AHL MVP, top goalie honors for Gilroy native, Jr. Kings grad Wolf The AHL has announced that Dustin Wolf of the Calgary Wranglers is the winner of the Les Cunningham Award as the league’s MVP and also the Aldege “Baz” Bastien Memorial Award as the AHL’s outstanding goaltender for the 2022-23 season. The awards are voted on by coaches, players and members of the media in each of the league’s 32 cities. The 22-year-old Wolf becomes the first goaltender to win the Bastien Award in back-to-back seasons since its creation in 1984. He is also just the eighth different goaltender in league history to win MVP honors, and at 22, Wolf is also the youngest AHL MVP since Jason Spezza in 200405. Wolf followed his outstanding rookie season with another remarkable campaign in 2022-23, leading the AHL in every major statistical category including wins Calgary Wranglers goalie Dustin Wolf put up solid numbers in the AHL this season in addition to making his NHL debut in a winning effort with the parent Calgary Flames. Photo/Phillip Brents
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