Reading's Barratt named Inglasco/ECHL Player of the Week

Evan Barratt of the Reading Royals is the Inglasco ECHL Player of the Week for Feb. 27-March 5. Barratt scored six goals and added two assists for eight points in three games against Trois-Rivières last week. The 24-year-old had a goal and an assist in a 7-5 win on Friday, notched a hat trick and added an assist in a 5-1 victory on Saturday and scored a pair of goals in a 6-4 loss on Sunday. Under a National Hockey League contract with Philadelphia, Barratt has posted 25 points (11g-14a) in 28 games with the Royals this season while adding one assist in two games with Lehigh Valley of the American Hockey League. A native of Bristol, Pennsylvania, Barratt has totaled 43 points (19g-24a) in 94 career AHL games with Rockford and Lehigh Valley. Prior to turning pro, Barratt posted 95 points (39g-56a) in 98 career games at Penn State University and 41 points (16g-25a) in 61 career games in the United States Hockey League with the U.S. National Under-17 and Under-18 Teams. On behalf of Evan Barratt, a case of pucks will be donated to a Reading 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: Hank Crone, Allen (2 gp, 5g, 2a, 7 pts.) and Josh Wilkins, South Carolina (3 gp, 3g, 6a, 9 pts.). Also Nominated: Shane Harper (Adirondack), Josh Passolt (Cincinnati), Matt Alvaro (Fort Wayne), Alex Ierullo (Greenville), Ara Nazarian (Jacksonville), Hugo Roy (Kansas City), Brandon Hawkins (Toledo) and Sean Josling (Wheeling).