SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League has announced the 2016-17 AHL All-Rookie Team, as voted by coaches, players and media in each of the league’s 30 member cities.

2016-17 AHL All-Rookie Team (stats through Apr. 4)



Goaltender – Casey DeSmith, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (25gp, 19-4-2, 2.14gaa, .920sv%, 1so)

Defense – Devon Toews, Bridgeport Sound Tigers (71gp, 4+37=41pts., +5)

Defense – Kyle Wood, Tucson Roadrunners (63gp, 13+27=40pts., 10 PPG)

Forward – Jake Guentzel, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (33gp, 21+21=42pts., +21, 5 PPG)

Forward – Mark Jankowski, Stockton Heat (59gp, 26+25=51pts., +16, 7 PPG, 4 GWG)

Forward – Daniel O’Regan, San Jose Barracuda (58gp, 21+33=54pts., +7, 9 PPG, 5 GWG)

Each player will receive a custom-designed crystal award in recognition of his selection to the 2016-17 AHL All-Rookie Team.

Previous selections to the annual AHL All-Rookie Team include Zdeno Chara (1998), Daniel Briere (1998), Dan Boyle (1999), Cory Sarich (1999), Barret Jackman (2002), Ron Hainsey (2002), Jason Spezza (2003), Antoine Vermette (2003), Cam Ward (2005), Thomas Vanek (2005), Rene Bourque (2005), Kevin Bieksa (2005), Jimmy Howard (2006), Dan Girardi (2006), Mike Green (2006), Jaroslav Halak (2007), Troy Brouwer (2007), Ryan Callahan (2007), Bobby Ryan (2008), Brian Boyle (2008), Alex Goligoski (2008), Nathan Gerbe (2009), Justin Abdelkader (2009), John Carlson (2010), P.K. Subban (2010), Logan Couture (2010), Lars Eller (2010), Eddie Lack (2011), Brendan Smith (2011), Tyler Johnson (2012), Gustav Nyquist (2012), Justin Schultz (2013), Sami Vatanen (2013), Jason Zucker (2013), Tyler Toffoli (2013), Ryan Strome (2014), Teemu Pulkkinen (2014), Matt Murray (2015), Connor Brown (2015), Viktor Arvidsson (2015), Juuse Saros (2016), Frank Vatrano (2016) and Mikko Rantanen (2016).

The 2016-17 First and Second AHL All-Star Teams will be announced on Thursday.

2016-17 AHL All-Rookie Team