Toledo's MacDonald Named ECHL Player of the Week
December 13, 2016 - ECHL (ECHL)
Toledo Walleye News Release
Toledo's MacDonald Named ECHL Player of the Week
(Toledo Walleye)
Toledo, OH - Defenseman Jacob MacDonald has been named Sher-Wood Hockey ECHL Player of the Week for the week of December 5-11.
MacDonald posted a pair of goals with five assists over the course of four games this week. He currently is tied for second among all ECHL defensemen this season with six goals and is third with 21 points (6G, 15A) over 22 contests.
The week started for MacDonald with a three-point (1G, 2A) effort at home against Fort Wayne in a 5-4 win. He followed that up with the shootout game-winning goal plus an assist in Friday's 4-3 win at Alaska. Another assist was added to his week Saturday (8-6 loss to Alaska) and then finished the week with a goal and assist in the 5-4 victory Sunday.
Macdonald was named to the 2015-16 ECHL All-Rookie Team with 37 points (17G, 20A) over 72 games for the Elmira Jackals over this past season. He also finished the year as a plus 11 and made his AHL debut by appearing in a game for the Springfield Falcons. The 23-year-old made his pro debut with Elmira at the end of the 2014-15 season with three points (1G, 2A) in eight games.
The native of Brighton, Michigan spent the four prior years with Cornell University posting 21 points (4G, 17A) over 104 contests. His best offensive year for the Big Red came as a senior in the 2014-15 season when he posted nine points (2G, 7A) over 31 contests. Over two years in the USHL before joining Cornell, MacDonald has 12 goals and 28 assists in 87 games.
On behalf of Jacob MacDonald, a case of pucks will be donated to a Toledo 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 33,000 pucks to youth hockey organizations in ECHL cities.
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