Utah's Shea named Inglasco ECHL Player of the Week

Action photo of Neil Shea of the Utah Grizzlies

Neil Shea of the Utah Grizzlies is the Inglasco ECHL Player of the Week for Dec. 16-22.

Shea scored four goals and added two assists for six points in three games against Tahoe last week.

The 25-year-old had an assist in a 7-6 overtime loss on Wednesday, picked up a goal in a 6-3 win on Friday and notched a hat trick while adding an assist in a 6-4 victory on Saturday.

Under contract to Colorado of the American Hockey League, Shea has 14 points (9g-5a) in nine games with the Grizzlies this season while adding three points (1g-2a) in eight games with the Eagles.

A native of Marshfield, Massachusetts, Shea has posted 51 points (27g-24a) in 73 career ECHL games with Utah and Newfoundland and has recorded five points (2g-3a) in 15 career AHL games with Colorado, Toronto and Chicago.

Prior to turning pro, Shea tallied 67 points (27g-40a) in 123 career collegiate games at Sacred Heart University and Northeastern University and 45 points (16g-29a) in 62 career games in the United States Hockey League with Cedar Rapids and Chicago.

On behalf of Neil Shea, a case of pucks will be donated to a Utah 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 51,000 pucks to youth hockey organizations in ECHL cities.