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Rankin named Sher-Wood Hockey ECHL Player of the Week

Rankin named Sher-Wood Hockey ECHL Player of the Week

Tuesday, April 5th

Evan Rankin of the Toledo Walleye is the Sher-Wood Hockey ECHL Player of the Week for March 28-April 3.Rankin scored six goals and was a +4 in three games last week, helping the Walleye to a 3-0-0 record.The 30-year-old scored a goal and was a +3 in a 5-4 win against Manchester on Friday before scoring five goals in a 7-3 victory at Cincinnati on Saturday. It was the second time in his ECHL career that Rankin scored five goals in a game after also doing so on Feb. 18, 2010 at Charlotte. It was just the 31st time in ECHL history that a player has scored at least five goals in a game. A native of Portage, Mich., Rankin has 29 points (18g-11a) in 28 games with the Walleye this season while adding seven points (1g-6a) in 30 American Hockey League games with Lehigh Valley, St. John’s and Utica.Rankin has tallied 159 points (83g-76a) in 171 career games with Toledo and he has posted 115 points (56g-59a) in 221 career AHL games with Manitoba, Grand Rapids, Rochester, Syracuse, Lehigh Valley, St. John’s and Utica.On behalf of Evan Rankin, 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 33,000 pucks to youth hockey organizations in ECHL cities.Runners Up: Trent Daavettila, Colorado (4 gp, 2g, 6a, 8 pts.) and Justin Taylor, Kalamazoo (3 gp, 3g, 2a, 5 pts.). Also Nominated: Greg Wolfe (Adirondack), David Makowski (Allen), Derek Nesbitt (Atlanta), Chris Rumble (Evansville), Garrett Meurs (Fort Wayne), Jack Combs (Greenville), Nick Petrecki (Indy), Sam Warning (Quad City), Yannick Tifu (Reading) and Bryan Moore (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