Stockton's Robinson Named Sher-Wood Hockey ECHL Player Of The Week
Published on December 15, 2009 under ECHL (ECHL) News Release
PRINCETON, N.J. - Stockton Thunder forward Matt Robinson is the Sher-wood Hockey ECHL Player of the Week for Dec. 7-13.
The 24 year old had four goals, including a game-winning goal and two power-play goals, and five points in Stockton's three-game sweep at Alaska.
Robinson had back-to-back two-goal games to help the Thunder win 6-4 on Dec. 11 and 5-4 on Dec. 12. It is the second time he has scored multiple goals in consecutive games as he had two goals for Alaska against Utah on Feb. 1 and 2, 2008. He closed out the weekend with an assist in Stockton's 4-3 win on Dec. 13 to extend his point streak to six games (7g-3a).
The South Surrey, British Columbia native has seven points (6g-1a) in five games for Stockton after beginning the season with Johnstown where he had nine points (3g-6a) in 12 games.
Robinson played for Alaska his first two seasons and had 71 points (40g-31a) in 117 regular season games and six points (3g-3a) in 23 Kelly Cup Playoff games. He played for Johnstown in 2008-09 and had nine points (3g-6a) in 14 games before suffering a season-ending injury.
On behalf of Matt Robinson, a case of pucks will be donated to a Stockton 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 23,100 pucks to youth hockey organizations in ECHL cities.
Runners Up: Shawn Weller, Bakersfield (2 gp, 3g, 1a, 4 pts), Tom Zanoski, Gwinnett (4 gp, 5g, 1a, 6 pts) and Wes Goldie, Victoria (3 gp, 4g, 1a, 5 pts).
Also Nominated: John Lammers (Alaska), Kenny Roche (Charlotte), Mike McLean (Cincinnati), Ross Carlson (Florida), Greg Hogeboom (Ontario), Eric Werner (Reading), Matt Fornataro (South Carolina), Bryan Ewing (Toledo), Tom May (Utah) and Aaron Clarke (Wheeling).
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