Shawinigan, QC - The Canadian Hockey League today announced the nominees for the 10 major awards that will be presented at the annual CHL Awards Ceremony which takes places this Saturday May 26, 2012, at 2:30 pm Centres des Arts Shawinigan. 

Here are the nominees for the 10 major awards:

Jack Link’s Top Prospect of the Year:

Mikhail Grigorenko, Quebec Remparts

Nail Yakupov, Sarnia Sting

Ryan Murray, Everett Silvertips

FRAM Sportsman of the Year:

Zach O’Brien, Acadie-Bathurst Titan

Brandon Saad, Saginaw Spirit

Mark Stone, Brandon Wheat Kings

Chrysler Dodge Top Scorer of the Year:

Yanni Gourde, Victoriaville Tigres

Michael Sgarbossa, Sudbury Wolves

Brendan Shinnimin, Tri-City Americans

Home Hardware Humanitarian Player of the Year:

Vincent Barnard, Quebec Remparts

Andrew D’Agostini, Peterborough Petes

Taylor Vause, Swift Current Broncos

Subway Scholastic Player of the Year:

Jonathan Brunelle, Cape Breton Screaming Eagles

Adam Pelech, Erie Otters

Reid Gow, Spokane Chiefs

Old Dutch Brian Kilrea Coach of the Year:

Jean-Francois Houle, Blainville-Boisbriand Armada

Greg Gilbert, Saginaw Spirit

Jim Hiller, Tri-City Americans

BMO Rookie of the Year:

Mikhail Grigorenko, Quebec Remparts

Aaron Ekblad, Barrie Colts

Sam Reinhart, Kootenay Ice

Vaughn Goaltender of the Year:

Mathieu Corbeil, Saint John Sea Dogs

Michael Houser, London Knights

Tyler Bunz, Medicine Hat Tigers

Post Defenceman of the Year:

Jerome Gauthier-Leduc, Rimouski Oceanic

Dougie Hamilton, Niagara IceDogs

Alex Petrovic, Red Deer Rebels

CCM Player of the Year:

Yanni Gourde, Victoriaville Tigres

Michael Houser, London Knights

Brendan Shinnimin, Tri-City Americans

CHL Awards Ceremony

Date: Saturday, May 26, 2012

Time: 1:30 p.m.: Autograph session and photographs with the MasterCard Memorial Cup

          2:30 p.m.: CHL Individual Awards Ceremony

Place: Centre des arts of Shawinigan, 2100, boul. des Hêtres, Shawinigan

Details: The CHL Awards Ceremony crowns the stars of the Canadian Hockey League. A total of 10 awards will be given, including the Top NHL Prospect, Sportsman of the Year and Top Scorer for the 2011-2012 season. Other trophies will also honour the humanitarian player, scholastic player, rookie, goaltender, defenseman, coach and best player. The event will be hosted by Maxim Martin, humorist and television show host for Junior et Majeur at TVA Sports and Louis Jean, journalist at TVA Sports.

For this event, seating will be reserved for the media. Please register at the Centre Bionest media room. All award winners in attendance will be available for interviews after the ceremony.

The 2012 MasterCard Memorial Cup is proudly supported by MasterCard, title sponsor of this event for 14 straight years.  Associate sponsors include Bank of Montreal, Subway, CCM, and broadcast partners Sportsnet and TVA Sports.   

For more information about the event please visit www.mastercardmemorialcup.ca.