Golden Puck Awards Nominees Announced.

The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League announced today the nominees for the Golden Puck awards. Nikolaj Ehlers led your Mooseheads with three nominations while MacKenzie Weegar and Zach Fucale were nominated this year. I fully agree with the Halifax players nominated.

Here are the nominees for the awards that will be passed out on April 2nd:

*via the QMJHL
Michael Briere Trophy (Most Valuable Player)
Jonathan Drouin - Halifax Mooseheads
Anthony Duclair - Quebec Remparts
Anthony Mantha - Val-d'Or Foreurs

RDS Cup (Rookie of the Year)
Callum Booth - Quebec Remparts
Nikolaj Ehlers - Halifax Mooseheads
Nicolas Meloche - Baie-Comeau Drakkar
Julien Pelletier - Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
Jeremy Roy - Sherbrooke Phoenix
Daniel Sprong - Charlottetown Islanders

Emile "Butch" Bouchard Trophy (Best Defenseman)
Randy Gazzola - Val-d'Or Foreurs
Guillaume Gelinas - Val-d'Or Foreurs
Mackenzie Weegar - Halifax Mooseheads

Frank J. Selke Trophy (Sportsman of the Year)
Frederick Gaudreau - Drummondville Voltigeurs
Daniel Sprong - Charlottetown Islanders
Adam Stevens - Gatineau Olympiques

Michael Bossy Trophy (Top Professional Prospect)
Ivan Barbashev - Moncton Wildcats
Nikolaj Ehlers - Halifax Mooseheads
Alexis Vanier - Baie-Comeau Drakkar

Marcel Robert Trophy (TELUS Scholastic Player of the Year)
Dominic Talbot-Tassi - Blainville-Boisbriand Armada
Jeremy Gregoire - Baie-Comeau Drakkar
Louis-Philip Guindon - Drummondville Voltigeurs

Ron Lapointe Trophy (Coach of the Year)
Serge Beausoleil - Rimouski Oceanic
Jean-Francois Houle - Blainville-Boisbriand Armada
Eric Veilleux - Baie-Comeau Drakkar

Maurice Filion Trophy (General Manager of the Year)
Steve Ahern - Baie-Comeau Drakkar
Marc-Andre Dumont - Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
Dominic Ricard - Drummondville Voltiguers

Paul Dumont Trophy (Personality of the Year)
Zach Fucale - Halifax Mooseheads
Benoit Groulx - Gatineau Olympiques
Anthony Mantha - Val-d'Or Foreurs

Humanitarian and Community Involvement Trophy
Charles-David Beaudoin - Drummondville Voltigeurs
Brendan Duke - Halifax Mooseheads
Samuel Henley - Val-d'Or Foreurs

Raymond Lagace Trophy (Defensive Rookie of the Year)
Callum Booth - Quebec Remparts
Nicolas Meloche - Baie-Comeau Drakkar
Jeremy Roy - Sherbrooke Phoenix

Please note that the following trophies will be awarded at special pre-game ceremonies held at the beginning of the playoffs: Michel Bergeron (Offensive Rookie of the Year), Guy Carbonneau (Best Defensive Forward), Kevin Lowe (Best Defensive Defenseman), Robert Lebel (Best goals against average - team), Jean Rougeau (Regular Season Champions) and Luc Robitaille (Best Offensive Team)

Michel Bergeron Trophy
Nikolaj Ehlers - Halifax Mooseheads
Julien Pelletier - Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
Daniel Sprong - Charlottetown Islanders

Guy Carbonneau Trophy
Brent Andrews - Halfiax Mooseheads
Taylor Burke - Gatineau Olympiques
Felix Girard - Baie-Comeau Drakkar

Kevin Lowe Trophy
Justin Hache - Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
Jimmy Oligny - Rimouski Oceanic
Gabriel Verpaelst - Baie-Comeau Drakkar

The nominees for the Adminstrator of the Year, Marketing Director of the Year and Academic Consultant of the Year trophies will revealed at a later date as the actual awards will be presented at the Entry Draft in Sherbrooke.