Ahokas beats out NL coaches, Lundkvist wins Young Player of the Year

Christian Wohlwend (HC Davos) and Rikard Grönborg (ZSC Lions) were nominated for the "Coach of the Year"-Award. The category was won by Jussi Ahokas, the coach of Liiga-team KooKoo Kouvola.

Benjamin Baumgartner was nominated in the "Young Player of the Year"-Award. The 20-year-old forward had to take a backseat to Luleå Hockey's 19-year-old defenseman Nils Lundkvist.

In the fourth category, the Warrior Career Excellence"-Award, 38-year-old Joel Lundqvist of Frölunda HC took home the win. As already reported earlier this afternoon, the ZSC Lions won in the "Team of the Year" category.