Worcester's Jenkins named Inglasco ECHL Player of the Week

Action photo of Blade Jenkins of the Worcester Railers

Blade Jenkins of the Worcester Railers is the Inglasco ECHL Player of the Week for Jan. 29-Feb. 4.

Jenkins scored six goals and added two assists for eight points in two games at Trois-Rivières last week.

The 23-year-old potted a hat trick in a 6-2 win on Friday before posting another hat trick, and adding two assists, in a 6-4 victory on Saturday.

A native of Jackson, Michigan, Jenkins leads the Railers with 43 points (20g-23a) in 42 games this season, and enters the week on a four-game goal streak (8g) and a seven-game point streak (11g-4a).

Jenkins has tallied 66 points (28g-38a) in 63 career games with Worcester while adding 20 points (10g-10a) in 89 career American Hockey League games with Bridgeport.

Prior to turning pro, Jenkins posted 143 points (59g-84a) in 182 career games with Saginaw of the Ontario Hockey League and five points (1g-4a) in 34 games with the U.S. National Under-17 Team of the United States Hockey League.

On behalf of Blade Jenkins, a case of pucks will be donated to a Worcester 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 49,000 pucks to youth hockey organizations in ECHL cities.