Orlando's Troy Bourke selected as ECHL Player of the Week

ORLANDO, Fla. – The Orlando Solar Bears are proud to announce that forward Troy Bourke has been selected as the Inglasco/ECHL Player of the Week for the week of Nov. 5-11. 

Bourke, 24, scored three goals and added five assists for eight points in two games last week.

Bourke recorded two goals and two assists in a 7-4 win against Jacksonville on Tuesday and added the game-winning goal and three assists in a 5-3 victory at South Carolina on Saturday.

Bourke is the first Solar Bears player to earn Player of the Week honors since Eric Faille for the week of Feb. 27-March 5 during the 2016-17 season, and the seventh player in team history to do so.
 
Under contract to Syracuse of the American Hockey League, Bourke has 12 points (3g-9a) in four games with the Solar Bears this season while also seeing action in four games with the Crunch.
 
A native of Edmonton, Alberta, Bourke has posted 55 points (18g-37a) in 37 career ECHL games with Orlando, Adirondack and Fort Wayne and tallied 63 points (24g-39a) in 216 career AHL games with Syracuse, San Antonio and Lake Erie.
 
Prior to turning pro, Bourke had 236 points (84g-152a) in 276 career games with Prince George of the Western Hockey League.

Bourke was a third-round selection (#72 overall) by the Colorado Avalanche in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft.

On behalf of Troy Bourke, a case of pucks will be donated to an Orlando 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 39,000 pucks to youth hockey organizations in ECHL cities. 

SOLAR BEARS ECHL PLAYER OF THE WEEK HISTORY:
•    Dan Gendur – Dec. 24-30, 2012-13
•    Mike Ullrich – Dec. 30-Jan. 5, 2013-14
•    Mickey Lang – Feb. 10-16, 2013-14
•    Taylor Matson – Feb. 17-23, 2013-14
•    T.J. Foster – Nov. 16-22, 2015-16
•    Eric Faille – Feb. 27-March 5, 2016-17
•    Troy Bourke – Nov. 5-11, 2018-19