CHL Rookie of the Year

Not to be confused with Central Hockey League (1963–84) Rookie of the Year.

The CHL Rookie of the Year Award is given out annually to the top rookie in the Canadian Hockey League. It is chosen from the winners of; the Emms Family Award (OHL Rookie of the Year), the Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy (WHL Rookie of the Year), and the Sidney Crosby Trophy (QMJHL Rookie of the Year).

CHL Rookie of the Year Award

Sport	Ice hockey
Awarded for	Annually to the top rookie in the Canadian Hockey League
History
First award	1988
Most recent	Gavin McKenna

Winners

List of winners of the CHL Rookie of the Year Award.^[1][2]

Season	Winner	Team	League
1987–88	Martin Gélinas	Hull Olympiques	QMJHL
1988–89	Yanic Perreault	Trois-Rivières Draveurs	QMJHL
1989–90	Petr Nedved	Seattle Thunderbirds	WHL
1990–91	Philippe Boucher	Granby Bisons	QMJHL
1991–92	Alexandre Daigle	Victoriaville Tigres	QMJHL
1992–93	Jeff Friesen	Regina Pats	WHL
1993–94	Vitali Yachmenev	North Bay Centennials	OHL
1994–95	Bryan Berard	Detroit Junior Red Wings	OHL
1995–96	Joe Thornton	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	OHL
1996–97	Vincent Lecavalier	Rimouski Océanic	QMJHL
1997–98	David Legwand	Plymouth Whalers	OHL
1998–99	Pavel Brendl	Calgary Hitmen	WHL
1999–2000	Dan Blackburn	Kootenay Ice	WHL
2000–01	Scottie Upshall	Kamloops Blazers	WHL
2001–02	Patrick O'Sullivan	Mississauga IceDogs	OHL
2002–03	Matt Ellison[3]	Red Deer Rebels	WHL
2003–04	Sidney Crosby[4]	Rimouski Océanic	QMJHL
2004–05	Benoît Pouliot[5]	Sudbury Wolves	OHL
2005–06	John Tavares[6]	Oshawa Generals	OHL
2006–07	Patrick Kane[7]	London Knights	OHL
2007–08	Taylor Hall[8]	Windsor Spitfires	OHL
2008–09	Brett Connolly[9]	Prince George Cougars	WHL
2009–10	Matt Puempel[10]	Peterborough Petes	OHL
2010–11	Nail Yakupov[11]	Sarnia Sting	OHL
2011–12	Mikhail Grigorenko	Quebec Remparts	QMJHL
2012–13	Valentin Zykov	Baie-Comeau Drakkar	QMJHL
2013–14	Nikolaj Ehlers	Halifax Mooseheads	QMJHL
2014–15	Alex DeBrincat	Erie Otters	OHL
2015–16	Alexander Nylander	Mississauga Steelheads	OHL
2016–17	Nico Hischier	Halifax Mooseheads	QMJHL
2017–18	Alexis Lafrenière	Rimouski Océanic	QMJHL
2018–19	Quinton Byfield	Sudbury Wolves	OHL
2019–20	Shane Wright	Kingston Frontenacs	OHL
2021–22	Brayden Yager	Moose Jaw Warriors	WHL
2022–23	Maxim Massé	Chicoutimi Saguenéens	QMJHL
2023–24	Gavin McKenna	Medicine Hat Tigers	WHL
2024–25	Landon DuPont	Everett Silvertips	WHL

See also

• List of Canadian Hockey League awards