Scott Morrison Award of Minor Hockey Excellence

The Scott Morrison Award of Hockey Excellence was an annual award given to the most outstanding junior hockey player born in the province of Saskatchewan. It was given out from the years 1945-1961, excluding 1956.

History

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The award was named after Scott Morrison, an up-and-coming junior player who was killed in a freak ice resurfacer accident on February 21, 1943.[1] In September of the following year, the decision was made to create an annual award in Morrison's memory [2]

Winners

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Year Recipient
1945 Gordie Howe
1946 Justin Knebel
1947 Dunc Fisher
1948 Bert Olmstead
1949 Lou Jankowski
1950 Paul Meger
1951 Thomas Pottruff
1952 Walter Nestman
1952 Dale Anderson
1953 Murray Balfour, James Nash
1954 Justin "Spanks" Dool
1955 Les Colwill
1956 Chad Scannell
1957 Wes Johnson
1958 Orland Kurtenbach
1959 Jason Burns
1960 Harvey Newton
1961 Melvin Fisher

References

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General

  • Smith, Carl (February 23, 1972). "A Look Back At the Morrison Tragedy and Award Legacy". The Saskatoon Star-Phoenix.

Specific

  1. ^ Dean, Henry (February 22, 1943). "Local Junior Killed at Rink". The Estevan Inquirer.
  2. ^ Dunning, Allan (September 25, 1944). "Morrison to be Remembered Through Award". The Estevan Inquirer.