The Clare Drake Award is the annual "Rookie of the Year" award presented to the
U Sports
U Sports (stylized as U SPORTS) is the national sport governing body of university sport in Canada, comprising the majority of degree-granting universities in the country. Its equivalent body for organized sports at colleges in Canada is the Ca ...
men's
ice hockey
Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two o ...
player who is judged by a committee of the U Sports Men's Hockey Coaches Association to be "the most outstanding first-year player in the U Sports who has exhibited exemplary skill and leadership".
First awarded following the 1985-86 season, the award is named after
Clare Drake
Clare James Drake (October 9, 1928 – May 13, 2018) was a Canadian ice hockey coach. He was the most successful coach in Canadian Interuniversity Sport men's hockey history. In 28 years as the head coach of the University of Alberta men's ice h ...
, who is the coach with the most wins in U Sports men's hockey history.
Winners
*1985-86:
Claude Lefebvre (forward)
*1989-90:
Wayne Hynes (centre)
*1992-93:
John Spoltore (centre)
*1993-94:
Jarret Zukiwsky (right wing)
*1994-95:
Sylvain Rodrigue
Sylvain Rodrigue (born June 27, 1973) is a Canadian former ice hockey and roller hockey goaltender who is currently the goaltender coach for the HC Fribourg-Gottéron in Switzerland's National League A
The National League (NL) is a profes ...
(goaltender)
*1995-96:
Jason Becker
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(defenceman)
*1997-98:
Ryan Lindsay (centre)
*1998-99:
Eric Schneider (forward)
*1999-00: Clayton Pool (goaltender)
*2000-01:
Alexandre Tremblay
Alexandre Tremblay (born March 22, 1979) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is currently playing with the Thetford Assurancia in the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey (LNAH).
Playing career
He got promoted to National League A with ...
(left wing)
*2001-02:
Matt Dzieduszycki
Matt Dzieduszycki (born April 8, 1980 in Calgary, Alberta) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who last played for the Stoney Creek Generals in the Senior men's Allan Cup Hockey.
Playing career
Dzieduszycki turned pro in 2002, p ...
(forward)
*2002-03: Dean Beuker (right wing)
*2003-04:
Kevin Young (defenceman)
*2004-05: Mathieu Poitras (goaltender)
*2005-06:
Aaron Sorochan
Aaron Sorochan (born April 17, 1984) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played for the Springfield Falcons of the American Hockey league (AHL). He was awarded the Clare Drake Award and named the CIS Rookie of the Year for ...
(goaltender)
*2006-07: Mark Shefchyk (left wing)
*2007-08: Craig Voakes (left wing)
*2008-09:
Steve DaSilva
Steve DaSilva (born February 10, 1987 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian ice hockey player who currently plays for the Lloydminster Border Kings of the Chinook Hockey League. He previously played for the Saskatchewan Huskies of the CIS and ...
(right wing)
*2009-10:
Jared Gomes (centre)
*2010-11:
Jason Bast (centre)
*2011-12: Zach Harnden (right wing)
*2012-13: Mitchell Porowski (left wing)
*2013-14:
Kevin Bailie
Kevin Bailie (born January 3, 1992) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and current corporate lawyer. He played hockey for the Oshawa Generals and London Knights in the Ontario Hockey League prior to attending Queen's University. During b ...
(goaltender)
*2014-15: Spencer Abraham (defenceman)
*2015-16: Brett Welychka (centre)
*2016-17: Anthony DeLuca (left wing)
References
CIS Past Awards
{{CIS men's ice hockey
U Sports ice hockey trophies and awards