Roanoke's Johnstone Named InGlasCo East Coast Hockey League Player of the Week
Published on March 18, 2002 under ECHL (ECHL) News Release
PRINCETON, N.J. - Roanoke right wing Jeff Johnstone is the InGlasCo East Coast Hockey League Player of the Week for March 11-17.
Playing in his first games for the Express since being acquired from Toledo for future considerations, Johnstone scored eight points in three games.
The 6-0 and 194-pound Johnstone scored two goals and assisted on two other goals while helping Roanoke beat Northeast Division rival Reading 7-2 on Friday. He then scored a goal and assisted on the Express¹ other two goals in a 3-2 win at Wheeling on Sunday. He also picked up an assist in Roanoke¹s 3-2 loss against Richmond on Saturday.
Johnstone opened the season with Amarillo in the Central Hockey League and scored 43 points (14g-29a) in 49 games.
On behalf of Jeff Johnstone, a case of pucks will be donated to a Roanoke area youth hockey organization by InGlasco, the official puck supplier of the ECHL.
Runners-up: Allan Sirois, Pee Dee (3 gp, 5g, 1a, 6 pts), Dave Seitz, South Carolina (3 gp, 1g, 6a, 7 pts) and Dmitri Leonov, Toledo (4 gp, 1g, 6a, 7 pts)
Others Nominated: Jason Bermingham (Arkansas), Luke Curtin (Atlantic City), Scott Morrow (Augusta), Jon Sturgis (Baton Rouge), Dave Duerden (Charlotte), Allan Egeland (Cincinnati), Justin Kearns (Columbus), Jason Sessa (Dayton), Andrew Long (Florida), Jeff Bes (Greensboro), David Bell (Greenville), J.F. Boutin (Johnstown), Cory Cyrenne (Louisiana), Travis Dillabough (Macon), Francois Fortier (Mississippi), B.J. Kilbourne (Mobile), George Awada (New Orleans), Louis Dumont (Pensacola), Ryan Finnerty (Peoria), Lars Pettersen (Richmond), Matt Libby (Trenton), and Dylan Gyori (Wheeling).
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