Pensacola's Joe Caveney Named Easton Player of the Week
January 28, 2014 - SPHL (SPHL) News Release
HUNTERSVILLE, NC (January 28, 2014) - The Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) today announced Joe Caveney of the Pensacola Ice Flyers is the Easton Player of the Week for January 20-26.
Caveney scored five goals, recording his first four-goal game as a professional, in leading the Ice Flyers to a pair of wins and a tie for first place in the standings.
On Friday, the Fitchburg, MA native scored on a penalty shot in Pensacola's four-goal first period as the Ice Flyers downed the Mississippi Surge, 6-1. Following a weather-related postponement on Saturday, Caveney scored Pensacola's first four goals in an 8-4 win over the Mississippi RiverKIngs on Sunday.
Despite playing only 21 games with Pensacola due to a six-week call-up to the ECHL, Caveney ranks third (tied) in the SPHL in goals (18) and is tied for sixth with 34 points. He also earned Player of the Month honors for October/November when he scored 12 goals, including two game-winners, and added 15 assists in 16 games.
Caveney joined the Ice Flyers last March following his senior season at Fitchburg State College, where he earned USCHO East All-American honors. Caveney led all Division III players in points per game, assists per game and power-play goals his senior season.
Also Nominated: Travis Granbois, Bloomington (2 gp, 1g, 1 ppg), Peter Skoggard, Fayetteville (1-1-1, 3.50 gaa, .911 save%), Josh Harris, Huntsville (3 gp, 2g, 1a, +4), Ben Power, Knoxville (3 gp, 2g, 2a, +2), Jeff Grant, Louisiana (2 gp, 2g, 1a, 1 gwg), Matt Whitehead, Mississippi RiverKings (3 gp, 2g, 3a), Ian Boots, Mississippi Surge (3 gp, 2g, 1a, 1 gwg) and Garrett Vermeersch, Peoria (2 gp, 1g, 3a, 1 gwg)
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