BINGHAMTON, N.Y. – The Binghamton Senators presented 2008-09 player awards on Friday night in a post-game ceremony on the ice at the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena. 

A total of 10 awards were given out by the organization in various categories.  The awards and corresponding winners are listed below.

·         Most Valuable Player                          Greg Mauldin

·         Rocco J. Testani Star of the Year                    Denis Hamel

·         Top Defensive Forward                                   Peter Regin

·         Plus/Minus Award                                           Peter Regin

·         Top Defenseman                                             Matt Carkner

·         Rookie of the Year                                          Mattias Karlsson & Zack Smith

·         7th Player Award                                            Neil Petruic

·         Man of the Year                                             Matt Carkner & Denis Hamel

·         AHL All-Rookie Team                                    Mattias Karlsson

In addition to these player awards, the Binghamton Senators honored the first winner of the Win Warner Memorial Award.  The Win Warner Memorial Award is a humanitarian award giving to an individual for their ongoing support and dedication and behind the scenes work to assist hockey in greater Binghamton. 

The first Win Warner Memorial Award was given posthumously to Ronald Shoemaker, who worked for more than 30 years assisting Binghamton hockey teams (Dusters, Whalers, Rangers, and Senators) and the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena in many areas including audio, video and game operations.

 In other news,  the Senators released today left-winger Mark Bomersback from his 25-game professional tryout agreement.

Bomersback, 26, registered four goals, one assist and four penalty minutes in 13 games with Binghamton this season. The winger is expected to return to the Idaho Steelheads of the ECHL for their first-round playoff series.

Binghamton wraps up its season with a road game against Albany on Saturday night.Tune into 680 WINR-AM or 1430 WENE-AM 30 minutes before game time for Countdown to Faceoff with Grady Whittenburg, Voice of the B-Sens. Fans can also tune in to B-Sens’ games viawebcast or streaming video cast at www.ahllive.com.

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