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Wheeling's Saracino named Inglasco/ECHL Player of the Week

Wheeling's Saracino named Inglasco/ECHL Player of the Week

Wednesday, December 26th

Nick Saracino of the Wheeling Nailers has been selected as the Inglasco ECHL Player of the Week for the week of Dec. 17-22. It is the second time in three weeks that Saracino has received the honor, after sharing the award with his teammate, Cam Brown, for the week ending Dec. 9.

Saracino scored six goals and added two assists for eight points, helping the Nailers sweep a three-game series at Norfolk last week.

The 26-year-old had two goals and an assist in a 7-6 win on Wednesday and in a 6-3 victory on Friday before adding another pair of goals in a 5-0 win on Saturday.

A native of St. Louis, Saracino ranks second in the ECHL with 37 points and is tied for third with 17 goals in 27 games this season. He has posted multiple points in five consecutive games, and seven of his last eight outings, while entering this week on a 10-game point streak.

Saracino has recorded 74 points (29g-45a) in 88 career ECHL games with Wheeling and Worcester, while adding eight points (3g-5a) in 40 career games with Iowa of the American Hockey League.

Prior to turning pro, Saracino recorded 116 points (46g-70a) in 145 career games at Providence College.

On behalf of Nick Saracino, a case of pucks will be donated to a Wheeling 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: John McCarron, Florida (3 gp, 4g, 3a, 7 pts.), Chris McCarthy, Reading (2 gp, 1g, 6a, 7 pts.) and Andrew Cherniwchan, South Carolina (4 gp, 5g, 2a, 7 pts.).

Also Nominated: Shawn Szydlowski (Fort Wayne), Tony Calderone (Idaho), Kevin Dufour (Indy), Wacey Rabbit (Jacksonville), Reid Gardiner (Kalamazoo), Kevin Tansey (Toledo), Adam Pleskach (Tulsa), J.T. Henke (Utah) and Mark MacMillan (Wichita).