American Specialty/AHL Man of the Year winners announced
Published on March 30, 2004 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 2003-04 season.
From this list of 28 finalists, representatives from American Specialty and the AHL will choose the winner of the 2003-04 Yanick Dupre Memorial Award, to be announced during the Calder Cup 2004 Final later this spring. 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 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 industries.
This year's winners of the American Specialty/AHL Man of the Year awards are:
Ray Giroux, Albany River Rats
David Hymovitz, Binghamton Senators
Graham Belak, Bridgeport Sound Tigers
Kurtis Foster, Chicago Wolves
Casey Hankinson, Cincinnati Mighty Ducks
Matt Carkner, Cleveland Barons
Travis Richards, Grand Rapids Griffins
Duncan Milroy, Hamilton Bulldogs
Ken Gernander, Hartford Wolf Pack
Brett Clark, Hershey Bears
Mark Cullen, Houston Aeros
Martin Sonnenberg, Lowell Lock Monsters
Bryan Muir, Manchester Monarchs
Jaroslav Obsut, Manitoba Moose
Wade Flaherty, Milwaukee Admirals
Shawn Thornton, Norfolk Admirals
Nick Deschenes, Philadelphia Phantoms
Dwayne Zinger, Portland Pirates
Mike Gellard, Providence Bruins
Scott Ricci, Rochester Americans
Josh Olson, San Antonio Rampage
Jeremiah McCarthy, Springfield Falcons
Regan Kelly, St. John's Maple Leafs
Paul Traynor, Syracuse Crunch
J.J. Hunter, Toronto Roadrunners
Jarrod Skalde, Utah Grizzlies
Toby Petersen, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
Aaron MacKenzie, Worcester IceCats
American Hockey League Stories from March 30, 2004
- Toby Petersen named Penguins' American Specialty/AHL Man of the Year - Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
- Ducks rally to defeat Rampage - Cincinnati RailRaiders
- Kelly Named St. John's Specialty/AHL Man of the Year - Toronto Marlies
- Phantoms Flier - Adirondack Phantoms
- Hymovitz Named Finalist for American Specialty/AHL Man of the Year - Binghamton Senators
- Zinger Named Pirates 2003-2004 American Specialty/AHL Man of the Year - Portland Pirates
- Parma Native Joins Syracuse, Will Play In Cleveland On Sunday - Cleveland Barons
- Belak Named Sound Tigers Man Of The Year - Bridgeport Islanders
- Stirling Recalled, Macri Released - Bridgeport Islanders
- Thrashers Send Santala, Heins to Chicago - Chicago Wolves
- Duncan Milroy named Hamilton's American Specialty/AHL Man of the Year - Hamilton Bulldogs
- Casey Hankinson named American Specialty/AHL Man of the Year - Cincinnati RailRaiders
- Kings Assign Barney And Gleason To Manchester - Manchester Monarchs
- Muir Named Manchester's American Specialty/AHL Man of the Year - Manchester Monarchs
- Olson named Rampage's American Specialty/AHL Man of the Year - San Antonio Rampage
- IceCats Announce 2003-04 Man of the Year - Worcester IceCats
- Paul Traynor Named Syracuse's 2003-04 American Specialty/AHL Man of The Year - Syracuse Crunch
- Raymond Giroux named River Rats' American Specialty/AHL Man of the Year - Albany River Rats
- Obsut Finallist for AHL Man of the Year - Manitoba Moose
- McCarthy named Falcons' 2003-04 American Specialty/AHL Man of the Year - Springfield Falcons
- Clark named Hershey's American Specialty/AHL Man of the Year - Hershey Bears
- Pirates Help Make-A-Wish Celebrate Milestone - Portland Pirates
- American Specialty/AHL Man of the Year winners announced - AHL
- P-Bruins begin stretch of four games in five nights - Providence Bruins
- Gernander named Wolf Pack's American Specialty/AHL Man of the Year - Connecticut Whale
- Richards named Griffins' American Specialty/AHL Man of the Year - Grand Rapids Griffins
- Shawn Thornton named dmirals' American Specialty/AHL Man of the Year - Norfolk Admirals
- Barons Can Clinch Playoffs On Wednesday - Cleveland Barons
- Carkner Wins American Specialty/AHL Man of the Year Award - Cleveland Barons
- Mike Gellard named P-Bruins American Specialty/AHL Man of the Year - Providence Bruins
- Cullen is Aeros 2003-04 American Specialty/AHL Man of the Year - Houston Aeros
- Skalde Named Grizzlies 2003/04 American Specialty/AHL Man ofthe Year - Utah Grizzlies
- Deschenes named Phantoms' 2003-04 AHL Man of the Year - Adirondack Phantoms
- Columbus Reassigns Pandolfo and Fritsche - Syracuse Crunch
- St. John's Maple Leafs Fight Cancer Weekend - Toronto Marlies
- Cincinnati Mighty Ducks Preview - Cincinnati RailRaiders
- Four games could determine Griffins' fate - Grand Rapids Griffins
- Crunch Playoff Tickets on Sale Thursday, April 8 - Syracuse Crunch
- Brett Draney Sent to Idaho for Conditioning - Utah Grizzlies
- Phantoms Weekly - Adirondack Phantoms
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