Jim Rutherford Trophy

The Jim Rutherford Trophy is given to the best goaltender in the Ontario Hockey League, as voted by coaches and general managers. The winner is also nominated for the CHL Goaltender of the Year award.
From 1988 until 2019, the award was named the Ontario Hockey League Goaltender of the Year Award. On May 19, 2020, the OHL unveiled the Jim Rutherford Trophy, in honour of former goaltender Jim Rutherford. Rutherford played with the Hamilton Red Wings from 1967-69 before playing in the National Hockey League with the Detroit Red Wings, Pittsburgh Penguins, Toronto Maple Leafs and Los Angeles Kings from 1970-83. Following his playing career, Rutherford joined the Windsor Compuware Spitfires as the general manager of the team from 1984-88, winning the J. Ross Robertson Cup in the 1987-88 season. In 1990, Rutherford became the general manager and president of the Detroit Compuware Ambassadors. He remained in this position as they were renamed the Detroit Junior Red Wings in 1992 until accepting a job promotion to become the general manager, president, and minority owner of the Hartford Whalers in 1994. Rutherford remained with the club as general manager when they relocated and became the Carolina Hurricanes in 1997. In 2006, Rutherford won the Stanley Cup with the Hurricanes. He stayed with the club until 2014 before stepping down and selling his shares in the Hurricanes to become the general manager of the Pittsburgh Penguins. With the Penguins, Rutherford has won the Stanley Cup two more times, in 2016 and 2017. Rutherford was named to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2019.
==Winners==
List of winners of Jim Rutherford Trophy.
* Blue background denotes also named CHL Goaltender of the Year
 
Season 	Winner 	Team
2019–20	Nico Daws	Guelph Storm
Prior to 2020, the award was called the Ontario Hockey Goaltender of the Year. This award was presented from 1988 until 2019.
* Blue background denotes also named CHL Goaltender of the Year
 
Season 	Winner 	Team
2018–19	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	Sudbury Wolves
2017–18	Michael DiPietro 	Windsor Spitfires
2016–17	Michael McNiven 	Owen Sound Attack
2015–16	Mackenzie Blackwood 	Barrie Colts
2014–15	Lucas Peressini 	Kingston Frontenacs
2013–14	Alex Nedeljkovic 	Plymouth Whalers
2012–13	Jordan Binnington 	Owen Sound Attack
2011–12	Michael Houser 	London Knights
2010–11	Mark Visentin 	Niagara IceDogs
2009–10	Chris Carrozzi 	Mississauga St. Michael's Majors
2008–09	Mike Murphy 	Belleville Bulls
2007–08	Mike Murphy 	Belleville Bulls
2006–07	Steve Mason 	London Knights
2005–06	Adam Dennis 	London Knights
2004–05	Michael Ouzas 	Mississauga IceDogs
2003–04	Paulo Colaiacovo 	Barrie Colts
2002–03	Andy Chiodo 	Toronto St. Michael's Majors
2001–02	Ray Emery 	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
2000–01	Craig Anderson 	Guelph Storm
1999–00	Andrew Raycroft 	Kingston Frontenacs
1998–99	Brian Finley 	Barrie Colts
1997–98	Bujar Amidovski 	Toronto St. Michael's Majors
1996–97	Zac Bierk 	Peterborough Petes
1995–96	Craig Hillier 	Ottawa 67's
1994–95	Tyler Moss 	Kingston Frontenacs
1993–94	Jamie Storr 	Owen Sound Platers
1992–93	Manny Legace 	Niagara Falls Thunder
1991–92	Mike Fountain 	Oshawa Generals
1990–91	Mike Torchia 	Kitchener Rangers
1989–90	Jeff Fife 	Belleville Bulls
1988–89	Gus Morschauser 	Kitchener Rangers
1987–88	Rick Tabaracci 	Cornwall Royals
==See also==
* Jacques Plante Memorial Trophy – Quebec Major Junior Hockey League top goaltender
* Del Wilson Trophy – Western Hockey League top goaltender
* List of Canadian Hockey League awards
==References==
==External links==
* Ontario Hockey League
Category:Ontario Hockey League trophies and awards
Category:Ice hockey goaltender awards
Category:Awards established in 1988