Utah's McGauley named Inglasco/ECHL Player of the Week

Tim McGauley of the Utah Grizzlies is the Inglasco ECHL Player of the Week for Dec. 16-22.

McGauley scored three goals, added nine assists and was a +8 last week, helping the Grizzlies improve to 7-1-2 in their last 10 games.

The 24-year-old opened the week with seven points (1g-6a) in an 8-2 win at Wichita on Tuesday, becoming the 18th player in ECHL history to notch at least six assists in a game. After being held scoreless in a 3-1 loss at Tulsa on Thursday, he had four points (2g-2a) in a 4-1 win at Kansas City on Friday and added an assist in a 3-1 victory at Wichita on Saturday.

Under contract to Colorado of the American Hockey League, McGauley leads the ECHL with a +24 rating, is tied for fifth with 21 assists and is tied for 10th with 31 points.

A native of Wilcox, Saskatchewan, McGauley has 112 points (41g-71a) in 149 career ECHL games with Utah and Colorado and 11 points (2g-9a) in 40 career AHL games with Colorado and Hershey.

Prior to turning pro, McGauley tallied 259 points (102g-157a) in 276 career games in the Western Hockey League with Saskatoon and Brandon.

On behalf of Tim McGauley a case of pucks will be donated to a Utah 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: Tyler Sheehy, Allen (4 gp, 4g, 4a, 8 pts.) and Michael Brodzinski, Orlando (3 gp, 1g, 6a, 7 pts.).

Also Nominated: A.J. Jenks (Fort Wayne), A.J. White (Idaho), Dan DeSalvo (South Carolina), Kyle Bonis (Toledo) and Christopher Brown (Wheeling).