AHL Announces Man of the Year Awards
Published on March 27, 2002 under American Hockey League (AHL) News Release
SPRINGFIELD, MA . . . The American Hockey League announced today the individual team winners of the HG Insurance/K&K Insurance/AHL Man of the Year awards, given to one player from each AHL member team for his outstanding commitments to his local community and charitable organizations during the 2001-02 season. From this list of 27 finalists, representatives from HG Insurance, K&K Insurance and the AHL will choose the winner of the 2001-02 Yanick Dupre Memorial Award, which will be announced during to the Calder Cup 2002 Finals. The Yanick Dupre Award is named after the late Yanick Dupre, who passed away in August 1997 at the age of 24, following a 16-month battle with leukemia. Dupre played four seasons with the Hershey Bears, registering 169 points (70 goals, 99 assists) in 207 AHL games. He also played in 35 NHL games with the Philadelphia Flyers. HG Insurance Services, Inc. is a full-service, national brokerage specializing in sports, entertainment and program business. K&K Insurance is a leading provider of specialty sport, leisure and entertainment insurance. As a full-service managing underwriter based out of Fort Wayne, Ind., K&K Insurance performs a variety of functions, including program research and development, sales and marketing, underwriting, policy issuance and administration, loss control and claims. The list of the winners of the HG Insurance/K&K Insurance/AHL Man of the Year award is below:
Sylvain Cloutier, Albany River Rats
Steve Valiquette, Bridgeport Sound Tigers
Dan Snyder, Chicago Wolves
Bruce Richardson, Cincinnati Mighty Ducks
Adam Nittel, Cleveland Barons
Jason Doig, Grand Rapids Griffins
Alain Nasreddine, Hamilton Bulldogs
Richard Scott, Hartford Wolf Pack
Matt Herr, Hershey Bears
Travis Roche, Houston Aeros
Jeremiah McCarthy, Lowell Lock Monsters
Richard Seeley, Manchester Monarchs
Jimmy Roy, Manitoba Moose
Jason Goulet, Milwaukee Admirals
Steve McCarthy, Norfolk Admirals
Dan Peters, Philadelphia Phantoms
Mel Angelstad, Portland Pirates
Jay Henderson, Providence Bruins
Pierre Sevigny, Quebec Citadelles
Jeremy Adduono, Rochester Americans
Micki DuPont, Saint John Flames
Erik Westrum, Springfield Falcons
Mike Minard, St. John's Maple Leafs
Mathieu Darche, Syracuse Crunch
Gregor Baumgartner, Utah Grizzlies
John Jakopin, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
Ed Campbell, Worcester IceCats
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