Greenville's Bowers named Sher-Wood Hockey ECHL Player of the Week

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PRINCETON, N.J. – Justin Bowers of the Greenville Road Warriors is the Sher-Wood Hockey ECHL Player of the Week for Jan. 23-29.

The 26-year-old forward scored three goals, added six assists and was a +6 last week as the Road Warriors swept a three-game series at Florida.

Bowers scored a goal, added two assists and was +3 in a 6-3 win on Wednesday and added three assists in a 4-3 overtime victory on Thursday. He closed the week with two goals, including the game-winner, and an assist in a 3-2 win on Saturday, giving him mulitiple points in each of his last five games.

A native of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Bowers leads the Road Warriors, and is tied for second in the ECHL, with 57 points (14g-43a) in 44 games. He leads the league with 43 assists, 20 power-play assists and 24 power-play points.

Bowers has 154 points (45g-109a) in 132 career ECHL games with Dayton and Greenville. He also has 20 points (9g-11a) in 55 career American Hockey League games with Lake Erie, Quad City, Abbotsford and Portland.

On behalf of Justin Bowers, a case of pucks will be donated to a Greenville youth hockey organization by Sher-Wood Hockey, the exclusive puck supplier of the ECHL. Since beginning its sponsorship of the award in 2000-01, Sher-Wood Hockey has donated more than 25,000 pucks to youth hockey organizations in ECHL cities.

Also Nominated: Tyler Donati (Chicago), Mathieu Aubin (Cincinnati), Michael Neal (Idaho), Darren Archibald (Kalamazoo), Josh Lunden (Las Vegas), Casey Haines (Reading), Pierre-Luc O’Brien (South Carolina), Matt Foy (Stockton) and Bryan Rufenach (Toledo).

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