FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 18, 2025
K-WINGS FORWARD BEN BERARD NAMED INGLASCO/ECHL PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Three multi-goal games & eight total points earn Berard his first ECHL Player of the Week honor.
KALAMAZOO, MI – The Kalamazoo Wings, proud ECHL affiliate of the Vancouver Canucks, announced Tuesday the ECHL has named K-Wings forward Ben Berard the Inglasco ECHL Player of the Week for March 10-16.
To earn the league’s weekly honor, Berard scored six goals and added two assists for eight points in three games last week.
The 26-year-old scored a pair of goals in a 6-2 win at Indy on Friday and in a 5-4 shootout loss to Toledo on Saturday before notching four points (2g-2a) in 5-0 victory over the Walleye on Sunday.
Under contract to Abbotsford of the American Hockey League, Berard has 35 points (19g-16a) in 37 games with the K-Wings this season while adding two goals in four games with the Canucks.
A native of Duncan, British Columbia, Berard has tallied seven points (3g-4a) in 36 career AHL games with Abbotsford and Texas.
Prior to turning pro, Berard recorded 68 points (32g-36a) in 87 career games at Cornell University.
On behalf of Ben Berard, a case of pucks will be donated to a Kalamazoo 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.
The K-Wings face the Bloomington Bison (26-28-3-2) Friday at 8:00 p.m. (7:00 CDT) at Grossinger Motors Arena.
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The PAW Patrol / Pucks N’ Paws Game is coming up as Kalamazoo will battle the South Carolina Stingrays at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 29 at Wings Event Center. The goal horns will be turned off and the barks are sure to be turned ALL the way up! Plus, the first 1,000 fans receive a K-Wings Dog Leash, the first intermission will feature the pup race, and stick around after the game for the PAW Patrol jersey auction.
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The Kalamazoo Wings are a professional hockey team located in southwest Michigan that has been a staple in the Kalamazoo, MI professional sports landscape since 1974. The K-Wings compete in the ECHL and are the AA affiliate of the National Hockey League’s Vancouver Canucks and the American Hockey League’s Abbotsford Canucks. Kalamazoo plays their 36 regular season home games at Wings Event Center from October through April.
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