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{{Short description|Annual ice hockey award in Canada}}
{{for|the WHL championship trophy|Ed Chynoweth Cup}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=October 2024}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2024}}
{{Infobox sports award
| name = Ed Chynoweth Trophy
| image = Ed Chynoweth Trophy.JPG
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| sport = [[Ice hockey]]
| competition =
| givenfor = Top scorer in the [[Memorial Cup]]
| sponsor =
| first = 1996
| number =
| last =
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| mostrecent = [[Easton Cowan]] (7 points)
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}}
The '''Ed Chynoweth Trophy''' is awarded to the leading scorer at the [[Memorial Cup]] tournament. It was first awarded in [[1996 Memorial Cup|1996]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.legendsofhockey.net/html/ind08Chynoweth.htm |title=Induction showcase – Ed Chynoweth |publisher=Hockey Hall of Fame |access-date=2010-05-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100705144913/http://www.legendsofhockey.net/html/ind08Chynoweth.htm |archive-date=2010-07-05 }}</ref> In the case of a tie in points, the award is given to the player with the fewest games played.<ref>{{cite web |last=Parker |first=Jim |url=http://www2.canada.com/windsorstar/news/sports/story.html?id=f60e3682-b3b1-4f29-ae26-a283cbf2e3be |title=Hall named MVP |work=Windsor Star |date=2009-05-25 |access-date=2010-05-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120609142021/http://www2.canada.com/windsorstar/news/sports/story.html?id=f60e3682-b3b1-4f29-ae26-a283cbf2e3be |archive-date=2012-06-09 }}</ref> Should players tied in points have played the same number of games, the award goes to the player with the most goals scored.{{citation needed|date=June 2025}}

Amongst the three leagues, a player from the [[Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League]] (QMJHL) has won the award eleven times, while players representing the [[Ontario Hockey League]] (OHL) have won the award nine times and the [[Western Hockey League]] (WHL) eight times. Players from the OHL's [[London Knights]] have won the award three times, the most of any team. Five other teams have twice had one of their players win the award: the QMJHL's [[Gatineau Olympiques|Hull/Gatineau Olympiques]] and [[Halifax Mooseheads]], the OHL's [[Kitchener Rangers]], and the WHL's [[Vancouver Giants]] and [[Kelowna Rockets]].<ref name="AwardsMC">{{cite web |url=https://chl.ca/memorial-cup-awards/ |title=Memorial Cup Awards |publisher=Canadian Hockey League |access-date=2025-06-02}}</ref> [[Mitch Marner]] has the highest winning total for the award with 14 points, though he falls short of the tournament record of 16 points set by [[Jeff Larmer]] of the Kitchener Rangers in [[1982 Memorial Cup|1982]] and [[Guy Rouleau (ice hockey)|Guy Rouleau]] of the Olympiques in [[1986 Memorial Cup|1986]].<ref name="AwardsMC" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://mastercardmemorialcup.com/forms/2010MasterCardMemorialCupRecordBook.pdf |title=2010 Mastercard Memorial Cup Record Book |publisher=Canadian Hockey League |access-date=2010-05-24 |page=14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100602032413/http://mastercardmemorialcup.com/forms/2010MasterCardMemorialCupRecordBook.pdf |archive-date=2010-06-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Easton Cowan]] is the first player to win the award more than once, winning consecutively in 2024 and 2025.<ref>{{cite web |last=Séguin |first=Christopher |url=https://chl.ca/article/london-knights-edge-medicine-hat-tigers-to-secure-a-historic-third-memorial-cup-title/ |title=London Knights edge Medicine Hat Tigers to secure a historic third Memorial Cup title |work=Canadian Hockey League |date=2025-06-02 |access-date=2025-06-02}}</ref>

The trophy is named after [[Ed Chynoweth]], who was the president of the WHL from 1972 to 1996. He helped create the [[Canadian Hockey League]] (CHL) and served as its president from 1975 until 1996.<ref name="ChynowethLOH">{{cite web |url=http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/LegendsMember.jsp?mem=b200801&type=Builder&page=bio&list=ByName#photo |title=Ed Chynoweth Biography |publisher=Hockey Hall of Fame |access-date=2010-05-24}}</ref> Chynoweth was instrumental in the creation of the CHL, and as its president, he helped create Canadian junior hockey's scholarship program and organized the Memorial Cup into a tournament format.<ref>{{cite web |last=King |first=Patrick |url=http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/juniors/2008/11/13/king_column/ |title=A proud legacy |publisher=Rogers Sportsnet |date=2008-11-13 |access-date=2010-05-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100523114753/http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/juniors/2008/11/13/king_column/ |archive-date=2010-05-23 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Chynoweth stepped down as WHL and CHL president in 1996 when he was awarded a WHL expansion franchise, the [[Edmonton Ice]], a franchise he operated until his death in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.whl.ca/ed-chynoweth-inducted-into-the-hockey-hall-of-fame-p126940 |title=Ed Chynoweth inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame |publisher=Western Hockey League |date=2008-11-10 |access-date=2010-05-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141101034540/http://www.whl.ca/ed-chynoweth-inducted-into-the-hockey-hall-of-fame-p126940 |archive-date=November 1, 2014 }}</ref> He was inducted into the [[Hockey Hall of Fame]] shortly after his death.<ref name="ChynowethLOH" />

==Winners==
[[File:Taylor Hall playing for Team Canada during exhibition game against Sweden on December 20, 2009.jpg|thumb|right|Taylor Hall was the leading scorer in 2010 with nine points.]]

{|class="wikitable sortable"
! Tournament
! Winner
! Team
! Points
|-
|[[1996 Memorial Cup|1996]] || [[Philippe Audet]] || [[Granby Prédateurs]] || 8 (4g, 4a)
|-
|[[1997 Memorial Cup|1997]] || [[Christian Dubé (ice hockey)|Christian Dubé]]||[[Gatineau Olympiques|Hull Olympiques]] || 13 (6g, 7a)
|-
|[[1998 Memorial Cup|1998]] || [[Andrej Podkonický|Andrej Podkonicky]] || [[Portland Winterhawks|Portland Winter Hawks]] || 10 (6g, 4a)
|-
|[[1999 Memorial Cup|1999]] || Justin Davis || [[Ottawa 67's]] || 9 (3g, 6a)
|-
|[[2000 Memorial Cup|2000]] || [[Ramzi Abid]] || [[Halifax Mooseheads]] || 10 (6g, 4a)
|-
|[[2001 Memorial Cup|2001]] || [[Simon Gamache]] || [[Val-d'Or Foreurs]] || 7 (4g, 3a)
|-
|[[2002 Memorial Cup|2002]] || [[Matthew Lombardi]] || [[Victoriaville Tigres]] || 9 (2g, 7a)
|-
|[[2003 Memorial Cup|2003]] || [[Gregory Campbell (ice hockey)|Gregory Campbell]] || [[Kitchener Rangers]] || 7 (1g, 6a)
|-
|[[2004 Memorial Cup|2004]] || [[Doug O'Brien]] || [[Gatineau Olympiques]] || 8 (3g, 5a)
|-
|[[2005 Memorial Cup|2005]] || [[Sidney Crosby]] || [[Rimouski Océanic]] || 11 (6g, 5a)
|-
|[[2006 Memorial Cup|2006]] || [[Gilbert Brulé]] || [[Vancouver Giants]] || 12 (6g, 6a)
|-
|[[2007 Memorial Cup|2007]] || [[Michal Řepík|Michal Repik]] || [[Vancouver Giants]] || 7 (3g, 4a)
|-
|[[2008 Memorial Cup|2008]] || [[Justin Azevedo]] || [[Kitchener Rangers]] || 11 (4g, 7a)
|-
|[[2009 Memorial Cup|2009]] || [[Jamie Benn]] || [[Kelowna Rockets]] || 9 (5g, 4a)
|-
|[[2010 Memorial Cup|2010]] || [[Taylor Hall]] || [[Windsor Spitfires]] || 9 (5g, 4a)
|-
|[[2011 Memorial Cup|2011]] || [[Andrew Shaw (ice hockey)|Andrew Shaw]] || [[Owen Sound Attack]] || 7 (2g, 5a)
|-
|[[2012 Memorial Cup|2012]] || [[Michael Chaput]] || [[Shawinigan Cataractes]] || 12 (5g, 7a)
|-
|[[2013 Memorial Cup|2013]] || [[Nathan MacKinnon]] || [[Halifax Mooseheads]] || 13 (7g, 6a)
|-
|[[2014 Memorial Cup|2014]] || [[Henrik Samuelsson]] || [[Edmonton Oil Kings]] || 8 (4g, 4a)
|-
|[[2015 Memorial Cup|2015]] || [[Leon Draisaitl]] || [[Kelowna Rockets]] || 7 (4g, 3a)
|-
|[[2016 Memorial Cup|2016]] || [[Mitch Marner]] || [[London Knights]] || 14 (2g, 12a)
|-
|[[2017 Memorial Cup|2017]] ||[[Dylan Strome]] || [[Erie Otters]] || 11 (7g, 4a)
|-
|[[2018 Memorial Cup|2018]] || [[Sam Steel]] || [[Regina Pats]] || 13 (2g, 11a)
|-
|[[2019 Memorial Cup|2019]] || [[Jakub Lauko]] || [[Rouyn-Noranda Huskies]] || 8 (2g, 6a)
|-
|[[2020 Memorial Cup|2020]] ||colspan="3"|''Event cancelled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Canada|coronavirus pandemic]] – trophy not awarded''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theprovince.com/sports/hockey/junior-hockey/covid-19-forces-cancellation-of-chl-playoffs-and-2020-memorial-cup|title=COVID-19 forces cancellation of CHL playoffs and 2020 Memorial Cup|last=Johnston|first=Patrick|date=March 23, 2020|work=[[The Province]]|access-date=March 24, 2020}}</ref>
|-
|[[2021 Memorial Cup|2021]] ||colspan="3"|''Event cancelled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Canada|coronavirus pandemic]] – trophy not awarded''<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/chl-memorial-cup-cancelled-coronavirus-2021-1.5985641|title=CHL announces cancellation of 2021 Memorial Cup due to COVID-19 restrictions|date=April 13, 2021|work=[[CBC Sports]]|access-date=June 3, 2024}}</ref>
|-
|[[2022 Memorial Cup|2022]] || [[William Dufour]] || [[Saint John Sea Dogs]] || 8 (7g, 1a)
|-
|[[2023 Memorial Cup|2023]] || [[Logan Stankoven]] || [[Kamloops Blazers]] || 9 (2g, 7a)
|-
|[[2024 Memorial Cup|2024]] || [[Easton Cowan]] || [[London Knights]] || 8 (3g, 5a)
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[2025 Memorial Cup|2025]] || [[Easton Cowan]] || [[London Knights]] || 7 (3g, 4a)
|-
|[[Denver Barkey]]
|[[London Knights]]
|7 (3g, 4a)
|}

Source:<ref name="AwardsMC" />

==See also==
*[[List of Canadian Hockey League awards]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://mastercardmemorialcup.ca/history-awards/ History – Awards – Mastercard Memorial Cup] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180221030855/http://mastercardmemorialcup.ca/history-awards |date=2018-02-21 }}

{{Memorial Cup}}
[[Category:Canadian Hockey League trophies and awards]]

Ed Chynoweth Trophy - Revision history

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