South Carolina's Ricci Named Sher-Wood Hockey ECHL Player of the Week
January 11, 2011 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release
PRINCETON, N.J. - South ¬ËCarolina Stingrays center Rob Ricci is the Sher-Wood Hockey ECHL Player of the Week for January 3-9.
The 26 year old tallied seven goals and an assist and was +7 as the Stingrays went 4-0-0 last week to extend their unbeaten streak to seven games (6-0-1) and moved to within four points of first-place Greenville in the South Division.
Ricci opened the week with a hat trick in a 4-1 win against Gwinnett on Tuesday and then scored two goals in a 3-2 victory over Trenton on ¬ËFriday. He scored once in a 3-2 win against the Devils on ¬ËSaturday and closed the week with a goal and an assist against Trenton on ¬ËSunday as the Stingrays captured a 5-2 win.
A native of Brampton, Ontario, Ricci leads the Stingrays with 17 goals and 31 points in 37 games this season. He has 83 points (42g-41a) in 113 career regular-season games with ¬ËLas Vegas and South Carolina and has two goals in 11 Kelly Cup Playoffs games with the ¬ËStingrays.
On behalf of Rob Ricci a case of pucks will be donated to a South Carolina youth hockey organization 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 23,000 pucks to youth hockey organizations in ECHL cities.
Runners Up: Tim Miller, Gwinnett (4gp, 5g, 2a, 7 pts) and Joey Haddad, ¬ËWheeling (2gp, 3g, 3a, 6 pts).
Also Nominated: Scott Howes (Alaska), Pete Zingoni (Bakersfield), Matt Pierce (Cincinnati), Eric Regan (Elmira), Francis Lemieux (Florida), Aaron ¬ËClarke (Kalamazoo), Shawn ¬ËCollymore (Ontario), Chris Blight (Reading), Sal Peralta (Toledo), Marcus Carroll (Utah) and Milan ¬ËGajic (Victoria).
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