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Travis Morin and Maxime Fortunus

Maxime Fortunus: Maxime Fortunus D : The player with the name like a Roman centurion is indeed a true general, one of the most respected players in the AHL, and the Stars captain. A native of La Prairie, Que, and the son of Haitian immigrants, Fortunus is looking for his first Calder Cup after coming close twice. A player with a decade-long history in the AHL, he was with the Calder Cup runners-up in back-to-back seasons 2009 with the Manitoba Moose where IceCaps captain Jason Jaffray was a teammate and in 2010 with Texas. In both cases, the Cup winner were the Hershey Bears, whose lineup included Andrew Gordon, now the IceCaps playoff scoring leader. , according to The Telegram. Travis Morin F : The 30-year-old Minnesota native is the 2013-14 AHL most valuable player and scoring leader 32-56-88 in 66 games . A former linemate of St. Louis Blues star David Backes when the two were with the University of Minnesota-Mankato a decade ago, Morin began his pro career with South Carolina of the and graduated to the AHL Stars after leading the Stingrays to a Kelly Cup championship in 2009, when they beat the Keith McCambridge-coached Alaska Aces in a seven-game series. Stars (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.