Norfolk's Smirnov Named Inglasco/ECHL Player of the Week

March 25, 2024 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release

Denis Smirnov of the Norfolk Admirals
(Norfolk Admirals)

Smirnov scored three goals and added six assists for nine points in four games last week.

The 26-year-old dished out two assists in a 5-4 win at Utah on Monday, had a goal and an assist in a 5-4 loss at Adirondack on Friday, picked up three assists in a 4-1 victory over the Thunder on Saturday and scored a pair of goals in a 6-1 win at Adirondack on Sunday.

A native of Moscow, Russia, Smirnov has 41 points (14g-27a) in 47 games with the Admirals this season.

Smirnov has tallied 67 points (25g-42a) in 113 career ECHL games with Norfolk and Kalamazoo.

Prior to turning pro, Smirnov recorded 115 points (50g-65a) in 137 career games at Penn State University and 142 points (62g-80a) in 160 career games in the United States Hockey League with Indiana and Fargo.

On behalf of Denis Smirnov, a case of pucks will be donated to a Norfolk 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 49,000 pucks to youth hockey organizations in ECHL cities.

Denis Smirnov of the Norfolk Admirals

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