Friday, April 3, 2015

Alums Up for Major NHL, AHL Awards

Nominees for Masterton Trophy, Yanick Dupre Memorial Award filled with former college stars.

Alums Up for Major NHL, AHL Awards
Michael Sdao is one of three former Princeton stars to be named Man of the Year by their AHL team (Photo by Beverly Schafer).

Nominees for two of the most prestigious awards in the NHL and AHL were announced Friday, and former NCAA stars figure prominently on both lists.

Seven college alums are among the 30 nominees for the NHL’s Masterton Trophy, given annually to the player who best demonstrates the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey. Each team’s nominee is chosen by that city’s chapter of the Professional Hockey Writers’ Association.


NCAA Alums Nominated for the Masterton Trophy
TeamPlayerNCAA Team
ANAAndrew CoglianoMichigan
CARNathan GerbeBoston College
CHIScott DarlingMaine
DALPatrick EavesBoston College
EDMMatt HendricksSt. Cloud State
OTTAndrew HammondBowling Green
STLBrian ElliottWisconsin

Each AHL club selects a Man of the Year honoree for that players’ contributions to the community and charitable organizations during the course of the season. Those players are then considered for the AHL Man of the Year award, which is named for the late Yanick Dupre.

Thirteen former college stars are among the AHL teams’ Man of the Year honorees. Three of the honorees played at Princeton, while two each played at Minnesota and Wisconsin.

NCAA Alums Nominated for the Yanick Dupre Memorial Award
TeamPlayerNCAA Team
Bing.Michael SdaoPrinceton
Bridge.Aaron NessMinnesota
Char.Kyle HagelPrinceton
Ham.Davis DrewiskeWisconsin
HersheyMike MoorePrinceton
Mil.Zach BudishMinnesota
OKCMatthew FordWisconsin
Prov.Justin FlorekNorthern Michigan
Roch.Nick PetreckiBoston College
Rock.Zach MiskovicSt. Lawrence
St. John’sWill O’NeillMaine
UticaAlex BiegaHarvard
WBSBarry GoersUMass Lowell