Press Release
The Superior International Junior Hockey League announced yesterday the finalists for the respective individual awards for the 2010-11 regular season.
The determination process saw each SIJHL member organization submit names of those eligible, from their own team, as nominees for the various awards.
From those submissions, the clubs then cast votes in each category to decide the finalists.
Out of these finalists, the winner of each individual honour will be announced over the course of the next two weeks leading up to the conclusion of the regular season and the commencement of the SIJHL playoffs.
Listed below are the nominees for the 2010-11 SIJHL awards (each is listed alphabetically in order of their team):
Pizza Hut Player
of the Year/MVP
Jon Mitchell (Dryden)
Byron Katapaytuk (Fort Frances)
Jesse Wilkins (Sioux Lookout)
Keith Tessin (Wisconsin)
Best Defenceman
Jon Mitchell (Dryden)
Kevin Hamel (Thunder Bay)
Nathan Paulsen (Wisconsin)
Top Goaltender
Ian Perrier (Dryden)
Tyler Ampe (Fort Frances)
John McLean (Wisconsin)
Rookie of the Year
Alex Galbraith (Dryden)
Jesse Wilkins (Sioux Lookout)
Austin Adduono (Wisconsin)
Best Defensive Forward
Jesse Linner (Dryden )
Blake Boaz (Fort Frances)
Riley Marsh (Thunder Bay)
Most Improved Player
Ben McClellan (Dryden)
Jaret Leclair (Fort Frances)
Sam Dubinsky (Thunder Bay)
Most Sportsmanlike Player
Joe Nelson (Duluth)
Tyler Stevenson (Fort Frances)
Rylan Henley (Thunder Bay)
Coach of the Year
Clint Mylymok (Dryden)
Wayne Strachan (Fort Frances)
Rod Aldoff (Wisconsin)
