Skelly Earns Season's First Player of the Week Nod
October 22, 2024 - SPHL (SPHL)
Knoxville Ice Bears News Release
Ice Bears defenseman Dalton Skelly has been named the SPHL Player of the Week, the league announced Tuesday afternoon. Skelly scored two goals and had two assists to help the Ice Bears to a pair of wins on the road in Evansville to open up the regular season this past weekend.
On Friday with the Ice Bears trailing 2-0, Skelly helped start Knoxville's rally when he assisted on Cam Tobey's second-period goal. Skelly received the puck at the right circle and dropped it up top to Tobey, who connected for Knoxville's first goal of the season. Skelly fed the puck to Jason Brancheau late in the second period to setup Brancheau for a one-timer to tie the game at the second intermission. Skelly capped off a three-point night with the game-winning goal in overtime by carrying the puck into the right circle and firing a wrist shot on net to give Knoxville the win.
On Saturday, Skelly scored off a face-off win from Derek Osik in the left circle to tie the game in the second period. The Ice Bears would go on to win the game 3-2.
A fifth-year pro out of College of the Holy Cross, Skelly appeared in 16 games for Knoxville during the 2020-21 season. He spent the majority of the past three seasons in the ECHL with stints in Wichita and Allen.
The Ice Bears play their first two home games of the season against Quad City on Friday and Saturday at the Civic Coliseum. Puck drop for both games is scheduled for 7:05 p.m.
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