Grizzlies' Shea Named ECHL Player Of The Week

Neil Shea of the Utah Grizzlies is the Inglasco ECHL Player of the Week for Dec. 16-22.

Shea helped Utah take two of three games against a red-hot Knight Monsters team last week. He scored four goals and added two assists for six points in the three games.

The 25-year-old had an assist in a 7-6 overtime loss on Wednesday, picked up a goal in a 6-3 win on Friday and notched a hat trick while adding an assist in a 6-4 victory on Saturday.

Under contract to Colorado of the American Hockey League, Shea has 14 points (9-5-14) in nine games with the Grizzlies this season while adding three points (1-2-3) in eight games with the Eagles.

A native of Marshfield, Massachusetts, Shea has posted 51 points (27-24-51) in 73 career ECHL games with Utah and Newfoundland and has recorded five points (2-3-5) in 15 career AHL games with Colorado, Toronto and Chicago.

Prior to turning pro, Shea tallied 67 points (27-40-67) in 123 career collegiate games at Sacred Heart University and Northeastern University. In junior hockey, he totaled 45 points (16-29-45) in 62 career games in the United States Hockey League with Cedar Rapids and Chicago.

On behalf of Neil Shea, 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 51,000 pucks to youth hockey organizations in ECHL cities.