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16 MINNESOTAHOCKEYJOURNAL.COM // FEBRUARY.2015 BROOKLYN PARK'S TRAVIS MORIN QUIETLY PUT TOGETHER ONE OF THE MOST IMPRESSIVE MINOR LEAGUE SEASONS EVER BY A MINNESOTAN THE R odney Dangerfield may be long gone, but his lament about getting no respect could well apply to Brooklyn Park native Travis Morin, who captured three prestigious awards in hockey's highest minor league for the 2013-14 season. Playing for the American Hockey League's (AHL) Texas Stars, who would go on to win the Calder Cup as that league's playoff champions, Morin won the Les Cunningham Award as league MVP based on an 88-point (32g, 56a) regular season. If that wasn't enough, he followed it with 22 points (9g, 13a) in the playoffs, which gained him the Jack A. Butterfield Trophy as playoff MVP. In both cases he became the first Minnesotan to win the respective awards. In the case of the Cunningham, he was only the fourth American-developed player to take the honor in a recognition that goes back to the 1947-48 season. For the Butterfield he was also the fourth American in an award that dates to 1983-84. It almost goes without saying that AHL All-Star recognition would follow on the first team. Oh, and we almost forgot something called the John B. Sollenberger Trophy, which goes to the AHL's leading scorer. In this case he's also the first Minnesotan and the third American to capture the award. His accomplishments haven't received the attention they deserve in the State of Hockey, where Morin learned the game in Minnesota Hockey youth programs, played for Osseo High School, and starred for the Minnesota State Mavericks. silent silent ST R BY ROGER GODIN, CURATOR, MINNESOTA WILD ST ST ST ST R ST ST silent silent silent silent ST silent ST silent ST PHOTOS: TEXAS STARS