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

Action photo of Brandon Cutler of the Utah Grizzlies

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).