Friday, June 19, 2009

CHL Conference/Awards

Okay, now back to catching up...

The Central Hockey League conference was held June 4-6 in Phoenix, and in addition to the Bucks hosting an All-Star luncheon, yearly franchise and front office awards were handed out.

The Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees took the biggest honor, being named Franchise of the Year for the 2008-09 season.

You can find a complete list of winners here.

The Bucks were nominated for four awards, but did not take any home. The team's individual nominees were majority owner Glenn Hart (Leadership Award), Vice President of Business Operations Nicole Kupaks (Ralph Backstrom Soul of Service Award), Director of Media Relations and Broadcasting Bryan Benway (Communications Executive of the Year), while the franchise itself was up for Community Relations Franchise of the Year.

Two of those awards were won by other representatives from the Southeast Division as Cassidy Lange from the Corpus Christi IceRays took home the Soul of Service Award and Killer Bees Vice President of Communications Rich Bocchini earned Communications Executive honors.

I'm sure Bryan and Nicole were happy to see them win; Cassidy and Rich are both very deserving of being recognized for what they've done.

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