Fort Wayne's Rymsha named Inglasco/ECHL Player of the Week

Action photo of Drake Rymsha of the Fort Wayne Komets

Drake Rymsha of the Fort Wayne Komets is the Inglasco ECHL Player of the Week for Feb. 28-March 6. Rymsha scored four goals, added three assists and was a +8 in three games last week. After being held scoreless in a 4-3 win against Tulsa on Wednesday, the 23-year-old scored two goals and had an assist in an 8-3 victory at Toledo on Friday and posted two goals and two assists in a 5-2 win against Cincinnati on Saturday. A native of Huntington Woods, Michigan, Rymsha has 11 points (5g-6a) in eight games with the Komets this season while adding seven assists in 32 games with Hershey of the American Hockey League. Rymsha has tallied 41 points (22g-19a) in 67 career ECHL games with Fort Wayne and Manchester while adding 12 points (1g-11a) in 70 career AHL games with Hershey and Ontario. He has also skated in one National Hockey League game with Los Angeles. Prior to turning pro, Rymsha recorded 156 points (74g-82a) in 227 career games in the Ontario Hockey League with London, Ottawa and Sarnia. On behalf of Drake Rymsha, a case of pucks will be donated to a Fort Wayne 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: Tyler Boland, Newfoundland (3 gp, 2g, 5a, 7 pts.) and Matt Berry, Toledo (3 gp, 3g, 3a, 6 pts.). Also Nominated: Sanghoon Shin (Atlanta), Darik Angeli (Kansas City) and Odeen Tufto (Orlando).