IOA/American Specialty AHL Man of the Year Team Award Winners Announced

April 11, 2013 - American Hockey League (AHL) News Release

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. ... The American Hockey League announced today the individual team winners of the IOA/American Specialty AHL Man of the Year awards, selected by their respective clubs for their outstanding contributions to the local community and charitable organizations during the 2012-13 season.

From this list of finalists, representatives from IOA/American Specialty and the AHL will choose the winner of the 2012-13 Yanick Dupr� Memorial Award. The AHL's annual Man of the Year award is named after the late Yanick Dupr�, who died in 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 and also skated in 35 National Hockey League games with the Philadelphia Flyers.

This year's winners of the IOA/American Specialty AHL Man of the Year awards are:

Zach McKelvie, Abbotsford Heat

Zack FitzGerald, Adirondack Phantoms

Jay Leach, Albany Devils

Hugh Jessiman, Binghamton Senators

Brandon DeFazio, Bridgeport Sound Tigers

Sean Dolan, Charlotte Checkers

Brett Sterling, Chicago Wolves

Kelsey Tessier, Connecticut Whale

Chad Billins, Grand Rapids Griffins

Kyle Hagel, Hamilton Bulldogs

Boyd Kane, Hershey Bears

Drew Bagnall, Houston Aeros

Barry Goers, Lake Erie Monsters

Andrew Campbell, Manchester Monarchs

Mark Van Guilder, Milwaukee Admirals

John Kurtz, Norfolk Admirals

Alex Plante, Oklahoma City Barons

Mike McKenna, Peoria Rivermen

Brett Hextall, Portland Pirates

Bobby Robins, Providence Bruins

Evan Rankin, Rochester Americans

Jimmy Hayes, Rockford IceHogs

Justin Vaive, San Antonio Rampage

Nick Holden, Springfield Falcons

Jason Jaffray, St. John's IceCaps

Eric Neilson, Syracuse Crunch

Toby Petersen, Texas Stars

Mike Zigomanis, Toronto Marlies

Joey Mormina, W-B/Scranton Penguins

Nick Petrecki, Worcester Sharks

The winner of the 2012-13 Yanick Dupre Memorial Award will be announced on Apr. 18.

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