Kestner nabs ECHL Player of the Week honors

(Toledo, OH) – Forward Josh Kestner has been named Inglasco ECHL Player of the Week for the week of February 24 through March 1. Kestner also won the award this year from December 30 through January 5.

Kestner led the way in Toledo’s four-game week with 11 points (6G, 5A) that included his first professional hat trick in Wednesday’s 6-3 win at Brampton. He followed that up with 3 assists in Toledo’s 7-1 win over Fort Wayne, two more goals in Saturday’s 5-3 loss to the Komets while finishing up the week with a goal and assist in the 6-0 win over Wheeling.

The native of Huntsville, Alabama is currently leading the Toledo Walleye in scoring with 66 points (30G, 36A), while leading the league in goal-scoring. Kestner is averaging a point-per-game in his ECHL career with 115 (52G, 63A) over 115 contests.

On behalf of Josh Kestner, a case of pucks will be donated to a Toledo 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 41,000 pucks to youth hockey organizations in ECHL cities.