Finalists announced for Golden Puck Awards
March 22, 2011 - Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) News Release
BOUCHERVILLE, Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011 ¬" The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League today released the list of nominees for the 2011 Golden Puck Awards. Every year, the QMJHL honours its most deserving athletes, teams and personalities at its awards Gala. The awards banquet will be held on Wednesday, April 6th 2011, at the Hyatt-Regency hotel in downtown Montreal.
Here are this year's nominees:
Michel-Brière Trophy - Most Valuable Player
Sean Couturier - Drummondville Voltigeurs
Philip-Michaël Devos - Gatineau Olympiques / Victoriaville Tigres
Jonathan Huberdeau - Saint John Sea Dogs
RDS Cup - Rookie of the Year
Martin Frk - Halifax Mooseheads
Charles Hudon - Chicoutimi Saguenéens
Zach O ¬â¢Brien - Acadie-Bathurst Titan
Domenic Graham - Drummondville Voltigeurs
David Honzik - Victoriaville Tigres
Dominic Poulin - Chicoutimi Saguenéens
Ãâ°mile ë Butch û Bouchard Trophy - Best Defenseman
Brandon Gormley - Moncton Wildcats
Simon Després - Saint John Sea Dogs
Ryan Kavanagh - Shawinigan Cataractes / Rimouski Océanic
Frank-J.-Selke Trophy - Sportsman of the Year
Philip-Michaël Devos - Gatineau Olympiques / Victoriaville Tigres
Zach O ¬â¢Brien - Acadie-Bathurst Titan
Zack Phillips - Saint John Sea Dogs
Michael-Bossy Trophy - Top Professional Prospect
Nathan Beaulieu - Saint John Sea Dogs
Sean Couturier - Drummondville Voltigeurs
Jonathan Huberdeau - Saint John Sea Dogs
Marcel-Robert Trophy - TELUS Scholastic Player of the Year
Pascal Amyot - Halifax Mooseheads
Michaël Bournival - Shawinigan Cataractes
Guillaume Goulet - Victoriaville Tigres
Jean-Philippe Mathieu - Drummondville Voltigeurs
Nicolas Therrien - Chicoutimi Saguenéens
Ron-Lapointe Trophy - Coach of the Year
Mario Duhamel - Drummondville Voltigeurs
Gérard Gallant - Saint John Sea Dogs
Patrick Roy - Québec Remparts
Maurice-Filion Trophy - General Manager of the Year
Sylvain Couturier - Acadie-Bathurst Titan
Mike Kelly - Saint John Sea Dogs
Pascal Vincent - Montreal Juniors
Paul-Dumont Trophy ¬" Personality of the year
Sean Couturier - Drummondville Voltigeurs
Jonathan Huberdeau - Saint John Sea Dogs
Louis Leblanc - Montreal Junior
Humanitarian Award
Alex Ãâ°mond - Rimouski Océanic
Kirill Kabanov - Lewiston MAINEiacs
Gabriel Lemieux - Shawinigan Cataractes
Please note that the following trophies will be awarded at a special pre-game ceremony on Friday, March 25th or Tuesday, March 29th: Michel-Bergeron (offensive rookie of the year), Raymond-Lagacé (defensive rookie of the year), Guy-Carbonneau (best defensive forward), Kevin-Lowe (best defensive defenseman), Robert-Lebel (best goals-against-average - team), Jean-Rougeau (regular season champions) and Luc-Robitaille (best offensive team). Here are the nominees:
Michel-Bergeron Trophy - Offensive Rookie of the Year
Martin Frk - Halifax Mooseheads
Charles Hudon - Chicoutimi Saguenéens
Zach O ¬â¢Brien - Acadie-Bathurst Titan
Raymond-Lagacé Trophy - Defensive rookie of the year
Domenic Graham - Drummondville Voltigeurs
David Honzik - Victoriaville Tigres
Dominic Poulin - Chicoutimi Saguenéens
Guy-Carbonneau Trophy - Best defensive forward
Michael Kirkpatrick - Saint John Sea Dogs
Phillip Danault - Victoriaville Tigres
Frédérick Roy - Québec Remparts
Kevin-Lowe Trophy - Best defensive defenseman
Samuel Finn - Lewiston MAINEiacs
Charles Landry - Montreal Junior
Andrew Randazzo - Drummondville Voltigeurs
The John-Horman (Executive of the Year) and Jean-Sawyer (Marketing Director of the Year) trophies will be awarded at the Annual Entry Draft. The finalists will be revealed at a later date.
Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League Stories from March 22, 2011
- QMJHL Dickies Hardest Working Player of the Year Announced - QMJHL
- Trip to Lewiston March 25th & 26th - Moncton Wildcats
- 2010-11 Regular Season Recap - Lewiston MAINEiacs
- Juniors Announce Playoff Schedule - Montreal Juniors
- Finalists announced for Golden Puck Awards - QMJHL
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