Toledo's Cox named Inglasco/ECHL Player of the Week

Action photo of Ryan Cox of the Toledo Walleye

Ryan Cox of the Toledo Walleye is the Inglasco ECHL Player of the Week for March 20-26. Cox scored three goals and added three assists for six points in three games last week. The 24-year-old had an assist in a 4-2 loss to Reading on Friday, tallied a pair of goals in a 5-1 win against Greenville on Saturday and added three points (1g-2a) in a 5-4 shootout loss to the Swamp Rabbits on Sunday. A native of St. Albert, Alberta, Cox has tallied at least one point in each of his five games with Toledo (5g-4a) since signing with the team on March 17 after completing his collegiate career at Niagara University. Prior to turning pro, Cox posted 69 points (35g-34a) in 152 career games at Niagara. On behalf of Ryan Cox, a case of pucks will be donated to a Toledo 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 youthhockey organizations in ECHL cities. Runner-Up: Ryan Francis, Trois-Rivières (3 gp, 2g, 4a, 6 pts.). Also Nominated: Sean Josling (Florida), Shawn Boudrais (Fort Wayne), Mathieu Foget (Kansas City), Charlie Gerard (Reading) and Peter Laviolette (Wheeling).