CHL Man of the Year Finalists Announced

March 19, 2014 - Central Hockey League (CHL) News Release

GLENDALE, AZ (March 19, 2014) - The Central Hockey League (CHL) announced today the five finalists for the 2014 CHL Man of the Year award. The finalists were selected from nominations and materials provided from the 10 member teams that detailed the player's role in their communities. Teams were permitted to nominate one candidate from their squad and of those nominations, five finalists were selected. The winner will be announced on Tuesday, March 25.

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 2014 CHL Man of the Year award are Sebastian Geoffrion of the Arizona Sundogs, Calin Wild of the Brampton Beast, Sean Zimmerman of the Denver Cutthroats, Ben Gordon of the Tulsa Oilers and RG Flath of the Wichita Thunder.

Man of the Year Finalists

Sebastian Geoffrion, Arizona

Calin Wild, Brampton

Sean Zimmerman, Denver

Ben Gordon, Tulsa

RG Flath, Wichita

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

2013 - Travis Wight (Wichita)

2012 - Riley Weselowski (Rapid City)

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)

Central Hockey League Stories from March 19, 2014

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• Rush Garner CHL "Best of the Best" Awards - Rapid City Rush
• Tulsa's Ben Gordon Nominated as CHL Man of the Year Finalist - Tulsa Oilers
• Wichita's Flath Selected as CHL Man of the Year Finalist - Wichita Thunder
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• Tommy Daniels Named CHL's Best Broadcaster in the Best of the Best Awards - Allen Americans
• Denver Cutthroats Top Notch in Seven of the CHL's "Best of the Best" Categories - Denver Cutthroats
• Oilers Recognized in CHL's Best-Of-The-Best Poll - Tulsa Oilers
• Ruskowski, Mallards Among CHL's Best of the Best - Quad City Mallards
• Sundogs Named 11 Times in CHL's Best of the Best Poll - Arizona Sundogs
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• Mavericks Place 1st in Thirteen CHL 'Best of the Best' Categories - Kansas City Mavericks
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