Thursday, March 14, 2013

Mavericks' Defenseman David Simoes Named Finalist for CHL's Man of the Year

Missouri Mavericks’ defenseman David Simoes was named a finalist for the Central Hockey League’s Man of the Year on Thursday.
The CHL Man of the Year award is ‘presented annually to the Central Hockey League player adjudged to have best exemplified strong leadership qualities on and off the ice, while making significant and noteworthy humanitarian contributions to his community’.
The finalists were selected from nominations and materials provided from the 10 member teams that detailed the player’s role in the community.  Teams were permitted to nominate one candidate from their squad and of those nominations, five finalists were selected.  The winner will be announced on Tuesday, March 19.
Simoes looks to join Mavericks’ Head Coach Scott Hillman and Assistant Director of Hockey Operations Simon Watson who each won the award as players.
Man of the Year Finalists
Jon Booras, Bloomington
David Simoes, Missouri
Scott Wray, Rapid City
Gary Steffes, Tulsa
Travis Wight, Wichita

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