Utah's Cutler named Inglasco/ECHL Player of the Week

Brandon Cutler of the Utah Grizzlies is the Inglasco ECHL Player of the Week for Jan. 23-29. Cutler scored five goals and added three assists for eight points in three games against Rapid City last week. The 23-year-old had a goal in a 3-1 win on Wednesday, notched six points (4g-2a) in a 6-4 victory on Friday and picked up an assist in a 4-3 win on Saturday. A native of Fort MacMurray, Alberta, Cutler has 15 points (9g-6a) in 17 games with the Grizzlies this season while also skating in nine games in the American Hockey League with Belleville and Hartford. Cutler has tallied 42 points (19g-23a) in 40 career ECHL games with Utah and has eight points (2g-6a) in 45 career AHL games with Abbotsford, Belleville and Hartford. Prior to turning pro, Cutler posted 106 points (47g-59a) in 258 career games with Victoria of the Western Hockey League. On behalf of Brandon Cutler, a case of pucks will be donated to a Utah 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 47,000 pucks to youth hockey organizations in ECHL cities. Runners-Up: Xavier Parent, Adirondack (3 gp, 4g, 3a, 7 pts.) and Liam Finlay, Allen (4 gp, 5g, 2a, 7 pts.). Also Nominated: Zack Andrusiak (Cincinnati), Brendan Harris (Jacksonville), Jordan Sambrook (Kansas City), Charlie Gerard (Reading), Brandon Hawkins (Toledo), Nicolas Guay (Trois-Rivières), Blake McLaughlin (Tulsa), Louie Roehl (Wheeling) and Trevor Cosgrove (Worcester).