2012 AHL awards nomination thread

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It's that time of year again folks. Voting will start after the completion of the playoffs.

As always any thoughts, suggestions, or nominations are more than welcome. At the end, I'll narrow each category down to five or so nominees. (with the exception of the people's choice award)

Go ahead and nominate fighters for the following:

Most Exciting Fighter
Throwback Player of the Year
Best Enforcing/Fighting Team
Worst Enforcing/Fighting Team
Fight of the Year
Best 1-2 Punch
KO/TKO of the Year
Biggest Flop
Fighter of the Year
Rookie of the Year
Most Improved
Hardest Puncher
Dave Schultz Award for Best Old-School Moment
Best Middleweight/Lightweight
Comeback of the Year
Best Feud

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I'll throw a couple of nominations out just to get it started.

Best feud team-wise, hands down, is Worcester and Manchester. Had something like 20 fights during their matchups.

Best feud for players would be Justin Johnson vs. Jimmy Bonneau/Frazer McLaren. Johnson fought McLaren 4 times and Bonneau 5 times this year alone.

Rookie of the year, Curt Gogol, Mitchell Callahan or Mark Borowiecki.

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Most Exciting Fighter: Joel Rechilicz
Throwback Player of the Year: Justin Johnston
Best Enforcing/Fighting Team: Worcester
Worst Enforcing/Fighting Team: Syracuse
Fight of the Year: Rechilicz- Gallant round 1
Best 1-2 Punch: Worcester
KO/TKO of the Year: Grant- Ouellet
Biggest Flop: DJ King
Fighter of the Year: Aside from Big Mac, The Recker.
Rookie of the Year: Tyler Randell Most Improved: Curt Gogol
Hardest Puncher: Macintyre
Dave Schultz Award for Best Old-School Moment: Neilson- Macintyre fight.
Best Middleweight/Lightweight: Brett Gallant by a mile.
Comeback of the Year: Syracuse near the end I guess??
Best Feud: Worcester- Manchester