Newfoundland's Centazzo named Inglasco/ECHL Player of the Week

Action photo of Orrin Centazzo of the Newfoundland Growlers

Orrin Centazzo of the Newfoundland Growlers is the Inglasco ECHL Player of the Week for Jan. 17-23. Centazzo scored five goals and added three assists for eight points in three games last week. The 21-year-old tallied five points (3g-2a) in 9-4 win at Kansas City on Friday, had a goal and an assist in a 4-2 loss to the Mavericks on Saturday and added an assist in a 5-1 loss at Tulsa on Sunday. A native of Marwayne, Alberta, Centazzo has recorded 22 points (11g-11a) in 21 games with the Growlers this season. Prior to turning pro, Centazzo totaled 184 points (84g-100a) in 260 career games in the Western Hockey League with Kamloops and Everett. On behalf of Orrin Centazzo, a case of pucks will be donated to a Newfoundland 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 45,000 pucks to youth hockey organizations in ECHL cities. Runners-Up: Jan Mandat, Indy (3 gp, 4g, 1a, 5 pts.) and Mason Mannek, Utah (4 gp, 2g, 4a, 6 pts.). Also Nominated: Yauheni Aksiantsiuk (Idaho), Marcus Crawford (Kansas City), Brett Boeing (Toledo) and Nick Hutchison (Wheeling).