American Specialty/AHL Man of the Year award winners announced
April 5, 2005 - 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 2004-05 season.
From this list of 28 finalists, representatives from American Specialty and the AHL will choose the winner of the 2004-05 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:
Brett Clouthier, Albany River Rats
Andy Hedlund, Binghamton Senators
Graham Belak, Bridgeport Sound Tigers
Karl Stewart, Chicago Wolves
Zenon Konopka, Cincinnati Mighty Ducks
Matt Carkner, Cleveland Barons
Rocky Thompson, Edmonton Road Runners
Joey MacDonald, Grand Rapids Griffins
Duncan Milroy, Hamilton Bulldogs
Dominic Moore, Hartford Wolf Pack
Eric Perrin, Hershey Bears
Ray Giroux, Houston Aeros
Danny Richmond, Lowell Lock Monsters
Jeff Giuliano, Manchester Monarchs
Lee Goren, Manitoba Moose
Brandon Segal, Milwaukee Admirals
Ajay Baines, Norfolk Admirals
Ben Stafford, Philadelphia Phantoms
Nolan Yonkman, Portland Pirates
Jay Henderson, Providence Bruins
Jason Botterill, Rochester Americans
Serge Payer, San Antonio Rampage
Shane Willis, Springfield Falcons
Brendan Bell, St. John's Maple Leafs
Brandon Sugden, Syracuse Crunch
Sheldon Keefe, Utah Grizzlies
Matt Murley, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
Jeff Hoggan, Worcester IceCats
American Hockey League Stories from April 5, 2005
- Finley blanks Houston for record fourth time - Houston Aeros
- Konopka named Mighty Ducks Man of the Year - Cincinnati RailRaiders
- Road Runners sign Jacques - Edmonton Road Runners
- Falcons Visit Lowell Wednesday After Grabbing Points in Last Four Games - Springfield Falcons
- Stewart Named Wolves' 2004-05 American Specialty/AHL Man of the Year - Chicago Wolves
- Giuliano Named Monarchs American Specialty/AHL Man Of The Year - Manchester Monarchs
- Bruins participate in Reading Week - Providence Bruins
- Payer Named Rampage Man of Year - San Antonio Rampage
- Thompson named Road Runners nominee for American Specialty/AHL Man-of-the-Year Award - Edmonton Road Runners
- Keefe Named Grizzlies AHL Man of the Year - Utah Grizzlies
- Phantoms sign Charlie Cook - Adirondack Phantoms
- Carkner Named Barons "American Specialty/AHL Man of the Year" - Cleveland Barons
- Jason Botterill wins American Specialty/AHL Man of the Year award - Rochester Americans
- Amerks add Cornell center Mike Iggulden - Rochester Americans
- American Specialty/AHL Man of the Year award winners announced - AHL
- Clouthier named River Rats' Man of the Year - Albany River Rats
- Monarchs Report - Manchester Monarchs
- Willis Named Falcons' AHL Man of the Year - Springfield Falcons
- Perrin named Hershey's nominee for AHL man of the year - Hershey Bears
- IceCats Hoggan Honored - Worcester IceCats
- MacDonald named Griffins' Man of the Year - Grand Rapids Griffins
- Henderson named Bruins' Man of the Year - Providence Bruins
- Giroux named Aeros' winner of American Specialty/AHL Man of the Year - Houston Aeros
- Sugden Named American Specialty/AHL Man of the Year Award - Syracuse Crunch
- Bell Named Maple Leafs American Specialty/AHL Man of the Year - Toronto Marlies
- Dominic Moore named Hartford Wolf Pack's American Specialty/AHL Man of the Year - Connecticut Whale
- Phantoms Flier - Adirondack Phantoms
- Stafford named Phantoms' AHL Man of the Year - Adirondack Phantoms
- Danny Richmond named Lock Monsters' American Specialty/AHL Man of the Year - Albany Devils
- Gornick Recalled From San Diego - Syracuse Crunch
- Aeros' road trips continues in Milwaukee tonight - Houston Aeros
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