Prince George, B.c. – The Spruce Kings honoured some of their team members on the weekend at the annual awards banquet.
Trevor Esau took home several pieces of hardware, including the Muchalla Family Bursary. This is a new award presented to a player considered to embody all of the core values of the team. Esau was also awared the "Steel Man of the Year" trophy for the number of shots he blocked during the season (254 in the regular season, 25 in post season). He was also named defenceman of the year, and was co-winner of the Playoff MVP trophy.
Coltyn Hansen was the other co-winner of the Playoff MVP and also claimed the Leading Scorer title and the other new award for the Plus/Minus Player of the Year with a plus rating of 16 in the regular season.
Shayne Morrissey picked up both the Craig Dzuiballe Memorial Award for Outstanding Community Service and the CNC Challenge Cup Fan Favourite Player of the Year trophy.
Kirk Thompson earned the Regular Season MVP trophy after rewriting franchise records for minutes played in a season and in a career as well as for single season wins and career wins.
Other individual winners included Kevin Guiltinan (Most Inspirational), Cameron Lawson (Most Dedicated), Chad Staley (Most Improved), Karan Toor (Rookie of the Year), Bryant Christian (Seventh Player) and Jake LeBrun (Scholastic Player).
During the awards presentation, Bill van Helvoirt and Tom Baratta were also recognized as co-recipients of the annual Volunteer of the Year award. Both have worked for many seasons as minor officials in the scorekeepers box and recruiting new volunteers to perform the many duties that often go unrecognized behind the scenes leading up and during games.
Kirk Thompson, Trevor Esau, Coltyn Hansen and Shayne Morrissey were presented with their game worn jerseys and thanked for their contributions to the teams as graduating players with the Prince George Spruce Kings.
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