Josh Wilkins of the South Carolina Stingrays is the ECHL Player of the Week for Dec. 8-14.
 
Wilkins scored four goals and added three assists for seven points in four games last week.
 
The 28-year-old notched a hat trick – while adding an assist – in a 6-1 win against Orlando on Wednesday, had a goal and an assist in a 4-3 victory over Greenville on Friday and dished out an assist in a 5-3 loss at Jacksonville on Saturday.
 
A native of Raleigh, N.C., Wilkins has 20 points (10g-10a) in 20 games this season.
 
Wilkins has recorded 178 points (73g-105a) in 183 career ECHL games with South Carolina and Florida while adding 20 points (6g-14a) in 81 career games in the AHL with Milwaukee and Tucson. Wilkins has also totaled 27 points (14g-13a) in 57 career games with teams in Sweden and Slovakia.
 
Prior to turning pro, Wilkins tallied 108 points (48g-60a) in 119 career games at NCAA Division I Providence College and 29 points (16g-13a) in 49 games with Sioux City of the United States Hockey League.

During his youth hockey days, Wilkins skated for the Los Angeles Jr. Kings.
 
On behalf of Wilkins, a case of pucks will be donated to a South Carolina 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 53,000 pucks to youth hockey organizations in ECHL cities.

Photo/South Carolina Stingrays

— ECHL Staff

(December 16, 2025)