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Kalamazoo's Sorenson named Inglasco/ECHL Player of the Week

Kalamazoo's Sorenson named Inglasco/ECHL Player of the Week

Wednesday, January 23rd

Tanner Sorenson of the Kalamazoo Wings has been selected as the Inglasco ECHL Player of the Week for the week of Jan. 14-20.

Sorenson scored two goals and added six assists for eight points in three games last week.

The 25-year-old had a six-point game (2g-4a) in a 10-8 win at Fort Wayne on Wednesday and after being held scoreless in a 4-1 loss to Cincinnati on Friday he posted two assists in a 4-3 victory against Toledo on Saturday.

A native of Anchorage, Alaska, Sorenson has tallied 31 points (10g-21a) in 22 games with the K-Wings this season. He began the season with Winterthur EHC in Switzerland where he had five points (3g-2a) in eight games.

Sorenson has recorded 103 points (45g-58a) in 156 career ECHL games with Kalamazoo and Alaska.

Prior to turning pro, Sorenson had 35 points (19g-17a) in 104 career games at Michigan State University

On behalf of Tanner Sorenson, a case of pucks will be donated to a Kalamazoo 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: Jonne Tammela, Orlando (3 gp, 3g, 3a, 6 pts.) and Mark MacMillan, Wichita (2 gp, 2g, 4a, 6 pts.).

Also Nominated: John Edwardh (Adirondack), Marc-Olivier Roy (Fort Wayne), Matt Rupert (Indy), Kelly Klima (Norfolk), Tad Kozun (South Carolina), T.J. Hensick (Toledo), Jared Thomas (Tulsa) and Troy Josephs (Wheeling).