You don’t need to have to think back far to remember the Giants season without Stevie Lyle. It was only about 42 games ago and the Giants season was in turmoil and changes needed to be made. Ed Courtenay went out and brought in Stevie Lyle to tighten up the goals and at the same time picked up Pete Campbell to add to the scoring. It turned the Giants fortunes 180 as the team started to win games and climb up the table.

On Monday night these two guys were rewarded for their help to the Giants cause at the annual awards dinner. Stevie Lyle picked up four of the six possible awards he could win while Pete Campbell picked up the best forward award. Lyle won the Player’s player, Coaches Player, Best British Player and overall MVP awards. It’s the most awards won by a player at an awards dinner.

Other awards went to Shane Johnson, who picked up two awards, as the Kids MVP (otherwise known as the Paxton Schulte award) and best defenseman, while Mark Dutiaume won the Players unsung hero award. Leigh Jamieson won the other award of the night - the goal of the year award for his goal against Coventry in February, as voted for by the fans.

Below is a list of the evening winners:

Player’s Player - Stevie Lyle
Kid’s MVP - Shane Johnson
Goal of the Year - Leigh Jamieson
Player’s Unsung Hero - Mark Dutiaume
Coach’s Player - Stevie Lyle
Best British Player - Stevie Lyle
Best Defenseman - Shane Johnson
Best Forward - Peter Campbell
Team MVP - Stevie Lyle

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