SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Chicago Wolves centre Jason Krog was named winner Friday of the Les Cunningham Award as the American Hockey League's most valuable player for the 2007-08 season, as voted by coaches, players and members of the media in each of the leagues 29 cities.
The 32-year-old from Fernie, B.C., has points in 59 of 77 games, including 31 multi-point efforts, to pace the Wolves' league-leading offence.
Named a 2007-08 First Team AHL All-Star last week, Krog leads the American Hockey League with 68 assists and 104 points in 77 games heading into the final weekend of the regular season. His 36 goals are one off the pace, leaving him with a possibility of becoming just the third player in AHL history to lead the league in all three major offensive categories in the same season.
Krog, who has been held scoreless in back-to-back games just three times all season, has recorded points in 59 of 77 games - including 31 multiple-point efforts - to pace the Wolves league-leading offense. His goals, assists and points all represent career highs for the ninth-year pro, and he becomes the second consecutive member of the Wolves to win the Les Cunningham Award following Darren Haydar in 2006-07.
Krog has recorded 124 goals and 230 assists for 354 points in 300 career AHL games entering the weekend. He also has 198 NHL games on his resume, compiling 21 goals and 37 assists. Krog reached the Calder Cup Finals with Bridgeport in 2002 and the Stanley Cup Finals with Anaheim in 2003, and won the Hobey Baker Award as the top player in U.S. college hockey while at the University of New Hampshire in 1999.
