Toledo's Bonis Named Sher-Wood Athletics Group/ECHL Player of the Week
March 20, 2018 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release
PRINCETON, N.J. - Kyle Bonis of the Toledo Walleye is the Sher-Wood Athletics Group ECHL Player of the Week for March 12-18. It is the second time in his career that he has received the weekly honor.
Bonis scored four goals, added three assists and was a +5 last week as the Walleye swept four road games against Central Division opponents.
The 29-year-old tallied a goal and an assist in a 3-2 win at Quad City on?Wednesday, had a goal in a 3-2 victory against the Mallards on Friday, posted two goals and an assist in a 4-3 win at Indy on?Saturday and added an assist in a 4-1 victory at Cincinnati on Sunday.
A native of Lindsay, Ontario, Bonis leads the?Walleye with 24 goals and is second on the team with 48 points in 60 games this season.
Bonis has totaled 188 points (105g-83a) in 231 career ECHL games with?Toledo and Florida and has added 24 points (15g-9a) in 101 career American?Hockey League games with Norfolk, Charlotte, Grand Rapids,?San Diego,?Rochester and Iowa.
Prior to turning pro, Bonis recorded 77 points (47g-30a) in 136 career games at Ferris State University.
On behalf of Kyle Bonis, a case of pucks will be donated to a Toledo youth hockey organization by Sher-Wood Athletics Group, the exclusive puck supplier of the ECHL. Since beginning its sponsorship of the award in 2000-01, Sher-Wood Athletics Group has donated more than 37,000 pucks to youth hockey organizations in ECHL cities.
Runners Up: Domenic Alberga, Norfolk (3 gp, 3g, 2a, 5 pts.) and Max Novak, Orlando (3 gp, 2g, 4a, 6 pts.).
Also Nominated: Ryan Olsen (Colorado), Mitchell Heard (Florida), Shawn Szydlowski (Fort Wayne), Ryan Rupert (Indy), Lane Scheidl (Kalamazoo), Adam Schmidt (Reading) and Ryan Misiak (Utah).
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