Reading's Cuddemi named Inglasco/ECHL Player of the Week

Ralph Cuddemi of the Reading Royals is the Inglasco ECHL Player of the Week for Nov. 18-24.

Cuddemi scored six goals - including two game-winning tallies - and added one assist for seven points in three games against Newfoundland last week.

The 26-year-old had a goal and an assist in a 5-3 win on Friday, added a goal in a 4-3 overtime loss on Saturday and tied a club record with four goals in a 7-2 victory on Sunday.

A native of Concord, Ontario, Cuddemi leads the ECHL with 16 goals and 28 points in 19 games this season.

Cuddemi has recorded 199 points (100g-99a) in 231 career ECHL games with Reading, Wichita, Fort Wayne, Utah and Florida.

Prior to turning pro, Cuddemi tallied 123 points (61g-62a) in 154 career games at Canisius College.

On behalf of Ralph Cuddemi, a case of pucks will be donated to a Reading 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 41,000 pucks to youth hockey organizations in ECHL cities.

Runners Up: Mason Mitchell, Cincinnati (4 gp, 2g, 5a, 7 pts.) and Peter Quenneville, Rapid City (3 gp, 3g, 4a, 7 pts.).

Also Nominated: Dante Hannoun (Atlanta), Jared Gomes (Brampton), Alan Lyszczarczyk (Fort Wayne), Kyle Schempp (Idaho), Aaon Luchuk (Newfoundland), Mark Cooper (South Carolina), Abbot Girduckis (Toledo) and Brandon Hawkins (Wheeling).