IOA/American Specialty AHL Man of the Year Team Award Winners Announced
April 6, 2020 - 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 2019-20 season.
From this list of finalists, representatives from IOA/American Specialty and the AHL will choose the winner of the 2019-20 Yanick Dupre Memorial Award. The AHL's annual Man of the Year award is named after the late Yanick Dupre, 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:
Keegan Lowe, Bakersfield Condors (2nd career selection)
Morgan Klimchuk, Belleville Senators (1st)
Ben Street, Binghamton Devils (2nd)
Christopher Gibson, Bridgeport Sound Tigers (1st)
Derek Sheppard, Charlotte Checkers (1st)
Oscar Dansk, Chicago Wolves (1st)
Doyle Somerby, Cleveland Monsters (2nd)
Mark Alt, Colorado Eagles (1st)
Chris Terry, Grand Rapids Griffins (3rd)
Steven Fogarty, Hartford Wolf Pack (1st)
Kale Kessy, Hershey Bears (1st)
Mike Liambas, Iowa Wild (1st)
Jake Evans, Laval Rocket (1st)
Kurtis Gabriel, Lehigh Valley Phantoms (2nd)
Jimmy Oligny, Manitoba Moose (1st)
Troy Grosenick, Milwaukee Admirals (2nd)
Brett Sutter, Ontario Reign (3rd)
Brendan Woods, Providence Bruins (1st)
Nathan Paetsch, Rochester Americans (4th)
Collin Delia, Rockford IceHogs (2nd)
Jake Walman, San Antonio Rampage (1st)
Chris Wideman, San Diego Gulls (1st)
Manuel Wiederer, San Jose Barracuda (1st)
Paul Thompson, Springfield Thunderbirds (1st)
Zac Leslie, Stockton Heat (1st)
Daniel Walcott, Syracuse Crunch (3rd)
Jake Oettinger, Texas Stars (1st)
Kenny Agostino, Toronto Marlies (1st)
Hudson Fasching, Tucson Roadrunners (1st)
Carter Bancks, Utica Comets (3rd)
Anthony Angello, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (1st)
The winner of the 2019-20 Yanick Dupre Memorial Award will be announced at a later date.
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- Paul Thompson Named Springfield Thunderbirds 2019-20 IOA/American Specialty AHL Man of the Year - Springfield Thunderbirds
- Steven Fogarty Named Hartford Wolf Pack's 2019-20 IOA/American Specialty AHL Man of the Year - Hartford Wolf Pack
- Jake Oettinger Named Stars' Man of the Year - Texas Stars
- Klimchuk Named Belleville's 2019-20 IOA/American Specialty AHL Man of the Year - Belleville Senators
- Forward Mike Liambas Named Iowa Wild's IOA/American Specialty AHL Man of the Year - Iowa Wild
- Mark Alt Named Colorado Eagles 2019-20 IOA/American Specialty AHL Man of the Year - Colorado Eagles
- Hudson Fasching Named Roadrunners Man of Year - Tucson Roadrunners
- Keegan Lowe Named Condors Man of the Year - Bakersfield Condors
- Chris Wideman Named San Diego Gulls 2019-20 IOA/American Specialty AHL Man of the Year - San Diego Gulls
- Oscar Dansk Named Chicago Wolves' 2019-20 AHL Man of the Year - Chicago Wolves
- Jake Walman Named Rampage 2019-20 IOA/American Specialty Man of the Year - San Antonio Rampage
- Grosenick Named Admirals Man of the Year - Milwaukee Admirals
- Street Named Devils' 2019-20 IOA/American Specialty AHL Man of the Year - Binghamton Devils
- Kurtis Gabriel Named Lehigh Valley's 2019-20 IOA/American Specialty AHL Man of the Year - Lehigh Valley Phantoms
- Chris Terry Named Griffins' 2019-20 IOA/American Specialty AHL Man of the Year - Grand Rapids Griffins
- Manuel Wiederer Named Barracuda '19-20 IOA/American Specialty AHL Man of the Year - San Jose Barracuda
- Doyle Somerby Named Cleveland Monsters 2019-20 IOA/American Specialty AHL Man of the Year - Cleveland Monsters
- Nathan Paetsch Named Amerks 2019-20 Ioa/American Specialty AHL Man of the Year - Rochester Americans
- Gibson Named Bridgeport's 2019-20 IOA/American Specialty AHL Man of the Year - Bridgeport Islanders
- Brett Sutter Named Reign's 2019-20 Ioa/American Specialty AHL Man of the Year - Ontario Reign
- Jake Evans Named Laval Rocket's 2019-20 IOA/American Specialty AHL Man of the Year - Laval Rocket
- Jimmy Oligny Named Moose 2019-20 IOA/American Specialty AHL Man of the Year - Manitoba Moose
- Leslie Named Stockton's 2019-20 IOA/American Specialty AHL Man of the Year - Stockton Heat
- Kale Kessy Named Hershey's 2019-20 IOA/American Specialty AHL Man of the Year - Hershey Bears
- Daniel Walcott Named Syracuse Crunch's 2019-20 IOA/American Specialty AHL Man of the Year - Syracuse Crunch
- IOA/American Specialty AHL Man of the Year Team Award Winners Announced - AHL
- Anthony Angello Named Penguins' Winner of IOA/American Specialty Man of the Year - Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
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