Kalamazoo's Berard named Inglasco ECHL Player of the Week

Action photo of Ben Berard of the Kalamazoo Wings

Ben Berard of the Kalamazoo Wings is the Inglasco ECHL Player of the Week for March 10-16.

Berard scored six goals and added two assists for eight points in three games last week.

The 26-year-old scored a pair of goals in a 6-2 win at Indy on Friday and in a 5-4 shootout loss to Toledo on Saturday before notching four points (2g-2a) in 5-0 victory over the Walleye on Sunday.

Under contract to Abbotsford of the American Hockey League, Berard has 35 points (19g-16a) in 37 games with the K-Wings this season while adding two goals in four games with the Canucks.

A native of Duncan, British Columbia, Berard has tallied seven points (3g-4a) in 36 career AHL games with Abbotsford and Texas.

Prior to turning pro, Berard recorded 68 points (32g-36a) in 87 career games at Cornell University.

On behalf of Ben Berard, a case of pucks will be donated to a Kalamazoo 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.