Florida's Garlent named Warrior Hockey/ECHL Player of the Month

Wednesday, March 4th

Action photo of Florida's Hunter Garlent

Hunter Garlent of the Florida Everblades has been named the Warrior Hockey ECHL Player of the Month for February.

Garlent scored seven goals, added 12 assists and was a +15 in 12 games during the month.

The 25-year-old tallied at least one point in 10 of his 12 outings in February, including seven multi-point games. Garlent posted four points (2g-2a) in a 5-2 win against Jacksonville on Feb. 29 and added six other two-point games.

Under an American Hockey League contract with Milwaukee, Garlent is tied for seventh among ECHL rookies with 41 points (16g-25a) in 51 games with the Everblades this season.

Prior to turning pro, Garlent tallied 131 points (40g-91a) in 90 career games at St. Mary’s University and posted 269 points (107g-162a) in 292 career Ontario Hockey League games with Guelph and Peterborough.

Runners Up: Chase Lang, Jacksonville (13 gp, 8g, 10a, 18 pts.) and Josh Kestner, Toledo (13 gp, 7g, 9a, 16 pts).

Also Nominated: Eric Neiley (Atlanta), Brett McKenzie (Fort Wayne), Brett Supinski (Idaho), Justin Taylor (Kalamazoo), Taylor Cammarata (Orlando), Matthew Weis (South Carolina), Graham Knott (Wheeling) and Stefan Fournier (Wichita).