Pensacola's Neilson Named In Glas Co ECHL Player Of The Week

April 5, 2005 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release

PRINCETON, N.J. - Pensacola defenseman Corey Neilson is the In Glas Co ECHL Player of the Week for March 28-April 3.

The two-time All-Star starting defenseman scored six goals and seven points in three games, helping Pensacola go 3-1-0 to secure the Ice Pilots first Brabham Cup, awarded to the league point champion.

The 6-5 and 230-pound Neilson scored a goal in a 5-3 loss to Louisiana on March 29 and had two goals, including the game winner, and an assist in a 6-5 overtime win against Texas on Friday. Neilson scored his second game-winning goal of the week and his first hat trick of the season in a 7-4 win over Mississippi on Saturday. The 28-year-old leads ECHL defensemen in points (61), goals (18) and assists (43) and has a seven-game scoring streak (6g-7a).

Selected in the third round (53rd overall) by Edmonton in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft, Neilson won the ECHL Defenseman of the Year award in 2003-04 after leading the league and the Ice Pilots with a career-high 78 points (19g-59a) in 72 regular season games.

The native of Oromocto, New Brunswick has 257 points (74g-183a) in 404 ECHL games. He has played in the American Hockey League with Syracuse and Portland, registering two assists in five games.

On behalf of Corey Neilson, 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 12,000 pucks to youth hockey organizations in ECHL cities since it began sponsoring the award in 2000-01.

Runners Up: John Snowden, Texas (4gp, 6g-1a, 7pts), Bogden Rudenko, Charlotte (2gp, 3g-2a, 5pts) and Pierre-Luc Sleigher (4 gp, 3g-3a, 6pts).

Also Nominated: Charles Linglet (Alaska), Jamie Johnson (Augusta), Dan Tessier (Fresno), Mike Vigilante (Gwinnett), Alex Sawruk (Louisiana), Jay Legault (Mississippi),Tyler Rennette (Peoria) Graig Michler (Reading), Brian Gornick (San Diego), Joe Tenute (South Carolina), Rick Kowalsky (Trenton) and Bo Cheesman (Wheeling).

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