American Specialty/AHL Man of the Year team award winners announced
April 3, 2007 - American Hockey League (AHL) News Release
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 2006-07 season.
From this list of 27 finalists, representatives from American Specialty and the AHL will choose the winner of the 2006-07 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.
The winner of the 2006-07 Yanick Dupre Memorial Award will be announced later this month.
This year's winners of the American Specialty/AHL Man of the Year awards are:
Mitch Love, Albany River Rats
Bobby Robins, Binghamton Senators
Mark Wotton, Bridgeport Sound Tigers
Brian Sipotz, Chicago Wolves
Derek Meech, Grand Rapids Griffins
Corey Locke, Hamilton Bulldogs
Hugh Jessiman, Hartford Wolf Pack
Dean Arsene, Hershey Bears
Ryan Stokes, Houston Aeros
Marty Sertich, Iowa Stars
David Clarkson, Lowell Devils
Gabe Gauthier, Manchester Monarchs
J.J. Hunter, Manitoba Moose
Bracken Kearns, Milwaukee Admirals
Danny Richmond, Norfolk Admirals
Tim Hambly, Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights
Aaron MacKenzie, Peoria Rivermen
Riley Cote, Philadelphia Phantoms
Drew Miller, Portland Pirates
Jordan Sigalet, Providence Bruins
Patrick Kaleta, Rochester Americans
Logan Stephenson, San Antonio Rampage
Mitch Fritz, Springfield Falcons
Jeffrey Szwez, Syracuse Crunch
Jeff Corey, Toronto Marlies
Matt Carkner, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
Riley Armstrong, Worcester Sharks
The winner of the 2006-07 Yanick Dupre Memorial Award will be announced later this month.
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