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Blomstrand named Sher-Wood Hockey ECHL Player of the Week

Blomstrand named Sher-Wood Hockey ECHL Player of the Week

Tuesday, March 29th

Ludwig Blomstrand of the Kalamazoo Wings is the Sher-Wood Hockey ECHL Player of the Week for March 21-27.Blomstrand scored five goals and added two assists for seven points last week. helping the K-Wings to a 4-0-0 record during the week.The 23-year-old had the game-winning goal in a 2-0 win at Adirondack on Tuesday, picked up an assist in a 3-2 victory at Reading on Wednesday, tallied a pair of goals in a 6-4 win over Wheeling on Friday and had three points (2g-1a) in a 5-1 victory against the Nailers on Saturday.A native of Uppsala, Sweden, Blomstrand is tied for seventh in the ECHL with a career-high 58 points (27g-31a) in 65 games this season and his six game-winning goals are tied for third in the league.Selected by the Vancouver Canucks in the fourth round (120th overall) of the 2011 NHL Entry Draft, Blomstrand has 130 points (74g-56a) in 164 career ECHL games with Kalamazoo and he has also seen action in 15 career American Hockey League games with Chicago and Utica.On behalf of Ludwig Blomstrand, a case of pucks will be donated to a Kalamazoo 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 33,000 pucks to youth hockey organizations in ECHL cities.Runners Up: Daniel Ciampini, Indy (2 gp, 2g, 4a, 6 pts.) and Rylan Schwartz, Orlando (3 gp, 3g, 2a, 5 pts.). Also Nominated: Chad Costello (Allen), Shawn Szydlowski (Fort Wayne), Jack Combs (Greenville), Rob Linsmayer (Idaho), Alexis Loiseau (Norfolk), Olivier Archambault (Quad City), Josh Shalla (Toledo) and Charles Sarault (Utah).

PREVIOUS WINNERS

WEEK	PLAYER	TEAM

Oct. 16-18	Barry Almeida	Utah Grizzlies

Oct. 19-25	Derek Army	Wheeling Nailers

Oct. 26-Nov. 1	Tyler Barnes	Missouri Mavericks

Nov. 2-8	Jordon Southorn	Fort Wayne Komets

Nov. 9-15	A.J. Jenks	Toledo Walleye

Nov. 16-22	T.J. Foster	Orlando Solar Bears

Nov. 23-29	Bryan Moore	Utah Grizzlies

Nov. 30-Dec. 6	Mike Monfredo	Quad City Mallards

Dec. 7-13	Mikhail Stefanovich	Rapid City Rush

Dec. 14-20	Kyle Jean	Idaho Steelheads

Dec. 21-27	Mike Embach	Fort Wayne Komets

Dec. 28-Jan. 3	Matt Register	Atlanta Gladiators

Jan. 4-10	Shane Berschbach	Toledo Walleye

Jan. 11-17	Barry Almeida	Utah Grizzlies

Jan. 18-24	Chris Crane	Allen Americans

Jan. 25-31	Johnny Lazo	Colorado Eagles

Feb. 1-7	Allan McPherson	Elmira Jackals

Feb. 8-14	Garrett Noonan	Cincinnati Cyclones

Feb. 15-21	Shane Berschbach	Toledo Walleye

Feb. 22-28	Cason Hohmann	Elmira Jackals

Feb. 29-March 6	Cody Wydo	Wheeling Nailers

March 7-13	Kevin Goumas	Reading Royals

March 14-20	Peter MacArthur	Adirondack Thunder