Toledo's Bliss named Inglasco ECHL Player of the Week

Action photo of Trenton Bliss of the Toledo Walleye

Trenton Bliss of the Toledo Walleye is the Inglasco ECHL Player of the Week for Feb. 26-March 3.

Bliss scored four goals and added four assists for eight points in three games last week.

The 25-year-old dished out three assists in a 6-3 win over Fort Wayne on Friday, scored a pair of goals and added an assist in a 4-1 victory against Iowa on Saturday and added two more goals in a 3-0 win over the Heartlanders on Sunday.

Under contract to Grand Rapids of the American Hockey League, Bliss ranks eighth in the ECHL with 58 points (22g-36a) in 49 games with the Walleye this season while adding one assist in two games with the Griffins.

A native of Appleton, Wisconsin, Bliss has tallied 98 points (38g-60a) in 87 career games with Toledo and five points (1g-4a) in 35 career games with Grand Rapids.

Prior to turning pro, Bliss recorded 107 points (42g-65a) in 138 career collegiate games at Michigan Tech and 56 points (21g-35a) in 84 career games with Green Bay of the United States Hockey League.

On behalf of Trenton Bliss, 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 49,000 pucks to youth hockey organizations in ECHL cities.