Man of the Year Winners Announced
March 26, 2003 - American Hockey League (AHL) News Release
SPRINGFIELD, MA ... The American Hockey League announced today the individual team winners of the American Specialty/HG Insurance Services/AHL Man of the Year awards, given to one player from each AHL member team for his outstanding contributions to his local community and charitable organizations during the 2002-03 season.
From this list of 28 finalists, representatives from American Specialty, HG Insurance Services and the AHL will choose the winner of the 2002-03 Yanick Dupre Memorial Award, to be announced during the Calder Cup 2003 Final later this spring.
The AHL's annual Man of the Year award is named after the late Yanick Dupre, who died in August 1997 at the age of 24, following a 16-month battle with leukemia. Dupre played four seasons with the Hershey Bears, registering 169 points in 207 AHL games. He also skated in 35 NHL games with the Philadelphia Flyers.
American Specialty is the industry leader in providing risk services for the sports and entertainment fields. HG Insurance Services, Inc., is a full-service, national brokerage specializing in sports, entertainment and program business.
The winners of the American Specialty/HG Insurance Services/AHL Man of the Year awards are below:
Ray Giroux, Albany River Rats
David Hymovitz, Binghamton Senators
Steve Valiquette, Bridgeport Sound Tigers
Ben Simon, Chicago Wolves
Mark Popovic, Cincinnati Mighty Ducks
John Jakopin, Cleveland Barons
Marc Lamothe, Grand Rapids Griffins
Jason Ward, Hamilton Bulldogs
Richard Scott, Hartford Wolf Pack
Brent Thompson, Hershey Bears
Mark Cullen, Houston Aeros
Mike Zigomanis, Lowell Lock Monsters
Richard Seeley, Manchester Monarchs
Jimmy Roy, Manitoba Moose
Cameron Mann, Milwaukee Admirals
Casey Hankinson, Norfolk Admirals
Ben Stafford, Philadelphia Phantoms
Maxime Ouellet, Portland Pirates
Lee Goren, Providence Bruins
Sean McMorrow, Rochester Americans
Rick Mrozik, Saint John Flames
Mike Green, San Antonio Rampage
Erik Westrum, Springfield Falcons
Morgan Warren, St. John's Maple Leafs
David Ling, Syracuse Crunch
Gavin Morgan, Utah Grizzlies
Toby Petersen, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
Eric Nickulas, Worcester IceCats
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