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

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

Tuesday, November 15th

Action photo of Todd Skirving of the Newfoundland Growlers

Todd Skirving of the Newfoundland Growlers is the Inglasco ECHL Player of the Week for Nov. 7-13. Skirving scored two goals, added five assists and was a +6 as the Growlers swept a three-game series against Norfolk last week. The 30-year-old had four points (1g-3a) in a 7-1 win on Friday, picked up a goal in a 4-1 victory on Saturday and dished out a pair of assists in a 5-3 win on Sunday. A native of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Skirving has nine points (4g-5a) in 10 games with the Growlers this season. Skirving has recorded 84 points (39g-45a) in 177 career ECHL games with Newfoundland, Orlando, Utah and Atlanta. Prior to turning pro, Skirving posted 54 points (19g-35a) in 127 career games at the Rochester Institute of Technology while tallying 70 points (40g-30a) in 114 career games with Sioux Falls of the United States Hockey Leauge. On behalf of Todd Skirving, 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 47,000 pucks to youth hockey organizations in ECHL cities. Runners-Up: Tristan Mullin, Kansas City (3 gp, 4g, 2a, 6 pts.) and Brayden Watts, Wichita (3 gp, 3g, 3a, 6 pts.). Also Nominated: Louie Caporusso (Cincinnati), Nikita Pavlychev (Greenville), Ara Nazarian (Jacksonville), Kurt Gosselin (Toledo) and Cedric Pare (Wheeling).