MLN FAB50 Hockey 2006 - Best of Minor League Hockey

Spiral
03-01-2006, 03:19 PM
http://www.minorleaguenews.com/hockey/features/articles2006/02/15/00.html

Development System of the Year: If It Quacks Like A Duck...

New to the FAB50 Hockey 2006 is an honor introduced to our Baseball FAB50 last July: The Development System of the Year award.

The editorial staff of Minor League News present this award to the NHL organization that has produced the highest number of FAB50 candidates for the season.

A number of teams were in contention. Grand Rapids, Toronto, Hamliton, Hartford, Cleveland and Iowa all captured three slots, some with exceptionally high groups of ranked players. A hat trick is not enough though to be named top duck in hockey development.

With four FAB50 nods, three of which are in the top six, and the no. 1 player in the rankings, the MLN Development System of the Year goes to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Rank: 1 - Corey Perry (http://www.minorleaguenews.com/hockey/features/articles2006/02/15/01.html) ; 2 - Ryan Getzlaf (http://www.minorleaguenews.com/hockey/features/articles2006/02/15/02.html) ; 6 - Dustin Penner (http://www.minorleaguenews.com/hockey/features/articles2006/02/15/06.html) ; 15 - Ladislav Smid (http://www.minorleaguenews.com/hockey/features/articles2006/02/15/15.html)

Ducksforcup
03-01-2006, 06:39 PM
Wow!!! I am so happy that these two great organizations are affiliated with each other.

Congrats to all parties invovled!!! :)

TheJoeMan
03-01-2006, 06:40 PM
Oh we're gonna be good for some time. The future looks real bright!

mathpero
03-02-2006, 04:20 AM
add Perrault, Parenteau and Shannon!!

Dan Hickling
03-02-2006, 07:23 AM
Should mention that Parenteau, Shannon, and Shane O'Brien are included on the Ones2Watch list, which will be going up shortly...

What Kevin Dineen and his staff have done with this club is quite amazing. From the handling of Perry and Getzlaf when they came down, to the bang on development of Penner, Shannon, et al. Have lost track of how many Coast league guys they've used. Yet they have led the Atlantic Division almost wire to wire....Good times for Ducks' fans could be dead ahead....Dan