Roadrunners scoring ace Michael Carcone is one of the front-runners for the AHL's MVP award; we break down the top five candidates as the regular season draws to a close.
Brett Fera With the Tucson Roadrunners in position to clinch an AHL playoff berth as early as this weekend — Tucson is up by four points with four games left, all at home, beginning Friday at 7 p.m. against the Texas Stars — another race impacting the Roadrunners is also sure to wrap up, officially speaking, by this weekend.
“We see him every day in the gym and in practice. We’d all strongly argue he’s the best player in the AHL this season,” second-year Tucson forward Colin Theissen said earlier this week. “It’s been fun to watch him every single game do what he does. It’s definitely special.” 2022-23 stats: 61 games, 31 goals, 49 assists, 80 points, 246 shots on goal, 97 penalty minutes, 14 power-play goals.
• Special sauce: Wolf was tremendous last season, winning the AHL’s Baz Bastien Memorial Award as the league’s top goalie. There’s an argument he should have been MVP last year too. And he’s been even better in 2022-23 for the AHL’s top team virtually all season.AHL experience: In his fifth year, all with Syracuse, Barré-Boulet’s success this season is nothing new. He’s averaged almost a point a game his entire AHL career.
Special sauce: Barré-Boulet kicked it into high gear this last week, notching eight points over four games to win the AHL’s Player of the Week Award and close the gap with Carcone for the scoring lead.AHL experience: Tynan is in his 10th AHL season and doesn’t appear to be slowing down. He finished second in the league in points last season and is the league’s two-time reigning MVP.
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