Jim Rutherford Trophy

Jim Rutherford Trophy

Sport	Ice hockey
Awarded for	Best goaltender in OHL
History
First award	2020
Most recent	Jacob Oster (2023–24)

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

Prior to 2020, the Jim Rutherford Trophy was called the Ontario Hockey Goaltender of the Year.

denotes player also named CHL Goaltender of the Year

Season	Winner	Team
1987–88	Rick Tabaracci	Cornwall Royals
1988–89	Gus Morschauser	Kitchener Rangers
1989–90	Jeff Fife	Belleville Bulls
1990–91	Mike Torchia	Kitchener Rangers
1991–92	Mike Fountain	Oshawa Generals
1992–93	Manny Legace	Niagara Falls Thunder
1993–94	Jamie Storr	Owen Sound Platers
1994–95	Tyler Moss	Kingston Frontenacs
1995–96	Craig Hillier	Ottawa 67's
1996–97	Zac Bierk	Peterborough Petes
1997–98	Bujar Amidovski	Toronto St. Michael's Majors
1998–99	Brian Finley	Barrie Colts
1999–2000	Andrew Raycroft	Kingston Frontenacs
2000–01	Craig Anderson	Guelph Storm
2001–02	Ray Emery	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
2002–03	Andy Chiodo	Toronto St. Michael's Majors
2003–04	Paulo Colaiacovo	Barrie Colts
2004–05	Michael Ouzas	Mississauga IceDogs
2005–06	Adam Dennis	London Knights
2006–07	Steve Mason	London Knights
2007–08	Mike Murphy	Belleville Bulls
2008–09	Mike Murphy	Belleville Bulls
2009–10	Chris Carrozzi	Mississauga St. Michael's Majors
2010–11	Mark Visentin	Niagara IceDogs
2011–12	Michael Houser	London Knights
2012–13	Jordan Binnington	Owen Sound Attack
2013–14	Alex Nedeljkovic	Plymouth Whalers
2014–15	Lucas Peressini	Kingston Frontenacs
2015–16	Mackenzie Blackwood	Barrie Colts
2016–17	Michael McNiven	Owen Sound Attack
2017–18	Michael DiPietro	Windsor Spitfires
2018–19	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	Sudbury Wolves
2019–20	first year as renamed Jim Rutherford Trophy
	Nico Daws	Guelph Storm
2020–21	not awarded, season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021–22	Brett Brochu	London Knights
2022–23	Dom DiVincentiis	North Bay Battalion
2023–24	Jacob Oster	Oshawa Generals

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

External links

• Ontario Hockey League