Best of the Tips: final results

Published 1:41 am Friday, February 17, 2012

Here are the winners, along with their percentage of vote, in this year’s Best of the Tips poll:

Hardest shot: Ryan Murray (37.07 percent)

Most accurate shot: Josh Birkholz (45.79)

Best passer: Ryan Murray (55.66)

Best skater: Ryan Murray (58.49)

Top faceoff man: Ryan Harrison (39.6)

Best defensive forward: Ryan Harrison (44.2)

Best defenseman in his own zone: Ryan Murray (73.88)

Best goaltender: Kent Simpson (57.14)

Hardest hitter: Nick Walters (37.36)

Toughest player: Josh Caron (76.6)

Best overager: Josh Birkholz (82.2)

Best 16-year-old: Austin Lotz (71.33)

Top rookie: Kohl Bauml (68.42)

Most improved (last season to this season: Josh Birkholz (35.35)

Most improved (course of this season): Kohl Bauml (55.88)

Most underappreciated player: Dominik Bittner, Cody Fowlie (27.69)

Most irritating player: Ryan Harrison (64.57)

Top prospect: Ty Mappin (40.24)

Best pro prospect: Ryan Murray (89.29)

Most valuable to team: Ryan Murray (74.16)