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

Ty Lewis of the Utah Grizzlies is the Inglasco ECHL Player of the Week for Jan. 13-19.

Lewis scored three goals and added four assists for seven points in four games last week.

The 21-year-old notched a hat trick and had two assists in a 6-1 win at Allen on Monday and picked up an assist in a 6-5 overtime loss to the Americans on Tuesday and in a 4-1 victory over Wichita on Friday.

Under a National Hockey League contract with the Colorado Avalanche, Lewis has 34 points (18g-16a) in 26 games with the Grizzlies while adding one assist in 12 AHL games with Colorado.

A native of Brandon, Manitoba, Lewis has recorded 47 points (23g-24a) in 33 career ECHL games with Utah and 20 points (8g-12a) in 63 career AHL games with Colorado.

Prior to turning pro, Lewis tallied 191 points (84g-107a) in 190 career games with Brandon of the Western Hockey League.

On behalf of Ty Lewis, 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: Justin Kovacs, Kalamazoo (3 gp, 3g, 2a, 5 pts.) and Trevor Olson, Orlando (4 gp, 3g, 4a, 7 pts.).

Also Nominated: Samuel Asselin (Atlanta), Brett McKenzie (Fort Wayne), Andrew Cherniwchan (South Carolina) and Troy Loggins (Toledo).