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Kansas City's McKenna Named ECHL Player Of The Week

Kansas City's McKenna Named ECHL Player Of The Week

McKenna scored four goals and added two assists for six points in three games at Rapid City last week.

Nov 29, 2022 by Joe Babik
Kansas City's McKenna Named ECHL Player Of The Week

Jeremy McKenna of the Kansas City Mavericks is the Inglasco ECHL Player of the Week for Nov. 21-27.

McKenna scored four goals and added two assists for six points in three games at Rapid City last week.

The 23-year-old scored a goal in 5-2 loss on Wednesday, had a goal and an assist in a 4-3 win on Friday and picked up three points (2g-1a) in a 7-5 loss on Saturday.

Under contract to Coachella Valley of the American Hockey League, McKenna is tied for third in the ECHL with 21 points (9g-12a) in 14 games with the Mavericks this season. 

A native of Canmore, Alberta, McKenna has tallied 78 points (35g-43a) in 77 career ECHL games with Kansas City, Newfoundland and Wichita. He has added 14 points (5g-9a) in 44 career AHL games with Toronto.

Prior to turning pro, McKenna posted 282 points (137g-145a) in 259 career games with Moncton of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.

On behalf of Jeremy McKenna, a case of pucks will be donated to a Kansas City 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: Zach O’Brien, Newfoundland (3 gp, 0g, 7a, 7 pts.) and Dakota Raabe, Utah (3 gp, 2g, 4a, 6 pts.).          

Also Nominated: Alex Ierullo (Greenville), Shane Kuzmeski (Indy), Christopher Brown (Jacksonville), Matt Marcinew (Rapid City), Gordie Green (Toledo), Ryley Lindgren (Tulsa), Cedric Pare (Wheeling), Brayden Watts (Wichita) and Blake Christensen (Worcester).