Greenville’s Kemp named ECHL Player of the Week

PRINCETON, NJ – Brett Kemp of the Greenville Swamp Rabbits is the Inglasco ECHL Player of the Week for January 24-30.

Photo courtesy of Greenville Swamp Rabbits / ECHL

Kemp scored three goals, added seven assists and was a p;us-6 in four games last week.

The 21-year-old scored a goal and had two assists in a 7-2 win against South Carolina on Wednesday and in a 4-3 victory over Florida on Friday, dished out a pair of assists in a 3-0 win against the Everblades on Saturday and added a goal and an assist in a 6-5 overtime loss to Florida on Sunday.

Under contract to Ontario of the American Hockey League, Kemp has tallied 23 points (9 goals-14 assists) in 17 games with the Swamp Rabbits this season.

Prior to turning pro, Kemp totaled 218 points (96 goals-122 assists) in 255 career games in the Western Hockey League with Everett, Edmonton and Medicine Hat.

On behalf of Brett Kemp, a case of pucks will be donated to a Greenville 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.

Runner-Up: Anthony Repaci, Worcester (3 games played, 3 goals, 4 assists, 7 points).

Also Nominated: Lincoln Griffin (Cincinnati), Shawn Boudrais (Fort Wayne), Luc Brown (Idaho), Darik Angeli (Kansas City), Chase Lang (Norfolk), Conlan Keenan (Toledo) and Chris Ortiz (Wheeling).

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