MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com-SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - The American Hockey League announced that former Trenton Devils rookie goaltender Jeff Frazee has been named the Reebok/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending Mar. 22

The 21 year old was 2-1-0 with a shutout, a goals-against average of 0.67 and a save percentage of .983 in three games for Lowell.

Selected in the second round (38th overall) by New Jersey in the 2005 National Hockey League Entry Draft, Frazee began the season with Trenton and was 2-2-0 with a goals-against average of 2.65 and a save percentage of .912 in five games before being reassigned to Lowell. He is 25-18-5 with three shutouts, a goals-against average of 2.61 and a save percentage of .922 in 50 games for Lowell.

Other former ECHL players nominated for the award were Philippe Dupuis, Mike Glumac, Tim Hambly, Justin Keller, Nathan Lawson, Joel Perrault, Justin Peters, Rob Sirianni, Miika Wiikman. SZ is the nation's oldest digital sports magazine. Dedicated to the minor leagues and alternative professional sports with the MAJOR ATTITUDE of big-league publications.

The last two recipients of the Reebok X-Pulse/AHL Goaltender of the Month were Matt Zaba, who played for the Charlotte Checkers and the Idaho Steelheads, in February and Josh Tordjman, who played for the Phoenix RoadRunners, in January.

The ECHL has had affiliations with 20 or more teams in the AHL the last eight years and in the past seven seasons there have been more ECHL players called up to the AHL than all other professional leagues combined.

Seven times in the last eight years the winner of the AHL Coach of the Year award has been a former ECHL coach including the last three selections with Scott Gordon, Mike Haviland and Kevin Dineen. Former ECHL coaches won the award four consecutive years from 2001-04 with Don Granato, Bruce Cassidy, Geoff Ward and Claude Noel. The first former ECHL coach to win the award was Peter Laviolette in 1999.

Nine former ECHL players have been named Reebok/AHL Player of the Week this season: former Florida Everblades center Keith Aucoin, former Johnstown Chiefs goaltender Jason Bacashihua, former Las Vegas Wranglers and Wheeling Nailers goaltender John Curry, former Stockton Thunder and 2007 ECHL All-Star goaltender Devan Dubnyk, former Trenton Devils goaltender Jeff Frazee, former Las Vegas Wranglers goaltender Kevin Lalande, former Gwinnett Gladiator and 2006 ECHL All-Star left wing Pascal Pelletier, former Phoenix RoadRunners goaltender Josh Tordjman, former ECHL goaltender Mike Brodeur and former Gwinnett Gladiators center and AHL All-Star Classic Most Valuable Player Jared Ross.

For the 19th year in a row the Premier ‘AA’ Hockey League was represented on the AHL champion as the Chicago Wolves had a record 14 former ECHL players on their roster.

Seven times in the last eight years the winner of the AHL Coach of the Year award has been a former ECHL coach including the last three selections with Scott Gordon, Mike Haviland and Kevin Dineen. Former ECHL coaches won the award four consecutive years from 2001-04 with Don Granato, Bruce Cassidy, Geoff Ward and Claude Noel. The first former ECHL coach to win the award was Peter Laviolette in 1999.

Ten former ECHL players won the weekly award in 2007-08 while former ECHL players were chosen to receive the Rbk X-Pulse/AHL Goaltender of the Month four times, the CCM/AHL Player of the Month award three times and the Rbk Edge/AHL Rookie of the Month two times. The ECHL was represented by three players on both the First Team All-AHL and the Second Team All-AHL while goaltender John Curry was named to the All-Rookie Team and Andrew Hutchinson was named Defenseman of the Year.

Barry Brust and Nolan Schaefer won the Harry “Hap” Holmes Memorial Award, presented each season to the goaltender(s) appearing in at least 25 games for the team allowing the fewest goals, for 2007-08. It is the seventh season in a row and the 12th time in the last 15 years that the award has been won or shared by a former ECHL goaltender.

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