Florida's McCarron named Inglasco/ECHL Player of the Week

John McCarron of the Florida Everblades has been named the Inglasco ECHL Player of the Week for the week of Jan. 21-27.

McCarron scored two goals, added three assists and was a +4 last week as the Everblades picked up a pair of wins against Jacksonville.

The 26-year-old notched a pair of assists in a 3-0 win on Friday and scored two goals while adding an assist in a 5-1 victory on Saturday.

A native of Macomb, Michigan, McCarron is tied for 14th in the ECHL with 40 points (18g-22a) in 36 games this season.

McCarron has tallied 194 points (85g-109a) in 212 career ECHL games with Florida and Wheeling. He also has seen action in 16 career American Hockey League games with St. John’s, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton and Stockton.

Prior to turning pro, McCarron had 74 points (24g-50a) in 131 career games at Cornell University.

On behalf of John McCarron, a case of pucks will be donated to a Florida 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: Brad McClure, Idaho (3 gp, 3g, 3a, 6 pts.), Spencer Watson, Manchester (3 gp, 3g, 2a, 5 pts.) and Yushiroh Hirano, Wheeling (3 gp, 3g, 4a, 7 pts.).

Also Nominated: Desmond Bergin (Adirondack), J.C. Campagna (Fort Wayne), Brett Welychyka (Indy), Chris McCarthy (Reading), Tyler Spezia (Toledo) and Caleb Herbert (Utah).