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

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.
In September of the following year, the decision was made to create an annual award in Morrison's memory

Winners

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