SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today the individual team winners of the American Specialty/AHL Man of the Year awards, given to one player from each AHL member team for his outstanding contributions to his local community and charitable organizations during the 2007-08 season.
From this list of 29 finalists, representatives from American Specialty and the AHL will choose the winner of the 2007-08 Yanick Dupre Memorial Award. The AHL’s annual Man of the Year award is named after the late Yanick Dupre, who died in 1997 at the age of 24, following a 16-month battle with leukemia. Dupre, an AHL All-Star in 1995, played four seasons with the Hershey Bears, registering 169 points in 207 AHL games. He also skated in 35 NHL games with the Philadelphia Flyers.
The winner of the 2007-08 Yanick Dupre Memorial Award will be announced in the coming weeks.
This year’s winners of the American Specialty/AHL Man of the Year awards are:
| Tim Conboy, Albany River Rats Denis Hamel, Binghamton Senators Pascal Morency, Bridgeport Sound Tigers Nathan Oystrick, Chicago Wolves Jimmy Howard, Grand Rapids Griffins Ajay Baines, Hamilton Bulldogs Mitch Fritz, Hartford Wolf Pack Dean Arsene, Hershey Bears Clayton Stoner, Houston Aeros Francis Wathier, Iowa Stars Mitch Love, Lake Erie Monsters Frank Doyle, Lowell Devils Gabe Gauthier, Manchester Monarchs Drew MacIntyre, Manitoba Moose John Vigilante, Milwaukee Admirals |
Norm Milley, Norfolk Admirals Trent Whitfield, Peoria Rivermen Jared Ross, Philadelphia Phantoms Mike McKenna, Portland Pirates Adam McQuaid, Providence Bruins David Van der Gulik, Quad City Flames Mike Weber, Rochester Americans Gavin Morgan, Rockford IceHogs Bryan Helmer, San Antonio Rampage Troy Bodie, Springfield Falcons Zenon Konopka, Syracuse Crunch Phil Oreskovic, Toronto Marlies Ryan Lannon, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Riley Armstrong, Worcester Sharks |
