Jacksonville's Nadeau named Inglasco ECHL Player of the Week

Action photo of Olivier Nadeau of the Jacksonville Icemen

Olivier Nadeau of the Jacksonville Icemen is the Inglasco ECHL Player of the Week for March 3-9.

Nadeau scored five goals and added two assists for seven points in three games at Allen last week.

The 22-year-old had a hat trick and added an assist in a 9-1 win on Thursday, scored a goal in a 4-0 victory on Friday and tallied a goal and an assist in a 3-1 win on Saturday.

Under a National Hockey League contract with Buffalo, Nadeau has 40 points (22g-18a) in 35 games with the Icemen this season while adding two assists in four games with Rochester of the American Hockey League.

A native of Lac-Etchemin, Quebec, Nadeau has recorded 64 points (34g-30a) in 76 career games with Jacksonville and three points (1g-2a) in nine career games with Rochester.

Prior to turning pro, Nadeau totaled 192 points (85g-107a) in 191 career games in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League with Shawinigan and Gatineau.

On behalf of Olivier Nadeau, a case of pucks will be donated to a Jacksonville 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.