NsHL 2006 Awards

[LAKingsGM]

Gentlemen,

The NsHL would like award the following:

Director's Trophy ( The Director's Trophy will be awarded to the General Manager who most contributes to his team, the NsHL, to his colleagues, and consistently shows his drive and determination for the betterment of the league. This award will be voted on by the Board of Directors and presented by the Commissioner to its worthy recipient) to:

Roger Gorbet-Buffalo Sabres

Mario Lemieux Trophy (Most points by a forward):

Pavol Demitra (Tampa Bay) 110 points

Commissioner's Trophy (Team that finishes regular season with most points):

Ottawa Senators 55-23-4-1 115 points

Paul Coffey Trophy (Most points by a defensemen):

Sandis Ozolinsh (Anaheim) 68 points

Pavel Bure Trophy (Most goals scored):

Geoff Sanderson (San Jose) 48 goals

The following awards were based on your votes:

Rookie of the Year (ROY):

Antti Miettinen-LW(Florida) 22 goals 30 assists 52 points- Won by 9 votes over 2nd place Brian Bochenski

Ray Bourque Trophy (Overall Best Defensemen):

Sandis Ozolinsh (Anaheim)- Won by 5 votes over Wade Redden

Patrick Roy Award (Overall Best Goaltender):

Roman Cechmanek (Ottawa) Won by 7 votes over 2nd place Tomas Vokoun

Guy Carbonneau Trophy (Overall Best Defensive Forward):

Vinny Prospal (Anaheim)- Won by 5 votes over 2nd place Robert Lang and John Madden

NsHL MVP (League's Most Valuable Player-Regular Season):

Tomas Vokoun (Nashville) Won by 3 votes over 2nd place Pavol Demitra

Scotty Bowman Award (League's Best Coach):

Mike Babcock (Detroit)- Won by 1 vote over 2nd place Barry Trotz and 2 votes over 3rd place Jacques Martins

Colin Campbell Award (League's Best GM as voted on by their peers):

Dave Bonkosky (Detroit)- Won by 2 votes over 2nd place Paul Weisser. Every nominee had several votes, this race was the closest the longest. (Which is a testiment to how good our GMs are and how difficult this category was to vote this season).

Congratulations to those of you who were nominated or who had players that were nominated. Congratulations to all of the winners, as well.

[Elite Sim News (ESN)]

Wow. I don't really know what to say, but I will try. I remember when I first came across the NsHL two years ago. Nathan was nice enough to give me a chance as a media outlet, which became ESN (which isn't very good at present, but we're working on that). From the very first day getting to know some of the boys, it wasn't very tough to tell that I was going to enjoy my time as part of the NsHL community. Last year I was fortunate enough to find myself as the new GM of the Buffalo Sabres. My excitement and enthusiasm for this already great league was at a new level. These last two seasons have been such a fun experience.

For that I would like to say thank you to everyone in the league. I try not to have expectations when entering an unknown, but this league would have exceeded any that I might have had. It's no secret that the GMs make the league, and that is certainly the case for us. Everyone, even you Spence , has been great to work with and to talk to. I'm hoping to get more involved in the future, but to this point it has been awesome.

Now to the long part. I have to thank all you guys for making this league what it is. Nathan, thanks for giving me a chance. I really do appreciate that. Mark, I know we haven't done much media wise yet, but there are things in the works. I'd like to thank the BOD for putting together and running such an amazing league. Thanks to Adam for his tremendous job running the AsHL, which is another aspect of the league that I myself love. I'd like to congratulate Mr. Carlos Guzman and his NsHL champion New Jersey Devils. Hats off to you on this tremendous accomplishment. Congratulations to Mr. Mike Henderson and his AsHL champions Seattle Thunderbirds. Congratulations to Mr. Dave Bonkosky on making it the finals. Congratulations to all who made the playoffs, and for making the playoffs amazing. No congrats to Mark and Paul, who choked horribly (just kidding of course) . And lastly, I would like to congratulate myself on getting the Montreal Canadiens to the playoffs, as I have yet to beat those punks in my tenure here in Buffalo, haha.

Seriously, thanks to all of you guys for making this league what it is. It's fun for me to try and add what I can to the league, and it's because of all of you that I do it. For any of you boys that will be attending the draft, I can't wait to see you all there. I'm already excited about this upcoming season. Thanks again.