Victoria's Dexter Named In Glas CoECHL Player of the Week
December 14, 2004 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release
PRINCETON, N.J. - Victoria defenseman Brad Dexter is the In Glas Co ECHL Player of the Week for December 6-12.
Dexter scored two goals and had five points as the Salmon Kings had the best week in team history, getting seven of a possible eight points after going 3-0-1 to improve to 6-10-3. The 5-10 and 180-pound Dexter had an assist and was +3 in Victoria's historic first-ever home win, a 5-2 victory over West Division leader Bakersfield on Tuesday. After scoring a goal in the Salmon Kings' 8-6 win against Bakersfield on Wednesday, Dexter scored the game-winning goal, added an assist and was +3 in a 5-1 win against Mississippi on Friday, giving Victoria its first-ever three-game winning streak. He closed out the week with an assist in a 4-3 overtime loss to Mississippi on Sunday, extending his scoring streak to six games (3g-5a).
Dexter leads ECHL defensemen with 14 assists, 19 points, nine power-play assists and 10 power-play points and he is tied for the league lead among defensemen with five goals and one game-winning goal. He is tied for the team lead in power-play assists and ranks second in power-play points while ranking second on the team in scoring and assists.
On behalf of Brad Dexter, a case of pucks will be donated to a Victoria area youth hockey organization by In Glas Co, the exclusive puck supplier for the ECHL. In Glas Co has donated over 10,000 pucks to youth hockey organizations in ECHL cities since it began sponsoring the award in 2000-01.
Runners Up: Jeff Campbell, Gwinnett (4 gp, 3g, 2a, 5 pts) and Max Birbraer, San Diego (3 gp, 3g, 5a, 8 pts).
Also Nominated: B.J. Young (Alaska), Paul Caponigri (Atlantic City), Ryan Lang (Charlotte), D'Arcy McConvey (Columbia), Brad Church (Florida), Martin St. Pierre (Greenville), Shawn Mather (Johnstown), Dana Lattery (Las Vegas), Chris Kenady (Long Beach), Chris M. Thompson (Louisiana), Jeff Hutchins (Mississippi), Stephen Greeley (Pee Dee), Tyler Beechey (Pensacola), James Sanford (Peoria), Judd Medak (Reading), Ryan Fultz (Texas), Sam Paolini (Toledo), Brent Robinson (Trenton) and Ed McGrane (Wheeling).
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