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Mavs' Defenseman David Simoes Named Finalist for CHL's Man of the Year

March 14, 2013 - Central Hockey League (CHL)
Kansas City Mavericks News Release


INDEPENDENCE, Missouri - Missouri Mavericks' defenseman David Simoes was named a finalist for the Central Hockey League's Man of the Year on Thursday.

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 finalists were selected from nominations and materials provided from the 10 member teams that detailed the player's role in the community. 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 19.

Simoes looks to join Mavericks' Head Coach Scott Hillman and Assistant Director of Hockey Operations Simon Watson who each won the award as players.

Man of the Year Finalists

Jon Booras, Bloomington

David Simoes, Missouri

Scott Wray, Rapid City

Gary Steffes, Tulsa

Travis Wight, Wichita

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

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)

The Mavericks and Denver Cutthroats will play on Friday night at Independence Events Center at 7:05 p.m. The first 1,500 fans in attendance will receive a Colt King bobblehead. Missouri will wear specialty themed St. Patrick's Day jerseys that will be auctioned off after the game and benefit Community Services League. Tickets are on sale through Ticketmaster or at the Silverstein Eye Centers Box Office.

Season tickets for the 2013-14 season are on sale now by calling the Mavericks' front office at (816) 252-7825. For more information on the Mavericks visit www.MissouriMavericks.com .

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