2023-24 Team Award Winners
As is customary with the Soo Greyhounds Hockey Club, the organization took a pause amidst their final weekend of the regular season, and earlier tonight took the opportunity to recognize players from this year’s team at their 2023-24 Annual Awards Banquet.
The event was held at Delta Sault Ste. Marie Waterfront in front of team ownership, coaches, staff, players, billets, families, friends and special guests.
In total eleven (12) awards were distributed.
To conclude the night Hounds’ recognized their ‘graduating class’: Gavin Hayes, Arttu Karki, Kirill Kudryavtsev, Bryce McConnell-Barker, Jacob Frasca, Jack Beck and Jordan D’Intino.
All seven were recognized with a special tribute video followed by heartfelt and meaningful speeches from all seven Hounds.
Special thanks goes to the staff at the Delta staff for their hospitality and outstanding service, along with 705Live (Mike Blair) for their support of this event. Your contributions to this event were greatly appreciated.
And the winner’s were (photos courtesy of Bob Davies):
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR AWARD
#13 TRAVIS HAYES
MIKE DESJARDINS MEMORIAL TROPHY (Best Defenceman)
#29 KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV
SCHOLASTIC PLAYERS OF THE YEAR
#25 MATTHEW VIRGILIO & #9 TATE VADER
SAULT STAR TROPHY (Unsung Hero)
#7 CAEDEN CARLISLE
TOP SCORER AWARD
#12 JACK BECK
DR. BILL KELLY AWARD (Most Gentlemanly Player)
#39 ARTTU KARKI
PINO’S AWARD (Most Improved Player)
#26 MARCO MIGNOSA
PETE TAYLOR MEMORIAL TROPHY (Player’s Player)
#24 JUSTIN CLOUTIER
ROCK 101 TROPHY (Regular Season MVP)
#29 KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV
DR. LOU LUKENDA MEMORIAL AWARD (Presented to a Greyhound who has overcome obstalces either on or off the ice but still became succesful)
#14 OWEN ALLARD
PERMANENT ELECTRIC THREE STAR AWARD
#12 JACK BECK
HUMANITARIAN AWARD
#18 BRYCE MCCONNELL-BARKER
