Las Vegas' Lampe named Sher-Wood Hockey ECHL Player of the Week

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PRINCETON, N.J. – Eric Lampe of the Las Vegas Wranglers is the Sher-Wood Hockey ECHL Player of the Week for Oct. 24-30.

The 25-year-old scored six goals and added three assists as Las Vegas went 2-2-0 over a four game stretch. Lampe recorded the first of consecutive multi-point games in a 5-3 loss to Colorado on Thursday, tallying a goal and an assist. He followed that on Friday with a four goal, two assist performance as the Wranglers defeated the Eagles 9-3. Lampe, who scored the game-winning goal, set new Wranglers team records for goals and points in a game. On Saturday, Lampe added a power play goal to cap a nine point week, as Las Vegas defeated Bakersfield 4-1.

A native of Madison, Wisc., Lampe leads the ECHL with 13 points and 10 goals. His four-goal game marks the highest single game performance in the league this season.

Lampe has 48 points (27g-21a) in 47 career ECHL games with Florida, Elmira and Las Vegas, and last season, won the Fastest Skater competition at the 2011 ECHL All-Star Classic. He also has seen action in 24 AHL games with Syracuse, scoring four points (2g-2a).

Lampe graduated from Quinnipiac University, where he totaled 102 points (47g-55a) in 150 games.

On behalf of Eric Lampe, a case of pucks will be donated to a Las Vegas 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.

Runners Up: Matt Pope, South Carolina (3gp, 3g, 3a, 6 pts) and Ian O’Connor, Stockton (3gp, 3g, 2a, 5 pts).          

Also Nominated: Jack Combs (Colorado), Chaz Johnson (Chicago), Artem Demkov (Elmira), Nikita Kashirsky (Gwinnett), Patrick Asselin (Kalamazoo), Dylan Yeo (Ontario), Aaron Lewicki (Toledo), Mitch Wahl (Utah) and Chris Barton (Wheeling).

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