PRINCETON, NJ – Drake Rymsha of the Fort Wayne Komets is the Inglasco ECHL Player of the Week for February 28-March 6.
Photo courtesy of Ft. Wayne Komets / ECHL
Rymsha scored four goals, added three assists and was a plus-8 in three games last week.
After being held scoreless in a 4-3 win against Tulsa on Wednesday, the 23-year-old scored two goals and had an assist in an 8-3 victory at Toledo on Friday and posted two goals and two assists in a 5-2 win against Cincinnati on Saturday.
A native of Huntington Woods, Michigan, Rymsha has 11 points (5 goals-6 assists) in eight games with the Komets this season while adding seven assists in 32 games with Hershey of the American Hockey League.
Rymsha has tallied 41 points (22 goals-19 assists) in 67 career ECHL games with Fort Wayne and Manchester while adding 12 points (1 goal-11 assists) in 70 career AHL games with Hershey and Ontario. He has also skated in one National Hockey League game with Los Angeles.
Prior to turning pro, Rymsha recorded 156 points (74 goals-82 assists) in 227 career games in the Ontario Hockey League with London, Ottawa and Sarnia.
On behalf of Drake Rymsha, a case of pucks will be donated to a Fort Wayne 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 45,000 pucks to youth hockey organizations in ECHL cities.
Runners-Up: Tyler Boland, Newfoundland (3 games played, 2 goals, 5 assists, 7 points) and Matt Berry, Toledo (3 games played, 3 goals, 3 assists, 6 points).
Also Nominated: Sanghoon Shin (Atlanta), Darik Angeli (Kansas City) and Odeen Tufto (Orlando).
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