The Bruce Boudreau Award
Dominik Shine Wins 2025 Bruce Boudreau Award
Grand Rapids forward named inaugural recipient of the Bruce Boudreau Award, recognizing the most outstanding player on an American Hockey League contract, as voted by a league-wide panel of writers.
Dominik Shine: 2025 Boudreau Award Winner
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The Bruce Boudreau Award
An American Hockey League roster is made up of dozens of talented, hardworking players through the course of each season. Many of them thrive in the league without ever signing an NHL contract. These players are often the backbone of their teams, leaders in the locker room, and consistent contributors on the ice, yet they rarely receive recognition beyond their immediate markets.With that in mind, a group of league-wide media members, led by Stephen Meserve of 100 Degree Hockey, created a new award, voted on by the media and not run by the league, to spotlight those who make a lasting impact in the league as true AHL players, upholding the league's competitive spirit and professional standard year after year.In searching for a namesake for the award, it was almost immediately obvious that former AHL player, coach, Calder Cup winner and AHL Hall of Fame inductee Bruce Boudreau was the perfect person to honor with the name.Bruce Boudreau built his coaching reputation in the AHL after a prolific minor-league playing career, where he ranks among the league’s all-time scorers (316 goals, 799 points). As a coach, he logged 340 AHL wins, most notably guiding the Hershey Bears to the 2006 Calder Cup and a 2007 finalist run.Washington promoted him to lead the Capitals in 2007, and he promptly won the 2007–08 Southeast Division and the NHL’s Jack Adams Award. Overall, he compiled a 617-342-128 record across four different teams in the NHL.
2025 Divisional Nominees
Tyler Wotherspoon, Laval (North)
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<<SOMEONE>>, TEAM (Atlantic)
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Seth Griffith, Bakersfield (Pacific)
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The Voting Panel
Stephen Meserve (Texas, Central Division) has covered the Texas Stars and hockey in Texas since 2009 at 100 Degree Hockey.Ben Lypka (Abbotsford, Pacific Division) has covered the Abbotsford market since 2015, currently at The Abbotsford News.Ben Birnell (Utica, North Division) has covered the AHL in Utica since 2015 with the Utica Observer-Dispatch. He is the 2018 winner of the AHL’s James H. Ellery Memorial Award for outstanding media coverage.Mark Divver (Providence, Atlantic Division) has covered the Providence Bruins since 20XX for Rinkside Rhode Island and the New England Hockey Journal, as well as local high school and collegiate hockey.Patrick Williams (AHL) has covered the AHL for the past 23 seasons, starting with his coverage of Manitoba and transitioning to be a prominent and respected league-wide voice. He now writes feature work for TheAHL.com. He is the 2016 winner of the AHL’s James H. Ellery Memorial Award for outstanding media coverage.