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Wildcatters' Rosa Named In Glas Co Player Of The Week

January 23, 2007 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release


PRINCETON, N.J. - Texas Wildcatters forward Marco Rosa is the In Glas Co ECHL Player of the Week for Jan. 15-21, 2007.

Playing three out of four games on the road, the 6-foot and 190-pound Rosa had six goals and two assists as the Wildcatters went 3-1-0 to move within one point of South Division leader Gwinnett.

The Scarborough, Ontario native scored a goal in each of the team's games, including two game-winning goals and three power-play goals, and he has a four-game goal streak (6g) and four-game scoring streak (6g-2a).

The 25-year-old had a power-play goal, the game-winning goal and an assist on Jan. 15 in a 5-4 win at Gwinnett and scored a goal in a 4-2 loss at Pensacola on Jan. 19. He had his fifth two-goal game of the season with a power-play goal and the game-winning goal in a 5-2 win at Pensacola on Jan. 20 and added another power-play goal and an assist in a 6-3 win against Pensacola on Jan. 21.

Selected in the eighth round (255th overall) by the Dallas Stars in the 2001 National Hockey League Entry Draft, Rosa has 31 points (16g-15a) in 22 games with Texas while also playing in the American Hockey League for Houston where he has two points (1g-1a) in five games and Providence where he has two points (0g-2a) in 12 games.

In his third season in the ECHL, Rosa has 99 points (52g-47a) in 100 regular season games with Texas and Long Beach and two points (0g-2a) in seven Kelly Cup Playoff games with Long Beach while also playing in the AHL where he has eight points (3g-5a) in 44 games with Milwaukee, Houston and Providence.

On behalf of Marco Rosa, a case of pucks will be donated to a Beaumont area youth hockey organization by In Glas Co, the exclusive puck supplier for the ECHL. Since beginning its sponsorship of the award in 2000-01, In Glas Co has donated more than 15,000 pucks to youth hockey organizations in ECHL cities.



Runners Up: Brad Schell, Gwinnett (3gp, 2g, 6a, 8 pts) and Chris Blight, Toledo (3gp, 3g, 3a, 6 pts).



Also Nominated: Joe Talbot (Alaska), Ryan Lang (Augusta), Brett Lutes (Bakersfield), Dave Borrelli (Fresno), Bryce Thoma (Las Vegas), Dallas Steward (Pensacola), Alexandre Rouleau (Phoenix), Malcolm MacMillan (Reading), Matt W. Reid (South Carolina), Troy Bodie (Stockton), Mike Pandolfo (Trenton) and Andy Sertich (Utah).

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