Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award facts for kids

The Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award is an accolade presented annually to a print newspaper columnist or reporter in recognition of their achievements covering the game of ice hockey. The award is "to recognize distinguished members of the newspaper profession whose words have brought honor to journalism and to hockey."

The Hockey Hall of Fame established the accolade in 1984 and named it after the Montreal-based Canadian newspaper sports journalist Elmer Ferguson. Early in the year, the recipient is chosen by a committee of members from the Professional Hockey Writers' Association. The winner receives the award from the Hockey Hall of Fame at a ceremony held at BCE Place, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Each recipient receives a 12 by 12 feet (3.7 by 3.7 m) glass plaque that is put on display on two glass columns in the media section of the Hockey Hall of Fame. The ceremony associated with the accolade takes place separately to the induction of players into the Hockey Hall of Fame as -- despite widespread confusion on the issue -- media honorees are not considered full inductees.

During the 37 years the award has been active, there have been a total of 62 winners. The first 17 recipients -- Jacques Beauchamp, Jim Burchard, Red Burnett, Dink Carroll, Jim Coleman, Ted Damata, Marcel Desjardins, Jack Dulmage, Milt Dunnell, Ferguson, Tom Fitzgerald, Trent Frayne, Al Laney, Joe Nichols, Basil O'Meara, Jim Vipond and Lewis Walter -- were honored in 1984. At least two journalists were named winners each year until 1990. There was no winner in each of 1992, 1994, 1996 and 2021.

Helene Elliott, a writer for the Los Angeles Times, became the first female recipient in 2005. She was also the first woman to be honored in the media section of one of the Big Four team Sports Halls of Fame. The award has been presented posthumously on eight occasions, seven of the initial 23 honourees over the first two classes (1984, 1985), and Dave Fay in 2007 (award ceremony held four months after his death). Journalists who have worked for the Toronto Star have been recognised seven times, followed by The Globe and Mail reporters with six and Le Journal de Montréal on five occasions. Each of the 62 winners have been journalists from either Canada or the United States.

Recipients

Red Burnett, the Toronto Star, reporter, was one of 17 inaugural winners in 1984

Red Fisher was one of six inductees into the Hockey Hall of Fame when he was named an award recipient in 1985.

Key

	Indicates posthumous award

Recipients of the Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award

Year	Recipient	Publication(s)	Ref
1984	Beauchamp, JacquesJacques Beauchamp	Montréal-Matin/Le Journal de Montréal
	Burchard, JimJim Burchard	New York World-Telegram
	Burnett, RedRed Burnett	Toronto Star
	Carroll, DinkDink Carroll	Montreal Gazette
	Coleman, JimJim Coleman	Southam Newspapers
	Damata, TedTed Damata	Chicago Tribune
	Desjardins, MarcelMarcel Desjardins	La Presse
	Dulmage, JackJack Dulmage	Windsor Star
	Dunnell, MiltMilt Dunnell	Toronto Star
	Ferguson, ElmerElmer Ferguson	Montréal Herald/Montréal Star
	Fitzgerald, TomTom Fitzgerald	The Boston Globe
	Frayne , TrentTrent Frayne	Toronto Telegram/The Globe and Mail/Toronto Sun
	Laney, AlAl Laney	New York Herald Tribune
	Nichols, JoeJoe Nichols	The New York Times
	O'Meara, BasilBasil O'Meara	Montréal Star
	Vipond, JimJim Vipond	The Globe and Mail
	Walter, LewisLewis Walter	Detroit Times
1985	Barton, CharlieCharlie Barton	Buffalo Courier-Express
	Fisher, RedRed Fisher	Montréal Star/Montreal Gazette
	Gross, GeorgeGeorge Gross	Toronto Telegram/Toronto Sun
	Lespérance, ZotiqueZotique Lespérance	Le Journal de Montréal/La Petit Journal
	Mayer, CharlesCharles Mayer	Le Petit Journal/La Patrie
	O'Brien, AndyAndy O'Brien	Weekend Magazine
1986	Johnston, DickDick Johnston	The Buffalo News
	Monahan, LeoLeo Monahan	Boston Daily Record/Record-American/Boston Herald American
	Moriarty, TimTim Moriarty	UPI/Newsday
1987	Brennan, BillBill Brennan	The Detroit News
	MacLeod, RexRex MacLeod	The Globe and Mail/Toronto Star
	Olan, BenBen Olan	Associated Press
	Rosa, FrancisFrancis Rosa	The Boston Globe
1988	Proudfoot, JimJim Proudfoot	Toronto Star
	Young, ScottScott Young	The Globe and Mail/Toronto Telegram
1989	Larochelle, ClaudeClaude Larochelle	Le Soleil
	Orr, FrankFrank Orr	Toronto Star
1990	Raymond, BertrandBertrand Raymond	Le Journal de Montréal
1991	Delano, HughHugh Delano	New York Post
1993	Strachan, AlAl Strachan	The Globe and Mail/Toronto Star
1995	Gatecliff, JackJack Gatecliff	St. Catharines Standard
1997	McKenzie , KenKen McKenzie	The Hockey News
1998	Pedneault, YvonYvon Pedneault	La Presse/Le Journal de Montréal
1999	Conway, RussRuss Conway	The Eagle-Tribune
2000	Matheson, JimJim Matheson	Edmonton Journal
2001	Duhatschek, EricEric Duhatschek	Calgary Herald
2002	Dupont, KevinKevin Dupont	The Boston Globe
2003	Farber , MichaelMichael Farber	Montreal Gazette/Sports Illustrated
2004	Kelley, JimJim Kelley	The Buffalo News
2005	Elliott, HeleneHelene Elliott	Los Angeles Times
2006	Morrison , ScottScott Morrison	Toronto Sun/Sportsnet
2007	Fay, DaveDave Fay	The Washington Times
2008	Stevens , NeilNeil Stevens	The Canadian Press
2009	Molinari, DaveDave Molinari	Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
2010	de Foy, MarcMarc de Foy	Le Journal de Montréal/RueFrontenac.com
2011	Jones, TerryTerry Jones	Edmonton Sun
2012	MacGregor , RoyRoy MacGregor	The Globe and Mail/National Post/Ottawa Citizen/Toronto Star/Maclean's
2013	Greenberg, JayJay Greenberg	Philadelphia Daily News
2014	Allen , KevinKevin Allen	USA Today
2015	McKenzie, BobBob McKenzie	TSN/The Hockey News
2016	Verdi, BobBob Verdi	Chicago Tribune
2017	Cole, CamCam Cole	Edmonton Journal/National Post/Vancouver Sun
2018	Brooks, LarryLarry Brooks	New York Post
2019	Brown, FrankFrank Brown	Associated Press/New York Daily News
2020	Gallagher , TonyTony Gallagher	The Province
2022	Morganti, AlAl Morganti	Philadelphia Inquirer, NBC Sports
2023	Mulvoy, MarkMark Mulvoy	Sports Illustrated

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See also

• BBWAA Career Excellence Award
• Bill Nunn Memorial Award
• Curt Gowdy Media Award