Reading's Barratt named Inglasco/ECHL Player of the Week

Action photo of Evan Barratt of the Reading Royals

Evan Barratt of the Reading Royals is the Inglasco ECHL Player of the Week for Feb. 27-March 5. Barratt scored six goals and added two assists for eight points in three games against Trois-Rivières last week. The 24-year-old had a goal and an assist in a 7-5 win on Friday, notched a hat trick and added an assist in a 5-1 victory on Saturday and scored a pair of goals in a 6-4 loss on Sunday. Under a National Hockey League contract with Philadelphia, Barratt has posted 25 points (11g-14a) in 28 games with the Royals this season while adding one assist in two games with Lehigh Valley of the American Hockey League. A native of Bristol, Pennsylvania, Barratt has totaled 43 points (19g-24a) in 94 career AHL games with Rockford and Lehigh Valley. Prior to turning pro, Barratt posted 95 points (39g-56a) in 98 career games at Penn State University and 41 points (16g-25a) in 61 career games in the United States Hockey League with the U.S. National Under-17 and Under-18 Teams. On behalf of Evan Barratt, a case of pucks will be donated to a Reading 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: Hank Crone, Allen (2 gp, 5g, 2a, 7 pts.) and Josh Wilkins, South Carolina (3 gp, 3g, 6a, 9 pts.). Also Nominated: Shane Harper (Adirondack), Josh Passolt (Cincinnati), Matt Alvaro (Fort Wayne), Alex Ierullo (Greenville), Ara Nazarian (Jacksonville), Hugo Roy (Kansas City), Brandon Hawkins (Toledo) and Sean Josling (Wheeling).