Utah's Kinasewich Named In Glas Co ECHL Player Of The Week

Published on February 28, 2006 under ECHL (ECHL) News Release

PRINCETON, N.J. - Ryan Kinasewich of the Utah Grizzlies is the In Glas Co, ECHL Player of the Week for Feb. 20-26. Kinasewich won the award for Dec. 26-Jan. 1 and joins Garett Bembridge of the Idaho Steelheads as the only two-time winner this season.

The 22-year-old had 11 points (3g-8a) to help Utah go 3-1-1 on the road to improve to 32-20-5 and move into third place in the West Division with 69 points.

Kinasewich scored three points (1g-2a) in a 5-4 overtime win at San Diego on Feb. 22 and had two assists in a 3-0 win at Long Beach on Feb. 24 before scoring the only goal in a 2-1 overtime loss at San Diego on Feb. 25. He closed the week scoring a goal and assisting on the other three goals in a 4-0 win at Phoenix on Feb. 26.

The 6-foot-2 and 202-pound left wing has scored a goal in each of his last two games to move into second place in the league with 30 goals in 46 games. He has an eight-game scoring streak (6a-12a) and ranks third in the ECHL with 68 points (30g-38a) and is fourth with 29 power-play points (12ppg-17ppa).

In his rookie season in 2004-05, Kinasewich had 38 points (16g-22a) in 43 regular season games and six points (1g-5a) in five playoff games for Reading and he was chosen to play in the 2005 ECHL All-Star Game where he scored a goal and an assist. He also played in the American Hockey League with Manchester where he had eight points (2g-6a) in 29 games.

The native of St. Albert, Alberta played five years in the Western Hockey League and had 252 points (106g-146a) and 232 penalty minutes in 298 regular season games and 12 points (7g-5a) in 16 playoff games with Medicine Hat and Tri-City.

On behalf of Ryan Kinasewich, a case of pucks will be donated to a West Valley City, Utah area youth hockey organization by In Glas Co, the exclusive puck supplier for the ECHL. In Glas Co has donated over 14,000 pucks to youth hockey organizations in ECHL cities since it began sponsoring the award in 2000-01.

Runners Up: Eric Werner, Reading (4gp-2g-4a-6pts), Mark Wires, San Diego (4gp-3g-5a-8pts) and Matt Reid, South Carolina (3gp-3g-3a-6pts).

Also Nominated: Joe Talbot (Alaska), Ryan Lang (Augusta), Kevin Bergin (Florida), Brocke Radunske (Greenville), Guillaume Desbiens (Gwinnett), Dan Tudin (Las Vegas), Mark Wires (San Diego), Lance Monych (Stockton), Scooter Smith (Toledo), Stephen Wood (Trenton), and Ryan Wade (Victoria).

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