
Steelheads' Bembridge Named In Glas Co ECHL Player Of The Week
November 29, 2005 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release
PRINCETON, N.J. - Garett Bembridge of the Idaho Steelheads is the In
Glas Co ECHL Player of the Week for November 21-27.
The 24-year-old had seven points, (3g-4a) and was a +4 in two games
against then West Division leader Utah. Playing the first of two games on
back-to-back nights, Bembridge scored an ECHL season-high six points,
including a hat trick, to give Idaho a 7-4 win on Nov. 25, snapping Utah's
nine-game winning streak. Bembridge had an assist in a 5-1 win against the
Grizzlies on Nov. 26 to help Idaho improve its record to 12-3-1 and take
over first place in the West Division.
Selected in the fifth round (137th overall) by the New York Rangers in the
1999 NHL Entry Draft and again in the seventh round (207th overall) by the
Calgary Flames in the 2001 Entry Draft, the 6-foot and 190-pound Bembridge
leads the ECHL with 13 goals and 28 points in 16 games and leads the
Steelheads the last five games with 12 points (6g-6a) and a plus-minus
rating of +7.
Bembridge scored 56 points (23g-33a) and had 102 penalty minutes in 50
games in Germany in 2004-05. In 2003-04 he split time with Las Vegas, where
he scored seven points (4g-3a) in 13 games, and Lowell of the American
Hockey League, appearing in 57 games with 14 points (5g-9a). He also played
in the AHL with Hartford and Saint John in 2000-03.
Prior to turning professional, the Saskatoon, Saskatchewan native played
four years for Saskatoon of the Western Hockey League where he accumulated
188 points (89g-99a) in 218 games.
On behalf of Garett Bembridge, a case of pucks will be donated to a Boise
area youth hockey organization by In Glas Co, the exclusive puck
supplier for the ECHL.
In Glas Co has donated over 12,500 pucks to youth hockey
organizations in ECHL cities since it began sponsoring the award in
2000-01. In Glas Co also donated all of the limited-edition pucks
that were used during the opening weekend and auctioned off for hurricane
relief.
Runners Up: Tyler Mosienko, Greenville (5 gp, 3g, 4a, 7 pts) and Dan
DaSilva, San Diego (4 gp, 5g, 3a, 8 pts).
Also Nominated: San Ftorek (Augusta), Kevin St. Jacques
(Bakersfield), Ernie Hartlieb (Florida), Luke Curtin (Fresno), Chris Durno
(Gwinnett), Ash Goldie (Long Beach), Chris St. Jacques (Pensacola), Shawn
Snider (Phoenix), Greg Hogeboom (Reading), Matt Reid (South Carolina), Joel
Irwin (Stockton), Bracken Kearns (Toledo), Scott Bertoli (Trenton), Garett
Cameron (Utah) and Dustan Heintz (Victoria).
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