Wichita’s Beauregard names ECHL Player of the Week

PRINCETON, NJ – Anthony Beauregard of the Wichita Thunder is the Inglasco ECHL Player of the Week for March 15-21.

Photo courtesy of Wichita Thunder / ECHL

Beauregard scored two goals and added seven assists for nine points in four games last week.

The 25-year-old picked up two assists in a 3-2 win against Indy on Wednesday and in a 3-2 victory at Wheeling on Friday. After being held off the scoresheet on Saturday, he set a career high with five points (2 goals-3 assists) in a 6-4 win against the Nailers on Sunday.

A native of Saint-Damase, Quebec, Beauregard leads the ECHL with 28 assists and 42 points, is tied for 10th with 14 goals and is second with a plus-17 rating in 38 games this season.

Beauregard has tallied 80 points (29 goals-51 assists) in 126 career ECHL games with Wichita, Brampton and Indy while adding two points (1 goal-1 assist) in 10 career AHL games with Laval.

Prior to turning pro, Beauregard recorded 223 points (69 goals-154 assists) in 207 career games with Val d’Or of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.

On behalf of Anthony Beauregard, a case of pucks will be donated to a Wichita 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.

Runners Up: Matt Marcinew, Indy (4 games played, 4 goals, 3 assists, 7 points) and Brodie Reid, Kansas City (3 g ames played, 3 goals, 3 assists, 6 points).

Also Nominated: Myles Powell (Florida), Brandon Hawkins (Fort Wayne), Derek Lodermeier (Jacksonville), Aaron Luchuk (Orlando), Justin Florek (South Carolina) and Matt Miller (Wheeling).

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