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Grizzlies' Kinasewich Named In Glas Co. Player Of The Week

Published on January 19, 2007 under ECHL (ECHL) News Release


PRINCETON, N.J. - Utah Grizzlies left wing Ryan Kinasewich is the In Glas Co ECHL Player of the Week for Jan. 8-14, 2007.
Playing all four games on the road, the native of St. Albert, Alberta had five goals and four assists and ended the week with a plus-four rating as the Grizzles went 3-1-0.

The 23-year-old has a four-game point streak (5g-4a) which is two games behind his season high of six games (7g-5a) from Dec. 16-30. He leads the Grizzlies with 23 goals and 42 points and is tied for the team lead with 19 assists. He is tied for third in the ECHL with four game-winning goals while he is fourth in goals, tied for ninth in power-play goals and tied for eighth in scoring.

The 6-foot-2 and 202-pound Kinasewich scored his second hat trick of the season in a 5-3 win at Stockton on Jan. 14 with two of the goals coming on the power play and the third being the game winner. He had a power-play goal and two assists in a 3-0 win at Fresno on Jan. 12 and added two points (1g-1a) the next night in a 3-1 win at Fresno.

In his third season in the ECHL, Kinasewich has 165 points (78g-87a) in 135 regular season games and eight points (3g-5a) in nine Kelly Cup Playoff games with Utah and Reading while also playing in the American Hockey League where he had eight points (2g-6a) in 29 games for Manchester in 2004-05.

On behalf of Ryan Kinasewich, a case of pucks will be donated to a West Valley City 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: Aaron Slattengren, Augusta (3gp, 4g, 3a, 7 pts) and Jason Deitsch, Cincinnati (5gp, 3g, 4a, 7 pts).

Also Nominated: Olivier Filion (Alaska), Brett Lutes (Bakersfield), Mike Ouellette (Charlotte), Reggie Berg (Florida), Brad Schell (Gwinnett), J.B. Bittner (Idaho), Greg Hogeboom (Reading), Viktor Dovgan (South Carolina), Gerry Burke (Toledo) and Les Haggett (Trenton).

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