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Gwinnett's Schell Named In Glas Co ECHL Player Of The Week

December 9, 2008 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release


PRINCETON, N.J. - Brad Schell of the Gwinnett Gladiators is the In Glas Co ECHL Player of the Week for Dec. 1-7.

Schell had four goals and seven points to help the Gladiators go 3-0-1 and improve to 7-2-1 in their last 10 games to move into third place in the South Division.

After scoring a goal and an assist in a 3-2 win at South Carolina on Dec. 2, Schell had a power-play goal and two assists in a 4-3 overtime loss at Mississippi on Dec. 5 and two power-play goals in a 9-2 win at Mississippi on Dec. 6.

Selected in the sixth round (167th overall) by the Atlanta Thrashers in the 2002 National Hockey League Entry Draft, the 24 year old is tied for the team lead with nine goals and is tied for second with 11 assists and 20 points in 20 games.

Schell was voted the CCM Vector ECHL Most Valuable Player and First Team All-ECHL after leading the league with 85 assists and 110 points in 2006-07. He also started in the 2007 ECHL All-Star Game and scored the first goal for the American Conference in its 6-3 win.

He has played in the ECHL each of his first five professional seasons and he has 221 points (56g-165a) in 184 regular season games and 13 points (3g-10a) in 16 Kelly Cup Playoff games for Gwinnett. He has also played in the American Hockey League where he has seven points (3g-4a) in 23 regular season games with Chicago and San Antonio and two points (0g-2a) in 15 playoff games for Chicago.

On behalf of Brad Schell, a case of pucks will be donated to a Gwinnett area youth hockey organization by In Glas Co, the exclusive puck supplier of the ECHL. Since beginning its sponsorship of the award in 2000-01, In Glas Co has donated more than 20,000 pucks to youth hockey organizations in ECHL cities.

Runners Up: Yannick Tifu, Florida (3 gp, 2g, 4a, 6 pts), Mitch Carefoot, Phoenix (2 gp, 2g, 3a, 5 pts) and Dylan Yeo, Victoria (4 gp, 3g, 3a, 6 pts).

Also Nominated: Colin Hemingway (Alaska), Chad Painchaud (Bakersfield), Olivier Latendresse (Cincinnati), Steve Gainey (Idaho), Justin Taylor (Las Vegas), Brad Farynuk (South Carolina), Matt Cohen (Trenton) and Evan Kotsopoulos (Utah).

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