Hunter Fejes Named Inglasco ECHL Player of the Week
January 4, 2022 - ECHL (ECHL)
Orlando Solar Bears News Release
ORLANDO, Fla. - The ECHL announced today that Orlando Solar Bears forward Hunter Fejes has been named the Inglasco ECHL Player of the Week for Dec. 27-Jan. 2.
Fejes, 27, scored five goals, including a pair of game-winners, and added two assists for seven points in three games last week.
The forward posted three points (2g-1a) in a 4-3 win at Florida on Wednesday, including a pair of shorthanded goals, becoming only the third player in team history to record two shorthanded goals in a single game. Fejes then added a goal and an assist in a 5-4 overtime victory against South Carolina on Friday and netted a pair of goals in a 3-2 win at Greenville on Saturday.
A native of Anchorage, Alaska, Fejes has posted seven points (5g-2a) in seven games with the Solar Bears this season after starting the year with Czech-based club Orli Znojmo in the Central European ICEHL, where he had 13 points (6g-7a) in 23 games.
Fejes has totaled 129 points (65g-54a) in 147 career ECHL games with Orlando, Wheeling and Rapid City while adding 14 points (4g-10a) in 89 career American Hockey League games with Manitoba, Rockford, Toronto, Tucson and Springfield.
Prior to turning pro, Fejes recorded 56 points (26g-30a) in 138 career games at Colorado College.
Fejes was selected by the Phoenix Coyotes in the sixth round, 178th overall, in the 2012 NHL Draft.
On behalf of Hunter Fejes, a case of pucks will be donated to an Orlando youth hockey organization by Inglasco, the exclusive puck supplier of the ECHL. Since beginning its sponsorship of the award in 2000-01, Inglasco has donated more than 45,000 pucks to youth hockey organizations in ECHL cities.
Solar Bears ECHL Player of the Week History:
Dan Gendur - Dec. 24-30, 2012-13
Mike Ullrich - Dec. 30-Jan. 5, 2013-14
Mickey Lang - Feb. 10-16, 2013-14
Taylor Matson - Feb. 17-23, 2013-14
T.J. Foster - Nov. 16-22, 2015-16
Eric Faille - Feb. 27-March 5, 2016-17
Troy Bourke - Nov. 5-11, 2018-19
Trevor Olson - Feb. 25-March 3, 2018-19
Aaron Luchuk - April 12-18, 2020-21
Matthew Spencer - May 24-30, 2020-21
Tyler Bird - Nov. 8-14, 2021-22
Hunter Fejes - Dec. 27-Jan. 2, 2021-22
NEXT GAME: The Solar Bears return home to host the South Carolina Stingrays on Monday, Jan. 10 at 7 p.m. at the AdventHealth Rink at Amway Center.
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