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Kirkpatrick named Sher-Wood Hockey ECHL Player of the Week

Kirkpatrick named Sher-Wood Hockey ECHL Player of the Week

Tuesday, April 12th

Michael Kirkpatrick of the Adirondack Thunder is the Sher-Wood Hockey ECHL Player of the Week for April 4-9.Kirkpatrick scored three goals and added three assists for six points in three games last week.The 25-year-old scored two goals in a 6-4 loss to Elmira on Tuesday, picked up a goal and an assist in a 4-3 win at Manchester on Friday and had a pair of assists in a 5-4 loss to Manchester on Saturday.A native of North Sydney, Nova Scotia, Kirkpatrick led ECHL rookies, and was tied for third overall in the league with 29 goals, and was second among first-year players with 60 points.Kirkpatrick spent the previous four seasons at St. Francis Xavier University where he had 102 points (39g-63a) in 108 games. Prior to that, he recorded 251 points (108g-143a) in 266 career QMJHL games with Saint John.On behalf of Michael Kirkpatrick, a case of pucks will be donated to an Adirondack 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.Also Nominated: Paul Crowder (Fort Wayne), Matt Caito (Toledo) and Barry Almeida (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

March 21-27	Ludwig Blomstrand	Kalamazoo Wings

March 28-April 3	Evan Rankin	Toledo Walleye