AHL announces 2005-06 Man of the Year finalists
Published on April 4, 2006 under 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 2005-06 season.
From this list of 27 finalists, representatives from American Specialty and the AHL will choose the winner of the 2005-06 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:
David Clarkson, Albany River Rats
Denis Hamel, Binghamton Senators
Jody Robinson, Bridgeport Sound Tigers
Karl Stewart, Chicago Wolves
Matt Carkner, Cleveland Barons
Bryan Helmer, Grand Rapids Griffins
Corey Locke, Hamilton Bulldogs
Alexandre Giroux, Hartford Wolf Pack
Dean Arsene, Hershey Bears
Curtis Murphy, Houston Aeros
Francis Wathier, Iowa Stars
Ryan Steeves, Lowell Lock Monsters
Adam Hauser, Manchester Monarchs
Mike Keane, Manitoba Moose
Darren Haydar, Milwaukee Admirals
Mike Brown, Norfolk Admirals
Brett Palin, Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights
Mike Stuart, Peoria Rivermen
Charlie Cook, Philadelphia Phantoms
Curtis Glencross, Portland Pirates
Jonathan Sigalet, Providence Bruins
Sean McMorrow, Rochester Americans
Joe Callahan, San Antonio Rampage
Mitch Fritz, Springfield Falcons
Aaron Johnson, Syracuse Crunch
Marc Moro, Toronto Marlies
Ryan Lannon, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
The winner of the 2005-06 Yanick Dupre Memorial Award will be announced later this month.
American Hockey League Stories from April 4, 2006
- Coyotes recall Perreault on emergency basis from San Antonio - San Antonio Rampage
- Glencross named Pirates 2005-06 Man of the Year - Portland Pirates
- Knights and Flames swap players - Abbotsford Heat
- Monarchs Next Five Games On Rock 101.1 FM - Manchester Monarchs
- Center Dan Fritsche Reassigned to Syracuse - Syracuse Crunch
- Francis Wathier named Stars AHL Man of the Year - Iowa Chops
- Aaron Johnson Named Crunch 2005-06 Man Of The Year - Syracuse Crunch
- Pushkarev Returns To Manchester - Manchester Monarchs
- "Wolves Ultimate Broomball" Returns on April 9 - Chicago Wolves
- Stars Recall One, Release One - Iowa Chops
- Falcons Host Old Time Hockey Night - Springfield Falcons
- Wildcat offers April special for Aeros fans - Houston Aeros
- Callahan named Rampage's Man of the Year - San Antonio Rampage
- Lizon Signs Amateur Tryout Agreement With Monarchs - Manchester Monarchs
- Stuart named Rivermen AHL Man of the Year - Peoria Rivermen
- Cook named Phantoms Man of the Year - Adirondack Phantoms
- Sound Tigers snippets - Bridgeport Islanders
- Steeves Named Monsters Man of the Year - Albany Devils
- Wolf Pack Sign Lauri Korpikoski and Dane Byers to ATO Contracts - Connecticut Whale
- Jody Robinson Named Sound Tigers' 2005-06 Man Of The Year - Bridgeport Islanders
- O'Brien Back With The Falcons - Springfield Falcons
- Denis Hamel named Sens' 2005-06 Man of the Year - Binghamton Senators
- Mitch Fritz Honored - Springfield Falcons
- Lannon named Penguins 2005-06 Man of the Year - Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
- Wolf Pack Weekly - Connecticut Whale
- Wolves Add a Schell of a Player - Chicago Wolves
- Palin Named Ak-Sar-Ben Knights' 2005-06 Man of Year - Abbotsford Heat
- Keane Named Moose Nominee for AHL Man of the Year - Manitoba Moose
- Arsene named Bears 2005-06 Man of the Year - Hershey Bears
- Helmer named Griffins 2005-06 Man of the Year - Grand Rapids Griffins
- Carkner named Barons 2005-06 Man of the Year - Cleveland Barons
- The envelopes, please... - AHL
- Brown Named Admirals' 2005-06 Man of the Year - Norfolk Admirals
- Hauser Named Monarchs American Specialty/AHL Man Of The Year - Manchester Monarchs
- Locke named Bulldogs' 2005-06 Man of the Year - Hamilton Bulldogs
- Murphy named Aeros' 2005-06 Man of the Year - Houston Aeros
- AHL announces 2005-06 Man of the Year finalists - AHL
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