AHL announces Man of the Year finalists
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 2004-05 season.
From this list of 28 finalists, representatives from American Specialty and the AHL will choose the winner of the 2004-05 Yanick Dupre Memorial Award. The AHL's annual Man of the Year award is named after the late Yanick Dupre, who died in August 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.
Headquartered in Roanoke, Ind., American Specialty is the industry leader in providing risk services for the sports and entertainment industry.
This year's winners of the American Specialty/AHL Man of the Year awards are:
Brett Clouthier, Albany River Rats
Andy Hedlund, Binghamton Senators
Graham Belak, Bridgeport Sound Tigers
Karl Stewart, Chicago Wolves
Zenon Konopka, Cincinnati Mighty Ducks
Matt Carkner, Cleveland Barons
Rocky Thompson, Edmonton Road Runners
Joey MacDonald, Grand Rapids Griffins
Duncan Milroy, Hamilton Bulldogs
Dominic Moore, Hartford Wolf Pack
Eric Perrin, Hershey Bears
Ray Giroux, Houston Aeros
Danny Richmond, Lowell Lock Monsters
Jeff Giuliano, Manchester Monarchs
Lee Goren, Manitoba Moose
Brandon Segal, Milwaukee Admirals
Ajay Baines, Norfolk Admirals
Ben Stafford, Philadelphia Phantoms
Nolan Yonkman, Portland Pirates
Jay Henderson, Providence Bruins
Jason Botterill, Rochester Americans
Serge Payer, San Antonio Rampage
Shane Willis, Springfield Falcons
Brendan Bell, St. John's Maple Leafs
Brandon Sugden, Syracuse Crunch
Sheldon Keefe, Utah Grizzlies
Matt Murley, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
Jeff Hoggan, Worcester IceCats
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