The Ken McKenzie Trophy was awarded annually to the Central Hockey League's leading points scorer in the regular season. The award was named for Ken McKenzie, the co-founder and longtime president and publisher of The Hockey News.
Previously, the award was used by the Central Hockey League (1963-84) as their rookie of the year award, as selected by the CHL coaches. It was known simply as the Rookie of the Year award until the 1977-78 season.
CPHL/CHL Rookie of the Year (1964 - 1984) Year Player Team1964 Garry Peters Omaha Poul Popiel St. Louis 1965 Mike Walton Tulsa 1966 Doug Roberts Memphis 1967 Serge Savard Houston 1968 Jim Lorentz Oklahoma City 1969 Steve Atkinson Oklahoma City 1970 Andre Dupont Omaha 1971 Mike Murphy Omaha 1972 Tom Williams Omaha 1973 Mike Veisor Dallas 1974 Claire Alexander Oklahoma City 1975 Guy Chouinard Omaha 1976 Brad Gassoff Tulsa 1977 Bernie Federko Kansas City 1978 Glen Hanlon Tulsa 1979 Mike Eaves Oklahoma City 1980 Joe Mullen Salt Lake City 1981 Roland Melanson Indianapolis 1982 Bobby Francis Oklahoma City 1983 Larry Floyd Wichita 1984 Scott MacLeod Salt Lake City
Winners (1993 - 2014) Year Player Team 1993 Sylvain Fleury Oklahoma City Blazers 1994 Paul Jackson Wichita Thunder 1995 Brian Shantz San Antonio Iguanas 1996 Brian Shantz San Antonio Iguanas 1997 Trevor Jobe Columbus Cottonmouths/Wichita Thunder 1998 Luc Beausoleil Tulsa Oilers 1999 Derek Grant Memphis RiverKings2000 Yvan Corbin Indianapolis Ice Chris MacKenzie Indianapolis Ice 2001 Yvan Corbin Indianapolis Ice 2002 Dan Price Austin Ice Bats 2003 Don Parsons Memphis Riverkings
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