Wildcatters' Proulx Named In Glas Co ECHL Player Of The Week
November 28, 2006 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release
PRINCETON, N.J. - Texas Wildcatters center Olivier
Proulx is the In Glas Co ECHL Player of the Week for Nov. 20-26,
2006.
In his fourth professional season, the 24-year-old had eight points (4g-4a)
and a plus-minus rating of +5 while helping the Wildcatters go 4-0-0 on the
road to move into first place in the South Division and the American
Conference with 24 points and an 11-2-2 record.
Proulx scored a goal in each of the four games to increase his goal-scoring
streak to seven games (7g) which is the longest streak in the ECHL since
2005 when Brian McCullough of Peoria scored a goal in seven straight games
(7g) from Feb. 18-Mar. 6. The 5-foot-9 and 188-pound Proulx scored three
points (1g-2a) and assisted on the game-winning goal in each of his last
two games, a 5-4 win at South Carolina on Saturday and in a 5-2 win at
Augusta on Sunday.
He has an eight-game scoring streak (7g-7a) that includes three games with
a goal and two assists, and he is fifth on the team with seven goals and
tied for fifth with 16 points in 14 games.
He began his professional career in 2003-04 and had 53 points (20g-33a) and
123 penalty minutes in 67 games for Dayton of the ECHL while also playing
in the AHL where he had two penalty minutes in seven games with Lowell. He
played each of the past two seasons in the United Hockey League where he
had 134 points (45g-89a) and 380 penalty minutes in 151 regular season
games and seven points (3g-4a) and 32 penalty minutes in 13 playoff games
with Rockford.
On behalf of Olivier
Proulx, a case of pucks will be donated to a Beaumont area youth hockey
organization by In Glas Co, the exclusive puck supplier for the
ECHL. Since beginning its sponsorship of the award in 2000-01, In Glas
Co has donated more than 15,000 pucks to youth hockey organizations in
ECHL cities.
Runners Up: Scott
Mifsud, Gwinnett (4 gp, 4g, 6a, 10 pts) and Maxime
Boisclair, Johnstown (2 gp, 4g, 3a, 7 pts).
Also Nominated: Mike
Scott (Alaska), Joe
Cardarelli (Augusta), Brett
Lutes (Bakersfield), Bruce
Graham (Charlotte), Reggie
Berg (Florida), Greg
Rallo (Idaho), Chris
Neiszner (Las Vegas), Travis
Lisabeth (Pensacola), Scott
May (Phoenix), Chris
Bala (Reading), Cail
MacLean (South Carolina), Jamie
Tardif (Toledo), Jim
Henkel (Trenton), Ryan
Kinasewich (Utah) and Sean
Collins (Wheeling).
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