ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

Rookie of the Year

Rookie of the Year is one of the team’s highest regular-season honours. It recognizes a first-year junior player who made an exceptional impact from the beginning of the season to the end. To qualify, a player must truly meet the definition of a rookie — essentially a first-year junior who has played no more than 10 games at higher levels before joining the Bisons for the first time — and he must have played in at least 60 percent of the team’s regular-season games. This award goes to the rookie whose contribution, consistency, and influence stood out most clearly among all first-year players.

TEAM ROOKIE

1986 – N/A

1987 – DOUG LYALL (G)

1988 – BILL BOYD

1989 – JASON GLASS

1990 – CRAIG WILFORD

1991 – DARREN TREMBECKY

1992 – TYLER THEBERGE

1993 – SHANE KOOPMAN (G)

1994 – RYAN KEENAN

1995 – GRAEME SMITH

1996 – ROLAND STEWART

1997 – LANDON HURLBURT; BRIAN SANTANGELO

1998 – JARET MILLER

1999 – DEREK SHARP

2000 – BROCK COUILLARD

2001 – ADAM COUILLARD

2002 – ANDUN JEVNE

2003 – JORDY FERGUSON

2004 – BRADY HAMPTON

2005 – GRANT VAN WINKLE

2006 – CORY PATTERSON

2007 – BRODY MALEK

2008 – CHRISTIAN CHIVILO (G)

2009 – JESSE LYALL

2010 – COLIN MACMURDO

2011 – PHIL DILLON

2012 – BROCK BOSWELL

2013 – ALEX BILTON (G)

2014 – BRAYDEN ENGEL (G)

2015 – TAYLOR MCNEILL

2016 – CALEB EEFTING

2017 – KYLE HARRISON

2018 – BRYAN WEBER

2019 – TRAVIS SCOTT; LUC THORIMBERT

2020 – HAYDEN HALE

2021 – N/A

2022 – KEGAN LAW & ADAM KIRKPATRICK

2023 – EASTON DEAN

2024 – JADY SHIGEHIRO

2025 – CONNOR WHITE