AHL names award winners for November | TheAHL.com

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League introduced at the moment that Manitoba Moose ahead Jansen Harkins, Milwaukee Admirals ahead Tommy Novak and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins goaltender Casey DeSmith have been chosen because the league’s award winners for November.Harkins, the CCM/AHL Participant of the Month, totaled 24 factors in 15 video games for Manitoba final month, registering 4 objectives and 20 assists and discovering the scoresheet in all however one contest because the Moose went 11-Four-Zero-Zero.Harkins opened November by setting a franchise document with 5 assists in a 5-Three win over Grand Rapids on Nov. 2. He got here again with a objective and two assists in a 7-Four win over the Griffins on Nov. Three, and scored twice in a Four-1 win over Texas on Nov. 11. Harkins assisted on the game-winning objective in a 2-1 victory at Belleville on Nov. 20, extending his scoring streak to 10 video games, and registered back-to-back two-assist efforts on Nov. 27 at Milwaukee and Nov. 29 at Grand Rapids.Winnipeg’s second-round choose within the 2015 NHL Draft, Harkins leads the AHL with 21 assists and is tied for the league lead with 27 factors in 23 video games for the Moose in 2019-20. The 22-year-old from North Vancouver, B.C., has appeared 149 profession AHL video games for Manitoba, totaling 26 objectives and 52 assists for 78 factors.After recording one help in eight video games in October, Novak, the CCM/AHL Rookie of the Month, registered three objectives and 10 assists in 12 video games performed throughout November – all Milwaukee wins.Novak scored his first professional objective as a part of a four-point night time and earned first-star honors in a 6-Four Admirals conquer Manitoba on Nov. 6. He scored once more in a 6-Three win over Chicago on Nov. 13, and assisted on the game-winning objectives in victories at Belleville on Nov. 16 and at Grand Rapids on Nov. 22. Novak prolonged his scoring streak to 6 video games with a pair of helpers in a 5-Zero win over Grand Rapids on Nov. 23, and notched a objective and an help because the Admirals earned a Four-Three time beyond regulation win at San Antonio on Nov. 30.A 3rd-round choice by Nashville within the 2015 NHL Draft, Novak has three objectives and 11 assists for 14 factors in 21 video games for Milwaukee this season. The 22-year-old native of River Falls, Wis., performed 4 seasons on the College of Minnesota earlier than making his professional debut with the Admirals on Mar. 22, 2019.DeSmith, the CCM/AHL Goaltender of the Month, made eight begins for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton in November and went 7-1-Zero with a 1.60 goals-against common, a .951 save share and two shutouts, permitting a complete of 13 objectives on 265 pictures.DeSmith made 25 saves in a Four-Three shootout win at Lehigh Valley on Nov. 1, and earned consecutive shutouts with 35 saves vs. Syracuse on Nov. 9 and 28 stops vs. Hershey on Nov. 13. He prolonged his scoreless streak to 148:43 and turned apart 41 pictures throughout a Four-1 win over Springfield on Nov. 15, and got here again with 40 saves in a Four-2 victory at Springfield on Nov. 22. DeSmith stopped 26 pictures in a 5-2 victory over Bridgeport on Nov. 30, his sixth consecutive win to shut out the month.DeSmith is 10-Four-Zero with a 2.41 GAA, a .922 save share and two shutouts in 15 appearances for the Penguins this season, sitting tied for second within the AHL in wins and rating fourth in saves (414) and fifth in minutes performed (870). The fifth-year professional has gone 49-19-6 with 5 shutouts in 77 profession AHL video games with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (2.34, .919), and can be 21-15-6 (2.66, .917) with 4 shutouts in 50 NHL appearances with Pittsburgh. DeSmith earned a spot on the AHL All-Rookie Workforce in 2016-17, when he led the league with a 2.01 GAA.Every month-to-month award winner can be offered with an etched crystal award previous to an upcoming residence recreation in recognition of his achievement.