Florida's Pendenza named Inglasco/ECHL Player of the Week

Action photo of Joe Pendenza of the Florida Everblades

Joe Pendenza of the Florida Everblades is the Inglasco ECHL Player of the Week for Jan. 16-23. Pendenza scored three goals and added four assists for seven points in three games last week. The 32-year-old had four points (1g-3a) in a 9-4 win against Savannah on Friday and scored two goals and added an assist in a 6-2 victory over the Ghost Pirates on Saturday. A native of Wilmington, Massachusetts, Pendenza has 36 points (13g-23a) in 35 games with the Everblades this season. Pendenza has tallied 228 points (94g-134a) in 262 career ECHL games with Florida, Idaho, Manchester and Cincinnati while adding 76 points (34g-42a) in 255 career games in the American Hockey League with Milwaukee and Cleveland. Prior to turning pro, Pendenza posted 110 points (49g-61a) in 152 career games at UMass-Lowell. On behalf of Joe Pendenza, a case of pucks will be donated to a Florida 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. Runner-Up: Mitchell Heard, Toledo (3 gp, 1g, 6a, 7 pts.). Also Nominated: Kohen Olischefski (Cincinnati), Tanner Eberle (Greenville), Christopher Brown (Jacksonville), Pascal Laberge (Kansas City), Mason Millman (Reading), Carter Turnbull (South Carolina), Cedric Montminy (Trois-Rivières) and Davis Bunz (Wheeling).