2 and 202-pound Kinasewich, who led Utah with eight power-play points in February while tying for the lead with four power-play goals, was named ECHL Player of the Week for Feb. 20-26.

He leads the Grizzlies and is second in the ECHL with 30 goals in 47 games while his team-leading 68 points is tied for fourth in the league. He is fifth in the league with a team-leading 29 power-play points and also leads the Grizzlies with 12 power-play goals while he is second on the team with 17 power-play assists.

In his rookie season in 2004-05, Kinasewich had 38 points (16g-22a) in 43 regular season games and six points (1g-5a) in five playoff games for Reading. He was chosen to play in the 2005 ECHL All-Star Game where he scored a goal and an assist and he also played in the American Hockey League with Manchester where he had eight points (2g-6a) in 29 games.

The native of St. Albert, Alberta played five years in the Western Hockey League and had 252 points (106g-146a) and 232 penalty minutes in 298 regular season games and 12 points (7g-5a) in 16 playoff games with Medicine Hat and Tri-City.

Runners Up: Mike Scott, Alaska (12gp, 10g, 11a, 21 pts), Dan Tudin, Las Vegas (11gp, 9g, 10a, 19 pts) and Sean McAslan, Long Beach (12gp, 10g, 10a, 20 pts).

Also Nominated: Ryan Lang (Augusta), Dusty Jamieson (Charlotte), Reggie Berg (Florida), John Snowden (Greenville), Jeff Campbell (Gwinnett), Dan Hacker (Idaho), Marco Peluso (Las Vegas), Justin Quenneville (Phoenix), Dany Roussin (Reading), Mark Wires (San Diego), Matt Reid (South Carolina), Joel Irwin (Stockton), Scooter Smith (Toledo) and Scott Bertoli (Trenton).

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