Orlando's Ullrich Named Sher-Wood Hockey ECHL Player of the Week
January 7, 2014 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release
PRINCETON, N.J. - Mike Ullrich of the Orlando Solar Bears is the Sher-Wood Hockey ECHL Player of the Week for Dec. 30-Jan. 5.
Ullrich scored three goals, had four assists and was a +5 last week as the Solar Bears went 3-0-1.
The 27-year-old had one goal in a 4-3 win against Florida on Monday, added an assist in a 3-2 overtime loss to Utah on Thursday, notched three points (2g-1a) in a 6-5 victory over Utah on Friday and recorded two assists in a 4-3 win against the Grizzlies on Sunday.
A native of Banff, Alberta, Ullrich is second on the Solar Bears with 26 points (8g-18a) in 29 games this season. He has added one goal in three games with Manchester of the American Hockey League.
Ullrich has 66 points (25g-41a) in 71 career ECHL games with Orlando, Trenton, South Carolina and Pensacola.
On behalf of Mike Ullrich, a case of pucks will be donated to an Orlando 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 29,000 pucks to youth hockey organizations in ECHL cities.
Runners Up: Jack Combs, Cincinnati (3 gp, 4g, 2a, 6 pts.), Kyle Kraemer, Ontario (4 gp, 5g, 1a, 6 pts.) and Trevor Parkes, Toledo (4 gp, 3g, 5a, 8 pts.) .
Also Nominated: Andrew Carroll (Bakersfield), Peter Sakaris (Evansville), Brandon Marino (Fort Wayne), Dirk Southern (Gwinnett), Brett Robinson (Idaho), Yannick Veilleux (Kalamazoo), Sean Wiles (Reading), Peter Boyd (South Carolina), Mathieu Aubin (Utah) and Jack MacLellan (Wheeling).
PREVIOUS WINNERS
WEEK PLAYER TEAM
Oct. 18-20 Jamie MacQueen Utah Grizzlies
Oct. 21-27 Anthony Nigro Idaho Steelheads
Oct. 28-Nov. 3 Wade Megan Cincinnati Cyclones
Nov. 4-10 Marc Hagel South Carolina Stingrays
Nov. 11-17 Dan DaSilva Ontario Reign
Nov. 18-24 Zack Torquato Wheeling Nailers
Nov. 25-Dec. 1 Kyle Kraemer Ontario Reign
Dec. 2-8 Andrew Cherniwchan South Carolina Stingrays
Dec. 9-15 Andrew Clark Stockton Thunder
Dec. 16-22 Trent Daavettila Colorado Eagles
Dec. 23-29 Tom Zanoski Evansville IceMen
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