BRUNELLE GETS CHL AWARD, O'BRIEN IGNORED

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The Canadian Hockey League announced Saturday the ten national award winners for the 2011-12 season and the announcement wasn't without controversy. Zach O'Brien, a forward with the Acadie-Bathurst Titan, who scored 50 goals, accumulated 101 points and didn't take a single penalty, didn't win the most sportsmanlike award.

Instead of going to the native of St. John's, NL, the FRAM Sportsman of the Year Award went to Mark Stone (Brandon Wheat Kings): The 19-year-old from Winnipeg, MB, finished second in WHL scoring with a career-high 41 goals and 82 assists for 123 points this season while drawing 22 minutes in penalties in 66 games. An Ottawa Senators prospect, he drew minor penalties in 10 of the 66 games he played and picked up more than one minor infraction in a single game just once all season.