page_title: Calgary Hitmen
section_title: Awards and honours
hierarchical_section_title: Calgary Hitmen / Awards and honours
caption_attribution_description: English: Calgary Hitmen co-captains Carson McMillan (left) and Kyle Bortis accept the Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy as the 2008–09 Western Hockey League regular season champions prior to their opening playoff game in Calgary.
context_page_description: The Calgary Hitmen are a major junior ice hockey team based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The Hitmen play in the Central Division of the Western Hockey League. They play their home games at the Scotiabank Saddledome. Bret "The Hitman" Hart, a local-born professional wrestler, was a founding owner as well as the inspiration for the team's name. Established in 1994, the team has been owned by the Calgary Flames hockey club since 1997. They are the third WHL team to represent Calgary, preceded by the Centennials and Wranglers.
  The Hitmen have finished with the best record in the WHL four times, and qualified for the playoffs for thirteen consecutive seasons between 1998 and 2010. In 1999, they became the first Calgary team to win the President's Cup as league champions, and the first to represent the city in the Memorial Cup since the Calgary Canadians won the national junior title in 1926. The Hitmen hold numerous WHL attendance records, and in 2004–05 became the first team in Canadian Hockey League history to average 10,000 fans per game. Thirty-nine former Hitmen players have gone on to play in the National Hockey League.
context_section_description: The Calgary Hitmen have captured numerous awards during the franchise's tenure. Hitmen players have been named the WHL's most outstanding player four times. Defenceman Karl Alzner won the Four Broncos Memorial Trophy in 2007–08, also named the defenceman of the year, and Brett Sonne won the trophy in 2008–09.  Goaltender Martin Jones captured numerous awards in Calgary's championship season of 2009–10, including being named the top goaltender of the Memorial Cup, and Brandon Kozun led the entire Canadian Hockey League in scoring.
  As a whole, the Hitmen have won the Central Division six times, and four times have been the regular season champions. Brad Moran, the franchise's all-time leading scorer, had his number 20 retired in 2005, the first player to be so honoured. Following the lead of the Calgary Flames, the team introduced a new program in 2015 to honour former players.  Called "Forever a Hitmen", the team named Ryan Getzlaf the first inductee.
  Ed Chynoweth Cup
   Western Hockey League champions
  1998–99, 2009–10
  Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy
   Regular season champions
  1998–99, 1999–2000, 2008–09, 2009–10
  Central Division titles
  1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000
  2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10
  Four Broncos Memorial Trophy
   Player of the year
  Brad Moran: 1999–2000
  Justin Pogge: 2005–06
  Karl Alzner: 2007–08
  Brett Sonne: 2008–09
  Bob Clarke Trophy
   Top scorer
  Pavel Brendl: 1998–99
  Brad Moran: 1999–2000
  Brandon Kozun: 2009–10
  Daryl K. (Doc) Seaman Trophy
   Scholastic player of the year
  Chris Nielsen: 1998–99, 1999–2000
  Brad Hornung Trophy
  Most sportsmanlike player
  Matt Kinch: 1998–99, 2000–01
  Bill Hunter Memorial Trophy
   Defenceman of the year
  Brad Stuart: 1998–99
  Karl Alzner: 2007–08
  CHL Defenceman of the Year
  Brad Stuart: 1998–99
  Karl Alzner: 2007–08
  Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy
   Rookie of the year
  Pavel Brendl: 1998–99
  CHL Top Draft Prospect Award
  Pavel Brendl: 1998–99
caption: Carson McMillan and Kyle Bortis accept the Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy as the 2008–09 regular season champions.
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