Presented By
Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award Winners
In recognition of distinguished members of the hockey-writing profession whose words have brought honour to journalism and to hockey. Selected by the Professional Hockey Writers' Association.
| 1981 | Jacques Beauchamp | Montréal-Matin / Le Journal de Montréal |
| 1981 | Jim Burchard | New York World-Telegram |
| 1981 | Red Burnett | Toronto Star |
| 1981 | Dink Carroll | Montréal Gazette |
| 1981 | Jim Coleman | Southam Newspapers |
| 1981 | Ted Damata | Chicago Tribune |
| 1981 | Marcel Desjardins | La Presse |
| 1981 | Jack Dulmage | Windsor Star |
| 1981 | Milt Dunnell | Toronto Star |
| 1981 | Elmer Ferguson | Montréal Herald / Montréal Star |
| 1981 | Tom Fitzgerald | The Boston Globe |
| 1981 | Trent Frayne | Toronto Telegram / The Globe and Mail / Sun |
| 1981 | Al Laney | New York Herald Tribune |
| 1981 | Joe Nichols | The New York Times |
| 1981 | Basil O’Meara | Montréal Star |
| 1981 | Jim Vipond | Toronto Globe and Mail |
| 1981 | Lewis Walter | Detroit Times |
| 1985 | Charlie Barton | Buffalo Courier-Express |
| 1985 | Red Fisher | Montréal Star / Gazette |
| 1985 | George Gross | Toronto Telegram / Sun |
| 1985 | Zotique Lespérance | Le Journal de Montréal / La Petit Journal |
| 1985 | Charles Mayer | Le Journal de Montréal / La Patrie |
| 1985 | Andy O’Brien | Weekend Magazine |
| 1986 | Dick Johnston | The Buffalo News |
| 1986 | Leo Monahan | Boston Daily Record / Record-American/ Boston Herald American |
| 1986 | Tim Moriarty | UPI / Newsday |
| 1987 | Bill Brennan | The Detroit News |
| 1987 | Rex MacLeod | Toronto Globe and Mail/Star |
| 1987 | Ben Olan | New York Associated Press |
| 1987 | Francis Rosa | Boston Globe |
| 1988 | Jim Proudfoot | Toronto Star |
| 1988 | Scott Young | Toronto Globe and Mail/Telegram |
| 1989 | Claude Larochelle | Le Soleil (Quebec) |
| 1989 | Frank Orr | Toronto Star |
| 1990 | Bertrand Raymond | Le Journal de Montréal |
| 1991 | Hugh Delano | New York Post |
| 1993 | Al Strachan | Globe and Mail/Toronto Sun |
| 1995 | Jack Gatecliff | St. Catharines Standard |
| 1997 | Ken McKenzie | The Hockey News |
| 1998 | Yvon Pedneault | La Presse/Le Journal de Montréal |
| 1999 | Russ Conway | The Eagle-Tribune |
| 2000 | Jim Matheson | Edmonton Journal |
| 2001 | Eric Duhatschek | Calgary Herald / The Globe and Mail / The Athletic |
| 2002 | Kevin Dupont | Boston Globe |
| 2003 | Michael Farber | Montreal Gazette / Sports Illustrated |
| 2001 | Jim Kelley | The Buffalo News |
| 2005 | Helene Elliott | Los Angeles Times |
| 2006 | Scott Morrison | Toronto Sun / Sportsnet |
| 2007 | Dave Fay | Washington Times |
| 2008 | Neil Stevens | The Canadian Press |
| 2009 | Dave Molinari | The Pittsburgh Press / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |
| 2010 | Marc de Foy | Le Journal de Montréal |
| 2011 | Terry Jones | Edmonton Sun |
| 2012 | Roy MacGregor | The Globe and Mail / National Post / Ottawa Citizen / Toronto Star / Maclean’s |
| 2013 | Jay Greenberg | Philadelphia Daily News / Toronto Sun / New York Post |
| 2011 | Kevin Allen | USA TODAY |
| 2015 | Bob McKenzie | TSN / Toronto Star / The Hockey News |
| 2016 | Bob Verdi | Chicago Tribune |
| 2017 | Cam Cole | Edmonton Journal / National Post / Vancouver Sun |
| 2018 | Larry Brooks | New York Post |
| 2019 | Frank Brown | Associated Press / New York Daily News |
| 2020 | Tony Gallagher | The Vancouver Province |
| 2022 | Al Morganti | Atlanta Constitution / Philadelphia Inquirer / WIP Sports Radio / NBC Sports |
| 2023 | Mark Mulvoy | Boston Globe / Sports Illustrated |
| 2024 | Scott Burnside | Windsor Star / NHL ESPN.com / The Athletic |
| 2025 | François Gagnon | RDS |
