Idaho's Jean Named Sher-Wood Hockey ECHL Player of the Week
December 22, 2015 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release
PRINCETON, N.J. - Kyle Jean of the Idaho Steelheads is the Sher-Wood Hockey ECHL Player of the Week for Dec. 14-20.
Jean scored two goals and added seven assists for nine points in three games last week.
The 25-year-old recorded four points (2g-2a) in an 8-5 win against Utah on?Wednesday, had three assists in a 6-3 victory over Allen on Friday and tallied a pair of assists in a 3-2 shootout loss to Allen on Saturday.
A native of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., Jean has 11 points (3g-8a) in 10 games with the Steelheads this season. He began the season with Asploven HC in?Sweden where he had seven points (2g-5a) in 19 games.
Jean has 65 points (22g-43a) in 84 career ECHL games with Idaho and Greenville and he has added 29 points (11g-18a) in 126 career American?Hockey League games with Connecticut, Hartford, Lake Erie and Charlotte.
On behalf of Kyle Jean, a case of pucks will be donated to an Idaho youth hockey organization by Sher-Wood Hockey, the exclusive puck supplier of the ECHL. Since beginning its sponsorship of the award in 2000-01, Sher-Wood Hockey has donated more than 33,000 pucks to youth hockey organizations in ECHL cities.
Runners Up: Shawn Szydlowski, Fort Wayne (2 gp, 3g, 2a, 5 pts.), Jack Combs, Greenville (2 gp, 3g, 2a, 5 pts.) and Alden Hirschfeld, Toledo (4 gp, 4g, 1a, 5 pts.).
Also Nominated: Patrick D'Amico (Atlanta), Alex Lavoie (Indy), Colin Markison (Missouri), Olivier Archambault (Quad City), Ian Watters (Reading), Roberts Lipsbergs (Utah) and John McCarron (Wheeling).
PREVIOUS WINNERS
WEEK PLAYER TEAM
Oct. 16-18 Barry Almeida Utah Grizzlies
Oct. 19-25 Derek Army Wheeling Nailers
Oct. 26-Nov. 1 Tyler Barnes Missouri Mavericks
Nov. 2-8 Jordon Southorn Fort Wayne Komets
Nov. 9-15 A.J. Jenks Toledo Walleye
Nov. 16-22 T.J.?Foster Orlando Solar Bears
Nov. 23-29 Bryan Moore Utah Grizzlies
Nov. 30-Dec. 6 Mike Monfredo Quad City Mallards
Dec. 7-13 Mikhail Stefanovich Rapid City Rush
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