Ice Pilots' Courchaine Named In Glas Co ECHL Player Of The Week

December 6, 2005 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release

PRINCETON, N.J. - Pensacola rookie center Adam Courchaine is the In Glas Co ECHL Player of the Week for Nov. 28-Dec. 4.

The 21-year-old scored 11 points (5g-6a), averaging over two points per game, and had four multiple-points games while helping the Ice Pilots go 3-1-1.

The 5-foot-10 and 175-pound Courchaine began the week scoring two goals and three points in a shootout loss at Columbia on Nov. 29 and had two assists in a 4-3 win at Augusta on Nov. 30. Playing the first of three games in as many days against Bakersfield, Courchaine scored a career-high four points (2g-2a) in a 5-2 win on Dec. 2 and added a goal and an assist on Dec. 3 in the Ice Pilots 2-1 win.

Selected in the seventh round (217th overall) by the Minnesota Wild in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft, Courchaine has played in nine of Pensacola's 19 games and he is tied for first on the team with two power-play goals and is tied for second with seven goals and is tied for third with 13 points. He is under contract to Houston of the American Hockey League and played six games with the Aeros before joining the Ice Pilots.

Prior to turning professional, the Winnipeg, Manitoba native played four seasons in the Western Hockey League from 2001-05 with Medicine Hat and Vancouver, scoring 205 points (103g-102a) in 214 regular season games and 13 points (6g-7a) in 15 playoff games. He led Vancouver in scoring in 2002-03 with 85 points (43g-42a) in 71 games and in 2003-04 with 82 points (39g-43a) in 70 games.

On behalf of Adam Courchaine, a case of pucks will be donated to a Pensacola area youth hockey organization by In Glas Co, the exclusive puck supplier for the ECHL.

In Glas Co has donated over 12,500 pucks to youth hockey organizations in ECHL cities since it began sponsoring the award in 2000-01. In Glas Co also donated all of the limited-edition pucks that were used during the opening weekend and auctioned off for hurricane relief.

Runners Up: Ryan Gaucher, Alaska (5 gp, 3g, 6a, 9 pts) and Kurtis McLean, Wheeling (3 gp, 4g, 4a, 8 pts).

Also Nominated: Ryan Lang (Augusta), Nathan Gillies (Charlotte), Brandon Nolan (Columbia), Kevin Bergin (Florida), Tim Sestito (Greenville), Pascal Pelletier (Gwinnett), Matt Dzeiduszycki (Las Vegas), Matt Reid (South Carolina), Jeff Lang (Toledo), Scott Bertoli (Trenton) and Jeff Miles (Utah).

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