Toledo's Mallette Named In Glas Co ECHL Player of the Week

Published on March 15, 2005 under ECHL (ECHL) News Release

PRINCETON, N.J. - Toledo center Carl Mallette is the In Glas Co ECHL Player of the Week for March 7-13.

The 23-year-old Mallette scored four goals and three assists and was +4 in his first three games with the Storm since being acquired in a March 8 trade with Greenville.

In his first game with Toledo on March 11, the native of Victoriaville, Quebec assisted on the first goal in the Storm's 3-2 win against Peoria. He scored four goals and finished +3 in a 6-1 win against Peoria on Saturday, giving him his first career hat trick while tying his career-best for points in a game. He closed out the week having two assists and was +2 in a 4-3 win at Johnstown on Sunday.

Selected in the fourth round (107th overall) by Atlanta in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft, Mallette has 72 points (28g-44a) and is tied for first place in the ECHL scoring race with Alaska's Scott Gomez (11g-61a). He began the season with Greenville, scoring 65 points (21g-41a) in 55 games while also representing the Grrrowl in the 2005 Coors Light ECHL All-Star Game. Mallette, who has four penalty minutes in three games with Cincinnati of the American Hockey League, was named ECHL Player of the Month for November 2004 after scoring 16 points (8g-8a) in 12 games.

In his first professional season in 2003-04, Mallette scored 41 points (14g-27a) in 50 regular season games with Florida before being traded to Roanoke where he scored 30 points (14g-16a) in 23 regular season games and eight points (4g-4a) in four Kelly Cup Playoff games. He was named In Glas Co ECHL Player of the Week for February 23-29, 2004, after scoring eight points (3g-5a).

On behalf of Carl Mallette, a case of pucks will be donated to a Toledo area youth hockey organization by In Glas Co, the exclusive puck supplier for the ECHL. In Glas Co has donated over 12,000 pucks to youth hockey organizations in ECHL cities since it began sponsoring the award in 2000-01.

Runners Up: Bryce Cockburn, Trenton (4 gp, 5g, 1a, 6 pts), Mike Stathopoulos, Gwinnett (4 gp, 4g, 1a, 5 pts), and Jordan Krestanovich, Pensacola (3 gp, 4g, 1a, 5 pts).

Also Nominated: Mike Clarke (Alaska), Peter Bournazakis (Atlantic City), Eric Johansson (Augusta), Bogdan Rudenko (Charlotte), Shawn Skiehar (Louisiana), Jay Legault (Mississippi), Gregg Johnson (Pee Dee), Jake Riddle (Peoria), Tom Galvin (Reading), Guillaume Fournier (San Diego), Jeremy Stevenson (South Carolina), Kevin Cooper (Texas), and Ed McGrane (Wheeling).

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