The Plymouth Whalers concluded the 2009-10 season with their annual awards banquet held last night at CJ’s Brewing Company at Compuware Arena.The following players received awards:
LEADING SCORER and MOST VALUABLE PLAYER, REGULAR SEASON: Center Tyler Seguin, who tied Windsor’s Taylor Hall for the Ontario Hockey League’s scoring title with 106 points.
LEADING SCORER and MOST VALUABLE PLAYER, PLAYOFFS: Center-left wing Phil McRae, who scored six goals with nine assists for 15 points in nine games.
BEST DEFENSEMAN: Leo Jenner (pictured above with head coach Mike Vellucci and associate coach Joe Stefan), who capped a five-year career in Plymouth with a career-best seven goals with 17 assists for 24 points and was a team-leading +22.
MOST IMPROVED PLAYER: Defenseman Austin Levi, who scored three goals with nine assists for 12 points while playing in 68 games.
UNSUNG HERO: Center AJ Jenks, who enjoyed his best offensive season with Plymouth, scoring 23 goals with 40 assists for 63 points in 52 games. Jenks was voted the Most Underrated Player in the OHL’s Western Conference Coaches Poll.
BLUE COLLAR, HARDEST WORKING PLAYER: Center Joe Gaynor, who capped a five-year career in Plymouth with his best offensive season – 13 goals with 23 assists for 36 points in 67 games. Gaynor holds the Whalers franchise mark with 276 career games played.
ROOKIE of the YEAR: Center-right wing Garrett Meurs, who scored 16 goals with 18 assists for 34 points in 62 games.
HUMANITARIAN: Right wing Ryan Hayes, one of the leaders in the Whalers’ community relations efforts. Hayes has been nominated for the Ontario Hockey League’s Dan Snyder Award for Humanitarian of the Year.
ACADEMIC PLAYERS OF THE YEAR: Defensemen Josh Bemis and Colin MacDonald.
ALICE IAFRATE AWARD (Off-Ice Officials Overage of the Year): Joe Gaynor.
WHALERS BOOSTER CLUB AWARDS:
BARBARA MOHRLOCK MEMORIAL AWARD as FAN FAVORITE: Tyler Seguin.
SCHOLASTIC PLAYER of the YEAR: Josh Bemis.
GRINDERS of the YEAR: Leo Jenner and Joe Gaynor.
PLAYER OF THE MONTH: Phil McRae.
NEXT UP FOR THE WHALERS: Seguin – the top North American Prospect available for this summer’s National Hockey League Entry Draft - will be participating in the NHL Draft Lottery next Tuesday at 8pm. The event can be seen live on VERSUS, The NHL Network and on NHL.com.
The Whalers will be participating in the annual Ontario Hockey League draft on Saturday, May 1.
Photo by Walt Dmoch/Plymouth Whalers
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