The ECHL [https://thehockeynews.com/echl]has named Casey Bailey of the Tahoe Knight Monsters [https://thehockeynews.com/echl/latest-news/M2xbIEtUkHEKM7Cweyzg]as the Inglasco ECHL Player of the Week for Oct. 17-19. Bailey had quite a start to Opening Weekend. He scored four goals and added two assists for six points in three games against the Idaho Steelheads [https://thehockeynews.com/echl/players/steelheads-forward-announces-retirement]during the opening weekend of the season. The 33-year-old had an assist in a 6-3 win on Friday, netted a hat trick in a 6-4 loss on Saturday and added a goal and an assist in a 6-5 loss on Sunday. Bailey’s hat trick came in Tahoe’s first win of the season, a 6-4 triumph over the Steelheads last Saturday. On Sunday, the Knight Monsters fell in the rubber match 6-5, but Bailey notched two more points, putting him in a tie for the league lead in points with six entering this week. A native of Anchorage, Alaska, Bailey has 17 points (12-5-17) in 12 career ECHL games with Tahoe and South Carolina. He has also skated in 13 career National Hockey League games with Toronto [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/toronto-maple-leafs]and Ottawa [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/ottawa-senators]; 211 career American Hockey League [https://thehockeynews.com/ahl/]games with Toronto, Binghamton, Bridgeport and Charlotte; and 279 career games in various European leagues. Prior to turning pro, Bailey had 80 points (45-35-80) in 96 career games at Penn State University and 60 points (27-33-60) in 60 games with Omaha of the United States Hockey League. On behalf of Casey Bailey, a case of pucks will be donated to a Tahoe youth hockey organization by Inglasco, the exclusive puck supplier of the ECHL.
