Some history behind the AHL ROTY award

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http://www.theprovince.com/sports/Lest+forget/9148855/story.html

Dudley 'Red' Garrett, the namesake of the AHL's Rookie of the Year award, was a member of the Toronto Maple Leafs, the New York Rangers, and the crew of the HMCS Shawinigan. The WWII corvette was lost with all hands on Nov. 24, 1944, two weeks after his last letter home

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A bit of trivia: no defensemen has ever won the Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award...