Riley Brace Wins ECHL Player of the Week
October 21, 2014 - ECHL (ECHL)
Wheeling Nailers News Release
WHEELING, WV- The Wheeling Nailers, proud ECHL affiliate of the Pittsburgh Penguins and Montreal Canadiens, are excited to announce that forward Riley Brace has been named Sher-Wood Hockey ECHL Player of the Week for the week of October 17-19.
Brace, 22, burst onto the scene with the Nailers, scoring three goals, while adding an assist in his first ever game with the team on Saturday night against the Reading Royals. The points were recorded on four consecutive Wheeling tallies, starting with the goal that gave the Nailers a 3-2 lead at the 12:24 mark of the second period. Seven minutes later, Riley banged in his second goal of the period, putting the home team ahead by a pair. After assisting on Ben Shutron's first professional goal, the Ottawa, ON native completed his first pro hat trick with 1:08 left in the game. The hat trick was Brace's first since February 10, 2012, when he completed that feat as a member of the OHL's Mississauga St. Michael's Majors.
This is Brace's second professional season, after playing for four different clubs at the AHL and ECHL levels in 2013-14. The majority of his time was spent in the AHL, as he recorded five points in 48 games with the Worcester Sharks and Iowa Wild. Riley also appeared in 13 games with the San Francisco Bulls and Ontario Reign, notching nine points. Prior to turning pro, the 5-foot-11 forward played five seasons of junior hockey in Mississauga with the St. Michael's Majors and Steelheads. There, he accumulated 89 goals, 145 assists, and 234 points in 304 games.
On behalf of Riley, a case of pucks will be donated to the Wheeling Amateur Hockey Association (WAHA) 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 31,000 pucks to youth hockey organizations in ECHL cities.
Brace becomes the first Nailer to win Sher-Wood Hockey ECHL Player of the Week in 2014-15, after Cody Sylvester (2) and Zack Torquato won the honor last season.
Riley Brace and the Nailers will play their first road games of 2014-15 over the weekend, starting at Gwinnett on Friday night at 7:35. Wheeling's next home game takes place on November 1st, when it battles the Reading Royals at 7:35.
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