2012-13 Finalists for Year-End Awards

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GLENDALE, AZ – The Central Hockey League (CHL) announced today the five finalists for the CHL Most Valuable Player, Most Outstanding Goaltender (Scott Brower Award), Most Outstanding Defenseman and Rookie of the Year awards. After a nomination period by CHL teams, the league front office determined the finalists for each award. Balloting will take place among CHL Head Coaches, team Communications Departments and select media members in CHL markets to determine the winners.

2012-13 CHL Most Valuable Player candidates include Bloomington forward Jon Booras, Allen goaltender Aaron Dell, Denver forward A.J. Gale, Quad City forward Mickey Lang and Missouri forward Sebastien Thinel.

MVP Finalists
Jon Booras, Bloomington
Aaron Dell, Allen
A.J. Gale, Denver
Mickey Lang, Quad City
Sebastien Thinel, Missouri

The finalists for the Most Outstanding Goaltender Award (Scott Brower Award) include Rapid City’s Tim Boron, Allen’s Aaron Dell, Wichita’s Torrie Jung, Denver’s Kieran Millan and Fort Worth’s Kristofer Westblom.

MOG Finalists
Tim Boron, Rapid City
Aaron Dell, Allen
Torrie Jung, Wichita
Kieran Millan, Denver
Kristofer Westblom, Fort Worth

The selected player to compete for Most Outstanding Defenseman are Quad City’s Matt Duffy, Allen’s Tyler Ludwig, Missouri’s Dave Pszenyzny, Fort Worth’s Ross Rouleau and Wichita’s Kevin Young.

MOD Finalists
Matt Duffy, Quad City
Tyler Ludwig, Allen
Dave Pszenyczny, Missouri
Ross Rouleau, Fort Worth
Kevin Young, Wichita

Rookie of the Year honors will be determined amongst Allen goaltender Aaron Dell, Wichita forward Greger Hanson, Quad City forward Mike Hellyer, Missouri forward Kenton Miller and Fort Worth forward Sy Nutkevitch.

ROY Finalists
Aaron Dell, Allen
Greger Hanson, Wichita
Mike Hellyer, Quad City
Kenton Miller, Missouri
Sy Nutkevitch, Fort Worth

Additional awards to be determined include Coach of the Year, Equipment Manager of the Year and Athletic Trainer of the Year, as determined by their CHL peers, along with six member All-CHL and All-Rookie teams (voted on by CHL Head Coaches). The CHL’s regular season point leader will receive the Joe Burton Scoring Champion award and based on supporting materials submitted from CHL member teams the CHL front office will announce the Rick Kozuback Award winner (perseverance, determination and commitment to hockey) and the five finalists and winner for the CHL Man of the Year Award (for outstanding leadership and contributions to the community).

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GLENDALE, AZ – The Central Hockey League (CHL) announced today the five finalists for the 2013 CHL Man of the Year award. 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.

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 five finalists for the 2013 CHL Man of the Year award are Jon Booras of the Bloomington Blaze, David Simoes of the Missouri Mavericks, Scott Wray of the Rapid City Rush, Gary Steffes of the Tulsa Oilers and Travis Wight of the Wichita Thunder.

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)