Goumas named Sher-Wood Hockey ECHL Player of the Week

Kevin Goumas of the Reading Royals is the Sher-Wood Hockey ECHL Player of the Week for March 7-13.Goumas scored five goals, added five assists and was a +7 last week helping Reading to a 3-0-0 record.The 24-year-old had the game-winning goal and two assists in a 5-1 win at Manchester on Friday, tied the ECHL season-high with six points (3g-3a) in a 7-4 victory over the Monarchs on Saturday and scored the only goal in 1-0 win at Adirondack on Sunday.Goumas, who was assigned to the Royals by Lehigh Valley of the American Hockey League earlier in the week, has recorded 12 points (6g-6a) in five games with Reading this season. He has added 13 points (6g-7a) in 56 games with Lehigh Valley.A native of Merrick, N.Y., Goumas has tallied 34 points (13g-21a) in 132 career American Hockey League games with Adirondack and Lehigh Valley. Prior to turning pro, he had 146 points (44g-102a) in 146 career games at the University of New Hampshire.On behalf of Kevin Goumas, a case of pucks will be donated to a Reading 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 tha3n 3,000 pucks to youth hockey organizations in ECHL cities.Runners Up: Jamie Schaafsma, Fort Wayne (3 gp, 3g, 3a, 6 pts.) and Ryan Hayes, Utah (3 gp, 4g, 1a, 6 pts.).Also Nominated: Dyson Stevenson (Allen), Collin Bowman (Colorado), Alex Wideman (Evansville), Brendan O’Donnell (Florida), Peter Schneider (Indy), T.J. Foster (Orlando), Olivier Archambault (Quad City), Austin Wuthrich (Toledo) and Riley Brace (Wheeling).

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