Walleye’s Josh Kestner named to All-ECHL first team

Toledo Walleye forward Josh Kestner has been named to the All ECHL First Team for the 2019-2020 season. He becomes just the third Walleye player to ever finish on the First Team.
The native of Huntsville, Alabama is the first player in Toledo ECHL history to lead the league in scoring for a season with 73 points (33G, 40A) over 58 games played. Kestner finished the year as the league leader in goals with 33 and he finished second among all players in shots on goal with 212. He joins Shane Berschbach (2015-2016) and J.C. Sawyer (2009-2010) as the only other Walleye players to land on the ECHL First Team.
Kestner took home ECHL Player of the Week honors for the first week of January and the last week of February during the season. The 26-year-old was remarkably consistent during the campaign finishing with at least one point in 46 of his 58 games played. Kestner had the two longest Walleye point streaks of this season, an 11 game run from October 19 at Fort Wayne through November 16 at Newfoundland and a nine game streak from December 21 at Indy through January 12 vs. Wheeling. Twice he reached 16 points in a month with six goals and 10 assists in November and seven goals plus nine assists in January.
Goaltender Billy Christopoulos has been named to the ECHL All-Rookie Team for the 2019-2020 season. The full team is listed below release.
The 26-year-old finished the season with a league best .932 save percentage, while posting a 24-3-3 record. Christopoulos had a 2.29 goals against average this season which finished as the 6th best in the ECHL while his 24 wins was third most.
Twice during the campaign he was honored by the league, first as goaltender of the week for February 17-23 when he went 2-0-0 with a 1.00GAA and .977SVP. The second came as Goaltender of the Month with a 5-1-1 over seven starts in February with a sparkling 1.82 goals against average and a .947 save percentage.
Christopoulos is the sixth Walleye player ever to land on the ECHL All-Rookie Team joining: Tylor and Tyson Spink (2016-2017), Tyler Barnes (2014-2015), Andy Bohmbach (2010-2011) and Maxime Tanguay (2009-2010).