IOA/American Specialty AHL Man of the Year Team Award Winners Announced

March 28, 2011 - American Hockey League (AHL) News Release

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. ... The American Hockey League announced today the individual team winners of the IOA/American Specialty AHL Man of the Year awards, selected by their respective clubs for their outstanding contributions to the local community and charitable organizations during the 2010-11 season.

From this list of finalists, representatives from IOA/American Specialty and the AHL will choose the winner of the 2010-11 Yanick Dupré Memorial Award. The AHL's annual Man of the Year award is named after the late Yanick Dupré, who died in 1997 at the age of 24, following a 16-month battle with leukemia. Dupré, 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.

This year's winners of the IOA/American Specialty AHL Man of the Year awards are:

Matt Keith, Abbotsford Heat

J.P. Testwuide, Adirondack Phantoms

Brad Mills, Albany Devils

Cody Bass, Binghamton Senators

Tony Romano, Bridgeport Sound Tigers

Mike Murphy, Charlotte Checkers

Spencer Machacek, Chicago Wolves

Jared Nightingale, Connecticut Whale

Greg Amadio, Grand Rapids Griffins

Alex Henry, Hamilton Bulldogs

Andrew Joudrey, Hershey Bears

Jean-Michel Daoust, Houston Aeros

Travis Gawryletz, Lake Erie Monsters

Bud Holloway, Manchester Monarchs

Nolan Baumgartner, Manitoba Moose

Mark Van Guilder, Milwaukee Admirals

Alex Berry, Norfolk Admirals

Jake Taylor, Oklahoma City Barons

Dave Spina, Peoria Rivermen

Derek Whitmore, Portland Pirates

Trent Whitfield, Providence Bruins

Paul Baier, Rochester Americans

Kyle Hagel, Rockford IceHogs

Eric Neilson, San Antonio Rampage

Steven Goertzen, Springfield Falcons

Mat Clark, Syracuse Crunch

Brad Lukowich, Texas Stars

Christian Hanson, Toronto Marlies

Ryan Craig, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins

Nick Petrecki, Worcester Sharks

The winner of the 2010-11 Yanick Dupré Memorial Award will be announced at a later date.

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