Maine's Elmer named Inglasco/ECHL Player of the Week

Tuesday, December 10th

Jake Elmer of the Maine Mariners is the Inglasco ECHL Player of the Week for Dec. 2-8.

Elmer scored five goals and added an assist for six points in two games last week.

The 20-year-old recorded his second hat trick of the season, including the game-winning goal, in a 5-4 overtime win at Adirondack on Friday and added two goals and an assist in a 5-4 victory over the Thunder on Saturday.

Under a National Hockey League contract with the New York Rangers, Elmer is tied for fourth among ECHL rookies with 10 goals in 15 games with the Mariners. He has also appeared in one game with Hartford of the American Hockey League.

Prior to turning pro, Elmer tallied 134 points (64g-70a) in 204 career games in the Western Hockey League with Regina, Kootenay and Lethbridge.

On behalf of Jake Elmer, a case of pucks will be donated to a Maine 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: Charle-Edouard D'Astous, Toledo (4 gp, 1g, 6a, 7 pts.) and Tim McGauley, Utah (2 gp, 4g, 1a, 5 pts.).

Also Nominated: Tyler Sheehy (Allen), Lindsay Sparks (Brampton), Shawn Szydlowski (Fort Wayne), Brett Supinski (Idaho), Justin Woods (Kansas City), Blake Kessel (Orlando), Cole Ully (South Carolina), Brandon Hawkins (Wheeling) and Jordan Samuels-Thomas (Worcester).