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).
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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 |