PRINCETON, NJ – Patrick Watling of the Wheeling Nailers is the Inglasco ECHL Player of the Week for May 3-9. It is the second time this season that he has received the weekly honor.
Photo courtesy of Wheeling Nailers / ECHL
Watling scored five goals and added two assists for seven points in three games at Jacksonville last week.
The 27-year-old had an assist in a 3-1 loss on Friday, scored four goals and added an assist in an 8-5 win on Saturday, and picked up a goal in a 6-3 loss on Sunday.
A native of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Watling has notched 36 points (12 goals-24 assists) in 39 games with the Nailers this season.
Watling has totaled 125 points (42 goals-83 assists) in 142 career ECHL games with Wheeling, Orlando and Tulsa while adding three points (2 goals-1 assist) in 29 career games with Toronto of the American Hockey League.
He spent the last two seasons with the University of New Brunswick where he had 38 points (11 goals-27 assists) in 44 games. Prior to turning pro, Watling tallied 102 points (36 goals-66 assists) in 187 career games in the Ontario Hockey League with Guelph and Soo.
On behalf of Patrick Watling, 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 43,000 pucks to youth hockey organizations in ECHL cities.
Runner Up: John McCarron, Florida (3 games played, 2 goals, 5 assists, 7 points).
Also Nominated: Marco Roy (Fort Wayne), Christopher Brown (Jacksonville), Greg Moro (Kansas City), Matthew Spencer (Orlando), Andrew Cherniwchan (South Carolina), Ty Lewis (Utah) and Jay Dickman (Wichita).
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