Tahoe's Bailey named Inglasco ECHL Player of the Week

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Action photo of Casey Bailey of the Tahoe Knight Monsters

Casey Bailey of the Tahoe Knight Monsters is the Inglasco ECHL Player of the Week for Oct. 17-19.

Bailey scored four goals and added two assists for six points in three games against Idaho during the opening weekend of the season.

The 33-year-old had an assist in a 6-3 win on Friday, netted a hat trick in a 6-4 loss on Saturday and added a goal and an assist in a 6-5 loss on Sunday.

A native of Anchorage, Alaska, Bailey has 17 points (12g-5a) in 12 career ECHL games with Tahoe and South Carolina. He has also skated in 13 career National Hockey League games with Toronto and Ottawa; 211 career American Hockey League games with Toronto, Binghamton, Bridgeport and Charlotte; and 279 career games in various European leagues.

Prior to turning pro, Bailey had 80 points (45g-35a) in 96 career games at Penn State University and 60 points (27g-33a) in 60 games with Omaha of the United States Hockey League.

On behalf of Casey Bailey, a case of pucks will be donated to a Tahoe 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 53,000 pucks to youth hockey organizations in ECHL cities.