With 34 goals and 40 assists in 71 games, former Wisconsin forward Tyler Barnes has been named the ECHL Rookie of the Year.
The ECHL on Monday announced that former Wisconsin forward Tyler Barnes, now of the Toledo Walleye, has been named CCM East Coast Hockey League Rookie of the Year and the recipient of the John A. Daley Memorial Trophy.
The award is presented annually to the player selected as the most proficient in his first year of competition in the ECHL as determined in a vote of ECHL coaches, broadcasters, media relations directors and media members.