Bright Spots – Fake Team Awards VI

By on April 10, 2011 at 1:00 PM

Thank you all for 15 votes (plus one obscurely reasoned boycott). There were no runaways in either category this year, but a couple of deserving winners emerged.

Fan Favorite went to Micheal Haley, who blossomed from solid middleweight to goal scorer to NHL regular this year. It’s possible we never see him in Bridgeport again, except for exhibition games, until his bobblehead day.

Seventh Player went to Jeremy Colliton, who had his best offensive season since his rookie year on top of doing everything else for this team in five of the past six seasons. He’s an unrestricted free agent as of July 1, so you might want to enjoy him while you can today.

Several voters mentioned the job done by Bridgeport’s trainers this year, and I’ll agree they probably deserve some kind of special notice. So we’ll give out an honorary Seventh Player Award to athletic trainer Mike Schroeder and equipment manager Leni DiCostanzo, who taped more ankles, rehabbed more concussions, sharpened more skates and stitched more nameplates than any hard-working person ought to.

And the only way Colliton couldn’t win the Three Stars Award was if Rhett Rakhshani were the first star today. Despite arriving a few games late and missing a bunch on his NHL recall, Colliton earned three first-star nods, three second-stars and three third-stars. As I said early in the week, it was close. Kevin Poulin is actually second, with eight nods at various levels in his 15 games. Rakhshani was first star four times, more than anyone else, to sit third. And Justin DiBenedetto and Rob Hisey were mathematically alive to begin the week. But Colliton gets it.

VOTING
FAN FAVORITE: Micheal Haley 5, Jeremy Colliton 3, Rhett Rakhshani 3, Justin DiBenedetto 2, Brett Motherwell 1, Wes O’Neill 1.

SEVENTH PLAYER: Jeremy Colliton 5, Robin Figren 3, Training staff 2, Jean Bourbeau 2, Rhett Rakhshani 1, Justin DiBenedetto 1, Dylan Reese 1.

Fake Team Awards History
Seventh Player
2006–Matt Koalska
2007–Jason Pitton
2008–Trevor Smith
2009–Tyler Haskins
2010–Jon Gleed
2011–Jeremy Colliton
  2011 special–Trainer Mike Schroeder/Equipment manager Leni DiCostanzo

Fan Favorite
2006–Steve Regier
2007–Wade Dubielewicz
2008–Kip Brennan
2009–Pascal Morency
2010–Greg Mauldin
2011–Micheal Haley

Three Stars Award
2006–Wade Dubielewicz
2007–Wade Dubielewicz
2008–Jeff Tambellini
2009–Nathan Lawson/Mike Iggulden (shared)
2010–Greg Mauldin
2011–Jeremy Colliton

Michael Fornabaio

Bright Spots – Fake Team Awards VI

By on April 10, 2011 at 1:00 PM

Thank you all for 15 votes (plus one obscurely reasoned boycott). There were no runaways in either category this year, but a couple of deserving winners emerged.

Fan Favorite went to Micheal Haley, who blossomed from solid middleweight to goal scorer to NHL regular this year. It’s possible we never see him in Bridgeport again, except for exhibition games, until his bobblehead day.

Seventh Player went to Jeremy Colliton, who had his best offensive season since his rookie year on top of doing everything else for this team in five of the past six seasons. He’s an unrestricted free agent as of July 1, so you might want to enjoy him while you can today.

Several voters mentioned the job done by Bridgeport’s trainers this year, and I’ll agree they probably deserve some kind of special notice. So we’ll give out an honorary Seventh Player Award to athletic trainer Mike Schroeder and equipment manager Leni DiCostanzo, who taped more ankles, rehabbed more concussions, sharpened more skates and stitched more nameplates than any hard-working person ought to.

And the only way Colliton couldn’t win the Three Stars Award was if Rhett Rakhshani were the first star today. Despite arriving a few games late and missing a bunch on his NHL recall, Colliton earned three first-star nods, three second-stars and three third-stars. As I said early in the week, it was close. Kevin Poulin is actually second, with eight nods at various levels in his 15 games. Rakhshani was first star four times, more than anyone else, to sit third. And Justin DiBenedetto and Rob Hisey were mathematically alive to begin the week. But Colliton gets it.

VOTING
FAN FAVORITE: Micheal Haley 5, Jeremy Colliton 3, Rhett Rakhshani 3, Justin DiBenedetto 2, Brett Motherwell 1, Wes O’Neill 1.

SEVENTH PLAYER: Jeremy Colliton 5, Robin Figren 3, Training staff 2, Jean Bourbeau 2, Rhett Rakhshani 1, Justin DiBenedetto 1, Dylan Reese 1.

Fake Team Awards History
Seventh Player
2006–Matt Koalska
2007–Jason Pitton
2008–Trevor Smith
2009–Tyler Haskins
2010–Jon Gleed
2011–Jeremy Colliton
  2011 special–Trainer Mike Schroeder/Equipment manager Leni DiCostanzo

Fan Favorite
2006–Steve Regier
2007–Wade Dubielewicz
2008–Kip Brennan
2009–Pascal Morency
2010–Greg Mauldin
2011–Micheal Haley

Three Stars Award
2006–Wade Dubielewicz
2007–Wade Dubielewicz
2008–Jeff Tambellini
2009–Nathan Lawson/Mike Iggulden (shared)
2010–Greg Mauldin
2011–Jeremy Colliton

Michael Fornabaio