Wheeling's Jaffray Named InGlasCo ECHL Player of the Week

Published on January 6, 2004 under ECHL (ECHL) News Release

PRINCETON, N.J. - Wheeling forward Jason Jaffray is the InGlasCo ECHL Player of the Week for December 29-January 4.

Jaffray, who was the 2003 ECHL Rookie of the Year with Roanoke, scored 14 points (7g-7a) and was +6 while helping Wheeling go 4-0-0 and improve to 23-9-2 to lead the Northern Division and the ECHL with 48 points.

Selected to start in the Par-A-Dice ECHL All-Star Game for the second straight year, Jaffray began the week with a power-play goal and four assists in a 9-3 win over Toledo on December 31. The 22-year-old Jaffray scored two goals, including the game winner, and had an assist in a 5-0 win against Toledo on January 2, and scored two goals and had an assist in a 5-1 win against Dayton on January 3. He closed out the week with two power-play goals and an assist in a 5-2 win at Dayton on January 4.

Under contract to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League, Jaffray has scored a goal in each of his last four games, including two goals in three straight games, and is tied for second in the ECHL with 46 points (19g-27a) and tied for third in the league with 19 goals.

In his first professional season in 2002-03, Jaffray led ECHL rookies with 51 assists and 85 points in 64 games while also appearing in two games with Norfolk of the AHL. He was named to the All-ECHL First Team and the ECHL All-Rookie team and became the first player ever to win the CCM ECHL Rookie of the Month twice, earning the honor in November and December.

Runners Up: Louis Goulet, Augusta (5 gp, 3g, 7a, 10 pts, +3), Anthony Aquino, Gwinnett (3 gp, 2g, 4a, 6 pts, +2) and Scott Bertoli, Trenton (4 gp, 4g, 4a, 8 pts, +5)

Also Nominated: Kimbi Daniels (Alaska), Brian Fahey (Atlantic City), Dusty Jamieson (Charlotte), Barrie Moore (Columbia), Dan Tessier (Columbus), Olivier Proulx (Dayton), Greg Bullock (Fresno), Mike Bayrack (Greensboro), Bobby Cunningham (Greenville), Chris Kenady (Las Vegas), Konstantin Kalmikov (Louisiana), Travis Lisabeth (Mississippi), Aaron Gionet (Pensacola), Randy Rowe (Peoria), Ian Turner (Reading), Rick Kowalsky (Roanoke), Ed Courtenay (South Carolina) and Tony Lawrence (Texas).

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