WHL Brandon Wheat Kings

Stone up for CHL Award Tonight

Published on May 26, 2012 under Western Hockey League (WHL)
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Shawinigan, Quebec -- Brandon Wheat Kings captain Mark Stone has a chance to add some Canadian Hockey League hardware Saturday night as the Canadian Hockey League hosts its annual Awards Ceremony in Shawinigan, as part of this weeks MasterCard Memorial Cup festivities.

The Western Hockey"ˆLeague's most sportsmanlike player is up for the CHL Most Sportsmanlike Player Award. He is up against Zach O'Brien of the Acadie-Bathurst Titan and Brandon Saad of the Saginaw Spirit.

Stone finished second in WHL scoring this season with 123 points and had only 22 penalty minutes. O'Brien tallied 101 points in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey"ˆLeague without picking up a single penalty, while Saad had 76 points in 44 Ontario Hockey"ˆLeague games and spent 38 minutes in the penalty box.

A member of the Canadian Bronze Medal winning team at the World Junior Championships, Stone also signed with the National Hockey League's Ottawa Senators earlier this season and made his NHL debut during game five of the team's opening round playoff series against the New York Rangers.

Meanwhile, Killarney native Reid Gow of the Spokane Chiefs is vying for scholastic player of the year with Jonathan Brunelle of the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles and Adam Pelech of the Erie Otters.

Here are the nominees for all 10 major awards:

Jack Link's Top Prospect of the Year:

Mikhail Grigorenko, Quebec Remparts

Nail Yakupov, Sarnia Sting

Ryan Murray, Everett Silvertips

FRAM Sportsmanlike Player of the Year:

Zach O'Brien, Acadie-Bathurst Titan

Brandon Saad, Saginaw Spirit

Mark Stone, Brandon Wheat Kings

Chrysler Dodge Top Scorer of the Year:

Yanni Gourde, Victoriaville Tigres

Michael Sgarbossa, Sudbury Wolves

Brendan Shinnimin, Tri-City Americans

Home Hardware Humanitarian Player of the Year:

Vincent Barnard, Quebec Remparts

Andrew D'Agostini, Peterborough Petes

Taylor Vause, Swift Current Broncos

Subway Scholastic Player of the Year:

Jonathan Brunelle, Cape Breton Screaming Eagles

Adam Pelech, Erie Otters

Reid Gow, Spokane Chiefs

Old Dutch Brian Kilrea Coach of the Year:

Jean-Francois Houle, Blainville-Boisbriand Armada

Greg Gilbert, Saginaw Spirit

Jim Hiller, Tri-City Americans

BMO Rookie of the Year:

Mikhail Grigorenko, Quebec Remparts

Aaron Ekblad, Barrie Colts

Sam Reinhart, Kootenay Ice

Vaughn Goaltender of the Year:

Mathieu Corbeil, Saint John Sea Dogs

Michael Houser, London Knights

Tyler Bunz, Medicine Hat Tigers

Post Defenceman of the Year:

Jerome Gauthier-Leduc, Rimouski Oceanic

Dougie Hamilton, Niagara IceDogs

Alex Petrovic, Red Deer Rebels

CCM Player of the Year:

Yanni Gourde, Victoriaville Tigres

Michael Houser, London Knights

Brendan Shinnimin, Tri-City Americans

CCM Player of the Year:

Yanni Gourde, Victoriaville Tigres

Michael Houser, London Knights

Brendan Shinnimin, Tri-City Americans

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