This award was instituted by George's wife and family as a memorial to him. George was a Hutchinson High School Varsity Coach, who passed away from cardiac arrest during a high school game in 1977. George was an active memeber of the HHA Board and other areas of the association. George felt that the hockey defensemen never received the recogniton they deserved. This award is selected by vote of the HHA Board of Directors.
YEAR | PLAYER | PLAYER | PLAYER |
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1980 | Dave Kretlow | ||
1981 | Brad Altermatt | ||
1982 | Dean Ortloff | Paul Briggs | |
1983 | Ted Dose | Tom Scott | Mark Peterson |
1984 | Joel Starrett | Todd Clasue | |
1985 | Scott Yukel | Scott Larson | |
1986 | Brian Knorr | Lance Tews | |
1987 | Bruse Polman | Matt Peterson | |
1988 | Marc Telecky | ||
1989 | Brian Thul | ||
1990 | Mike Maiers | ||
1991 | Mark Docken | ||
1992 | RIck Burgess | Chad Gerdes | |
1993 | Matt Field | Joel Reiter | |
1994 | Mike Bjurlin | Corey Johnson | |
1995 | Jay Docken | Eric Nelson | |
1996 | Dustin Plombon | Jon Rebich | Jesse Doherty |
1997 | Tyler Prahl | Keith McKittrick | |
1998 | Keith McKittrick | Jason Vogt | |
1999 | |||
2000 | ALex Braun | Matt Maurer | Nathaniel Lehn |
2001 | Pete Haugen | Jeremy Douglas | |
2002 | Jarrit Busse | Jason Rossiter | |
2003 | Beau Braun | ||
2004 | Dan Garvin | ||
2005 | Matt Jensen | ||
2006 | Joe DeMeyer | ||
2007 | Brent Neubauer | ||
2008 | Logan Hahn | ||
2009 | Max Cowger | ||
2010 | L.J. Rogers | ||
2011 | Keegan Macemon | ||
2012 | Mitchell Kurth | ||
2013 | Cole Hansen | Mitchell Koelln | |
2014 | Jack Schintz | Sebastian Vaillancourt | |
2015 | Daniel Lyons | ||
2016 | Hayden Jensen | ||
2017 | Blake Schmidt | ||
2018 | Cameron Longie | Tristan Hoppe | |
2019 | Gavin Hutchins | ||
2020 | Logan Hoppe | ||
2021 | Dalsten Dusoski | ||
2022 | Odin Olson | ||
2023 | Isaac Johnson |