Newfoundland’s Centazzo named ECHL Player of the Week

PRINCETON, NJ – Orrin Centazzo of the Newfoundland Growlers is the Inglasco ECHL Player of the Week for January 17-23.

Photo courtesy of Newfoundland Growlers / ECHL

Centazzo scored five goals and added three assists for eight points in three games last week.

The 21-year-old tallied five points (3 goals-2 assists) in 9-4 win at Kansas City on Friday, had a goal and an assist in a 4-2 loss to the Mavericks on Saturday and added an assist in a 5-1 loss at Tulsa on Sunday.

A native of Marwayne, Alberta, Centazzo has recorded 22 points (11 goals-11 assists) in 21 games with the Growlers this season.

Prior to turning pro, Centazzo totaled 184 points (84 goals-100 assists) in 260 career games in the Western Hockey League with Kamloops and Everett.

On behalf of Orrin Centazzo, a case of pucks will be donated to a Newfoundland 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: Jan Mandat, Indy (3 games played, 4 goals, 1 assist, 5 points) and Mason Mannek, Utah (4 games played, 2 goals, 4 assists, 6 points).

Also Nominated: Yauheni Aksiantsiuk (Idaho), Marcus Crawford (Kansas City), Brett Boeing (Toledo) and Nick Hutchison (Wheeling).