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Walleye’s Mitch Lewandowski named ECHL Player of the Week after six-point week

Clarkston native and former Michigan State forward Mitch Lewandowski earns the ECHL’s weekly honor after a goal and five assists in three Toledo wins.

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Toledo Walleye veteran Mitch Lewandowski has been named the Inglasco ECHL Player of the Week for Nov. 2-8, after scoring one goal and adding five assists as the Walleye won all three of their games.

The 28-year-old from Clarkston had a hand in every win of Toledo’s perfect week. He set up two goals in Wednesday’s 3-2 win at Kalamazoo, including Quinn Preston’s third-period winner, and added an assist in Friday’s 4-3 win over the K-Wings. He saved his biggest night for Saturday’s sold-out home opener at the Huntington Center, assisting on two of Toledo’s three quick second-period goals and sealing the 6-4 win over Fort Wayne with an empty-net goal late in the third.

Lewandowski leads the Walleye in scoring with 11 points (two goals, nine assists) in eight games. Toledo, the Red Wings’ ECHL affiliate, has won six of its first eight games.

A familiar Michigan name

Lewandowski put up 120 points (56 goals, 64 assists) in 156 games at Michigan State, after USHL stops with Chicago and Des Moines. He has since become a fixture in Toledo, with 170 points (56 goals, 114 assists) in 173 career ECHL games, all with the Walleye. He has also played 24 AHL games with Tucson, Cleveland, and Milwaukee and 11 games with Södertälje SK in Sweden.

As part of the award, Inglasco, the ECHL’s official puck supplier, will donate a case of pucks to a Toledo youth hockey organization on his behalf. The honor comes a day after Griffins captain Dominik Shine was named the AHL’s Player of the Week, giving the Red Wings’ two affiliates back-to-back weekly winners.

What’s next

The Walleye open a three-game road trip Friday, Nov. 13, at Wheeling (7:10 p.m.), then visit Fort Wayne on Saturday and Indy on Sunday. Their next home game is Wednesday, Nov. 18, against Rapid City.

Earlier on Mitten Hockey: Walleye Game Recap: vs. Komets (Nov. 7), Walleye Game Recap: at K-Wings (Nov. 4), and Griffins captain Dominik Shine named AHL Player of the Week.

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