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Jamie Milam, Toledo Walleye

2009-10-20


PRINCETON, N.J. – Jamie Milam of the Toledo Walleye is the Sher-wood Hockey ECHL Player of the Week for Oct. 15-18.

The 25 year old had two goals, three assists and five points to help the Walleye post back-to-back wins on Oct. 17 and 18 and finish 2-1-0 against Florida.

Milam scored the game-winning goal on the power play and added a pair of assists in a 5-2 win on Oct. 17 and had a goal and assisted on the game-winning goal in a 4-3 overtime win on Oct. 18. He leads ECHL defensemen and is tied for the overall league lead with five points. He is tied for the lead among defensemen with two goals, three assists, three power-play points and one game-winning goal.

Milam returns to the ECHL after playing in Denmark and Sweden in 2008-09, scoring 29 points (14g-15a) in 42 games.

He was named to the ECHL All-Rookie Team in 2006-07 after scoring 54 points (13g-41a) in 68 regular season games for Gwinnett.

Milam returned to play for the Gladiators in 2007-08 and was voted as a starter for the 2008 ECHL All-Star Game and was named Second Team All-ECHL after leading league defensemen with 33 power-play points and finishing second with 54 points in 72 games. He added four points (2g-2a) in eight Kelly Cup Playoff games.

On behalf of Jamie Milam, a case of pucks will be donated to a Toledo youth hockey organization by Sher-wood Hockey, the exclusive puck supplier of the ECHL. Since beginning its sponsorship of the award in 2000-01, Sher-wood Hockey has donated more than 22,500 pucks to youth hockey organizations in ECHL cities.

Runners Up: Justin Donati, Elmira (2 gp, 1g, 3a, 4 pts), Ryan Kinasewich, Utah (1 gp, 3g, 1a, 4 pts), Tyler Spurgeon, Idaho (3 gp, 1g, 4a, 5 pts) and Tom Zanoski, Gwinnett (1 gp, 2g, 2a, 4 pts).

Also Nominated: Dan Sexton (Bakersfield), Tyler Doig (Charlotte), Rob Hennigar (Florida), Rick Cleaver (Kalamazoo), Ben McLeod (Reading), Rob Ricci (South Carolina) and Olivier Filion (Victoria).

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