Wheeling’s Houde named ECHL Player of the Week

PRINCETON, NJ – Sam Houde of the Wheeling Nailers is the Inglasco ECHL Player of the Week for December 13-19.

Photo courtesy of Wheeling Nailers / ECHL

Houde scored four goals, added six assists and was a plus-6 as the Nailers swept a three-game series at Norfolk last week.

The 21-year-old had six points (3 goals-3 assists) in a 7-2 win on Wednesday, added an assist in a 3-1 victory on Friday and tallied a goal and two assists in a 9-2 win on Saturday.

Under contract to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League, Houde has posted 13 points (4 goals-9 assists) in seven games with the Nailers while adding two points (1 goal-1 assist) in eight games with the Penguins.

Prior to turning pro, Houde recorded 164 points (62 goals-102 assists) in 232 career games with Chicoutimi of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.

On behalf of Sam Houde, a case of pucks will be donated to a Wheeling 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: Darien Craighead, Indy (3 games played, 5 goals, 3 assists, 8 points) and Matthew Boucher, Utah (4 games played, 5 goals, 3 assists, 8 points).

Also Nominated: Yushiroh Hirano (Cincinnati), Matt Murphy (Fort Wayne), A.J. White (Idaho), Darik Angeli (Kansas City), Andrew McLean (Orlando) and Randy Gazzola (Toledo).

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