Jacksonville's D'Aoust named Inglasco/ECHL Player of the Week

Alexis D’Aoust of the Jacksonville Icemen is the Inglasco ECHL Player of the Week for the week of Oct. 22-28.

D’Aoust scored three goals, added four assists and was a +5 in three games last week as the Icemen improved to an ECHL-best 5-0-0 on the season.

The 22-year-old notched an assist in a 3-2 win against Atlanta on Thursday, tallied a goal and two assists in a 4-2 victory over Greenville on Friday and posted two goals and an assist in a 5-1 win at Greenville on Sunday.

A native of Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, D’Aoust is tied for third in the ECHL with 12 points (6g-6a) in five games this season.

Under contract with Manitoba of the American Hockey League, D’Aoust had 21 points (10g-11a) in 57 games with Utica of the AHL last season.

Prior to turning pro, he recorded 241 points (113g-128a) in 299 career games with Shawinigan of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.

On behalf of Alexis D’Aoust, a case of pucks will be donated to a Jacksonville youth hockey organization by Inglasco, the exclusive puck supplier of the ECHL. Since beginning its sponsorship of the award in 2000-01, Inglasco has donated more than 39,000 pucks to youth hockey organizations in ECHL cities.

Runners Up: James Henry, Adirondack (3 gp, 2g, 4a, 6 pts.), Chris Crane, Norfolk (3 gp, 5g, 0a, 5 pts.) and TJ Hensick, Toledo (3 gp, 3g, 4a, 7 pts.).

Also Nominated: Braylon Shmyr (Allen), J.C. Campagna (Fort Wayne), Steven McParland (Idaho), Rocco Carzo (Kansas City), Tony Cameranesi (Manchester), Hunter Fejes (Orlando), Andrew Cherniwchan (South Carolina), Jared Thomas (Tulsa) and Cole Ully (Utah).