CHL Announces Annual Award Winners

On Saturday, the CHL held it's annual banquet to announce the award winners from accross the league. Here are your award winners:

Jack Link’s Top Prospect of the Year: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins

An 18-year-old from Burnaby, BC, Nugent-Hopkins is the number one ranked North American skater on NHL Central Scouting’s Final Rankings for the 2011 NHL Entry Draft. He led the Rebels and finished tied for third in the WHL scoring race with 106 points in 69 games during the 2010-11 regular season while his 75 assists led all WHL players in that category. He was also named Player of the Game for Team Orr at the 2011 Home Hardware CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game. Also considered for the award was Gabriel Landeskog of the Kitchener Rangers, and Sean Couturier of the Drummondville Voltigeurs.

FRAM Sportsman of the Year: Philip-Michaël Devos

Chrysler Top Scorer of the Year: Linden Vey

Home Hardware Humanitarian Player of the Year: Spencer Edwards

Subway Scholastic Player of the Year: Dougie Hamilton

A 17-year-old from Toronto, ON, Hamilton attends Governor Simcoe Secondary School in St. Catharines where he maintains an overall academic average of 94% in six Grade 12 level courses. On the ice, Hamilton is the top ranked defenceman for the 2011 NHL Entry Draft rated fourth overall among North American Skaters by NHL Central Scouting. He finished fourth in scoring among OHL defencemen with 58 points in 67 games scoring 12 goals and 46 assists and a team-high plus-minus rating of plus-35

Old Dutch Brian Kilrea Coach of the Year Award: Gerard Gallant

BMO Rookie of the Year: Nail Yakupov

PERT Plus Goaltender of the Year: Darcy Kuemper

CGC Defenceman of the Year: Ryan Ellis

CCM Player of the Year: Ryan Ellis