Mike Kelley Memorial Trophy

The Mike Kelley Memorial Trophy is awarded annually to the Most Valuable Player of the Mann Cup competition.[1]

Mike Kelley Memorial Trophy
MVP award of the Mann Cup
CountryCanada
First awarded1941 (1941)
Last awarded2023
Current holderIroquois Cody Jamieson (2nd award)
Highlights
Most awardsCanada Lloyd Wootton
Canada John Tavares
Canada Paul Gait
Canada Anthony Cosmo
Canada Shawn Evans
(3 awards each)
MSL team with
most awards
Peterborough Lakers (17)
WLA team with
most awards
New Westminster Salmonbellies (16)

The trophy is named after Michael Edward Francis "Mike" Kelley who was the owner and manager of the Hamilton Tigers lacrosse club in the early 1930s - and later the president of the Ontario Lacrosse Association and Canadian Lacrosse Association.

For some unknown reason, Kelley's name was misspelled and perpetuated as "Kelly" until the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame was notified in 2014 of the error by the grandson of Mike Kelley. The Canadian Lacrosse Association and Canadian Lacrosse Foundation were notified during the 2015 Mann Cup series and corrections to the spelling would be made moving forward.

The Mann Cup is the senior men's lacrosse championship of Canada. The championship series is played between the Western Lacrosse Association champion and the Major Series Lacrosse champion.[2]

YearPlayerTeam No.
1941Blackie BlackRichmond Farmers 1
1942Bert LargeMimico-Brampton Combines 1
1943Bill WilkesNew Westminster Salmonbellies 1
1944Ike HildebrandNew Westminster Salmonbellies 1
1945Frank LeeVancouver Burrards 1
1946Doug Favell Sr.St. Catharines Athletics 1
1947Bob LeeNew Westminster Adanacs 1
1948Doug Favell Sr.Hamilton Tigers 2
1949Don MathesonVancouver Burrards 1
1950Lloyd "Moon" WoottonOwen Sound Crescents 1
1951Lloyd "Moon" WoottonPeterborough Timbermen 2
1952Lou NicklePeterborough Timbermen 1
1953Ross PowlessPeterborough Trailermen 1
1954Lloyd "Moon" WoottonPeterborough Trailermen 3
1955Geordie JohnsonVictoria Shamrocks 1
1956Derry DaviesNanaimo Timbermen 1
1957Jack NorthupVictoria Shamrocks 1
1958Norm MckayNew Westminster Salmonbellies 1
1959Jack BiondaNew Westminster O'Keefes 1
1960Dave "Porky" RussellPort Credit Sailors 1
1961Bill BarbourVancouver Burrards 1
1962Jack BiondaNew Westminster O'Keefes 2
1963Gordie GimpleVancouver Carlings 1
1964Bob AllanBrooklin Merchants 1
1965Les NormanNew Westminster Salmonbellies 1
1966John DavisPeterborough Lakers 1
1967John DavisBrooklin Redmen 2
John CerviVancouver Carlings 1
1968Joe TomchishenBrooklin Redmen[3] 1
1969Bill SquireBrooklin Redmen 1
1970Paul ParnellNew Westminster Salmonbellies 1
1971Bob McCreadyBrantford Warriors 1
1972Paul ParnellNew Westminster Salmonbellies 2
1973Pat BakerPeterborough Lakers 1
1974Ken WinzoskiNew Westminster Salmonbellies 1
1975Ron PinderVancouver Burrards 1
1976Dave DuranteNew Westminster Salmonbellies 1
1977Doug HayesVancouver Burrards 1
Mike SmithVancouver Burrards 1
1978Tim BarriePeterborough Red Oaks 1
1979Ivan ThompsonVictoria Shamrocks 1
1980Barry MarukBrampton Excelsiors 1
1981Wayne GossNew Westminster Salmonbellies 1
1982Jim WassonPeterborough Lakers 1
1983John CrowtherVictoria Pay Less 1
1984John Grant Sr.Peterborough Lakers 1
1985Wayne ColleyBrooklin Redmen 1
1986Geordie DeanNew Westminster Salmonbellies 1
1987Jim MeredithBrooklin Redmen 1
Eric CowiesonNew Westminster Salmonbellies 1
1988Bill ThomasCoquitlam Adanacs 1
1989Ben HieltjesNew Westminster Salmonbellies 1
1990Paul GaitBrooklin Redmen 1
1991Geordie DeanNew Westminster Salmonbellies 2
1992John TavaresBrampton Excelsiors 1
1993John TavaresBrampton Excelsiors 2
1994Darris KilgourSix Nations Chiefs 1
1995Paul GaitSix Nations Chiefs 2
1996John TavaresSix Nations Chiefs 3
1997Gary GaitVictoria Shamrocks 1
1998Pat O'TooleBrampton Excelsiors 1
1999Gary GaitVictoria Shamrocks 2
Paul GaitVictoria Shamrocks 3
2000Nick TrudeauBrooklin Redmen 1
2001Andy OgilvieCoquitlam Adanacs 1
2002Josh SandersonBrampton Excelsiors 1
2003Andrew TurnerVictoria Shamrocks 1
2004John Grant Jr.Peterborough Lakers 1
2005Anthony CosmoVictoria Shamrocks 1
2006Dan CareyPeterborough Lakers 1
2007John Grant Jr.Peterborough Lakers 2
2008Anthony CosmoBrampton Excelsiors 2
2009Shawn WilliamsBrampton Excelsiors 1
2010Shawn EvansPeterborough Lakers 1
2011Anthony CosmoBrampton Excelsiors 3
2012Mike ThompsonPeterborough Lakers 1
2013Cody JamiesonSix Nations Chiefs 1
2014Brandon MillerSix Nations Chiefs 1
2015Corey SmallVictoria Shamrocks 1
2016Dan DawsonSix Nation Chiefs 1
2017 Shawn Evans Peterborough Lakers 2
2018Shawn EvansPeterborough Lakers 3
2019Mike PoulinPeterborough Lakers 1
2020 Not awarded due to Covid-19 pandemic
2021 Not awarded due to Covid-19 pandemic
2022 Curtis Dickson Langley Thunder 1
2023 Cody Jamieson Six Nations Chiefs 2

Source:[4]

See also

References

  1. "Historical Stats of the Mann Cup". Bible-of-Lacrosse.com. Archived from the original on 2007-10-13. Retrieved 2007-08-15.
  2. "The Glory of the Mann Cup". InsideLacrosse.com. Archived from the original on October 17, 2006. Retrieved 2007-08-15.
  3. http://wampsbibleoflacrosse.com/newstats/Ontario-Hall-of-Fame-Inductees.txt
  4. "Lacrosse Canada : Website by RAMP InterActive". www.lacrosse.ca. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
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