DiPietro named AHL MVP; Protas collects Rookie of Year honours

Former Windsor Spitfires and Ottawa 67's goaltender Michael DiPietro - as well as former Spits forward Ilya Protas - have collected major AHL awards for their performance in the regular season. DiPietro collected the Les Cunningham Award as the league’s most valuable player for the 2025–26 season but also earned the Aldege “Baz” Bastien Memorial Award as the AHL’s outstanding goaltender for the second consecutive season. He is just the ninth goaltender in AHL history to league MVP. In 2025-26, the Windsor, ON., native posted a record of 34-8-1 and led the entire league in goals-against average (1.91), save percentage...