Sea Dogs head coach Gerard Gallant is nominated for CHL Old Dutch Coach of the Year award for the second straight season. Gallant won the award last year after guiding Saint John to the league final. This year, ‘Turk’ led the Sea Dogs to their first Quebec Major Junior Hockey League championship and finished the regular season with an unreal 58-7-1-2 record, good to be ranked No. 1 in Canada for most of the campaign.
Since taking over the coaching duties in 2009-10, the Sea Dogs have an insane regular season record of 111-19-2-4.
Other nominees are Mark Reeds of the Owen Sound Attack and Don Nauchbaur of the Spokane Chiefs.
Jacob DeSerres is nominated for the PERT Plus Goaltender of the Year award. DeSerres had a QMJHL best goals against average of 2.22 in the regular season. He also had a 0.916 save percentage and a 27-3-0-0 record. In the post-season he had a league best 2.00 GAA to along with a 12-3-0-0 record and a 0.916 save percentage.
Also up for the award is Team Canada netminder Marc Visentin of the Niagara Ice Dogs and Darcy Kuemper of the Red Deer Rebels.
Lastly, Simon Despres is nominated for CGC Defenseman of the Year award. The Team Canada member had 13 goals and 28 assists in just 47 regular season games. In the playoffs, he added four markers and eight helpers in 19 contests.
Also nominated are Ryan Ellis of the Windsor Spitfires and Stefan Elliot of the Saskatoon Blades.
The full list of nominees and awards can be seen below:
Jack Link’s Top Prospect of the Year:
Gabriel Landeskog, Kitchener Rangers
Sean Couturier, Drummondville Voltigeurs
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Red Deer Rebels
FRAM Sportsman of the Year:
Jason Akeson, Kitchener Rangers
Philip-Michaël Devos, Gatineau Olympiques
Tyler Johnson, Spokane Chiefs
Chrysler Top Scorer of the Year:
Jason Akeson, Kitchener Rangers and Tyler Toffoli, Ottawa 67's
Philip-Michaël Devos, Gatineau Olympiques
Linden Vey, Medicine Hat Tigers
Home Hardware Humanitarian Player of the Year:
Jack Walchessen, Peterborough Petes
Gabriel Lemieux, Shawinigan Cataractes
Spencer Edwards, Moose Jaw Warriors
Subway Scholastic Player of the Year:
Dougie Hamilton, Niagara IceDogs
Nicolas Therrien, Chicoutimi Sagueneens
Colin Smith, Kamloops Blazers
Old Dutch Coach of the Year:
Mark Reeds, Owen Sound Attack
Gerard Gallant, Saint John Sea Dogs
Don Nachbaur, Spokane Chiefs
BMO Rookie of the Year:
Nail Yakupov, Sarnia Sting
Charles Hudon, Chicoutimi Sagueneens
Matt Dumba, Red Deer Rebels
PERT Plus Goaltender of the Year:
Mark Visentin, Niagara IceDogs
Jacob DeSerrers, Saint John Sea Dogs
Darcy Kuemper, Red Deer Rebels
CGC Defenceman of the Year:
Ryan Ellis, Windsor Spitfires
Simon Després, Saint John Sea Dogs
Stefan Elliott, Saskatoon Blades
CCM Player of the Year:
Ryan Ellis, Windsor Spitfires
Sean Couturier, Drummondville Voltigeurs
Darcy Kuemper, Red Deer Rebels
Good luck to our Sea Dogs nominees
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