SHELLEY: (2/1) KEMP IS ECHL PLAYER OF THE WEEK
BY: Mark Shelley, Greenville Swamp Rabbits
SHREWSBURY, N.J. – Brett Kemp of the Greenville Swamp Rabbits is the Inglasco ECHL Player of the Week for Jan. 24-30.
Kemp scored three goals, added seven assists, and was a +6 in four games last week.
The 21-year-old scored a goal and had two assists in a 7-2 win against South Carolina on Wednesday and in a 4-3 victory over Florida on Friday, dished out a pair of assists in a 3-0 win against the Everblades on Saturday and added a goal and an assist in a 6-5 overtime loss to Florida on Sunday.
Under contract to Ontario of the American Hockey League, Kemp has tallied 23 points (9g-14a) in 17 games with the Swamp Rabbits this season.
Before turning pro, Kemp totaled 218 points (96g-122a) in 255 career games in the Western Hockey League with Everett, Edmonton, and Medicine Hat.
On behalf of Brett Kemp, a case of pucks will be donated to a Greenville 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 45,000 pucks to youth hockey organizations in ECHL cities.
For the first time this season, the Swamp Rabbits welcome the Norfolk Admirals to Bon Secours Wellness Arena on Friday, February 4 at 7:05 p.m.
