CHL Man of the Year Finalists Announced

March 15, 2012 - Central Hockey League (CHL) News Release

GLENDALE, AZ (March 15, 2012) - The Central Hockey League (CHL) announced today the five finalists for the 2012 CHL Man of the Year award. The finalists were selected from materials provided from the 14 member teams that detailed the player's role in the community. Teams were permitted to nominate one worthy candidate from their squad. Of those nominations, five finalists were selected and the winner will be announced on Tuesday, March 20.

The CHL Man of the Year award is "˜presented annually to the Central Hockey League player adjudged to have best exemplified strong leadership qualities on and off the ice, while making significant and noteworthy humanitarian contributions to his community'.

The five finalists for the 2012 CHL Man of the Year award are Tyler Butler of the Arizona Sundogs, Jason Deitsch of the Allen Americans, Brent Henley of the Fort Wayne Komets, Greg Labenski of the Dayton Gems, Riley Weselowski of the Rapid City Rush

Man of the Year Finalists

Tyler Butler, Arizona

Jason Deitsch, Allen

Brent Henley, Fort Wayne

Greg Labenski, Dayton

Riley Weselowski, Rapid City

CHL Man of the Year (previous winners, since 2001)

2011 - Simon Watson (Missouri)

2010 - Justin Quenneville (Corpus Christi)

2009 - Austin Sutter (Amarillo)

2008 - Stacey Bauman (Oklahoma City)

2007 - Riley Nelson (Colorado)

2006 - Paul Fioroni (Lubbock)

2005 - Paul Fioroni (Lubbock)

2004 - Don Parsons (Memphis)

2003 - Anthony Donskov (Lubbock)

2002 - Scott Hillman (Odessa)

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