Joe Nieuwendyk Award - Whitby

Rookie of the Year

Joey was a lacrosse player in a class of his own, beginning in minor and continuing through Junior "A". In 1982 Joey won the Junior "A" Rookie of the Year Award as a second year Midget. Joey captained his Whitby Warriors to 2 Minto Cups in 1984 and 1985, receiving the Minto Cup's Most Valuable Player Award, The Jim McConaghy Award, in 1984. Joey was forced to leave the game of lacrosse at the age of 19 to pursue a hockey career with the Calgary Flames of The National Hockey League, winning the Calder Trophy as hockey's Rookie of the Year in the 1987/88 season. To this day Joey remains one of the National Hockey League's finest players and one of lacrosse’s greatest ambassadors.

1967 - CHARLIE HENDERSON (Mimico Mountaineers)
1968 - STEVE MASTINE (Bramalea Excelsiors)
1969 - RON WEATHERHEAD (Elora Mohawks)
1970 - WALTER CLOZZA ETOBICOKE P.C.O.'S
1971 - JIM J.J. JOHNSTON (Peterborough P.C.O.'S)
1972 - DAVE LEGREE (Mississauga P.C.O.'S)
1973 - GEORGE CHANDLER (Mississauga P.C.O.'S)
1974 - KEN LANE (Lakeshore Maple Leafs)
1975 - KEN COLLEY (Whitby CBC Builders)
1976 - CAM DEVINE (Whitby CBC Builders)
1977 - KELLY MITCHELL (Oshawa Legion Green Gaels)
1978 - LARRY FLOYD (Peterborough P.C.O.'S - EAST DIVISION)
1978 - GARY GUTHRO (Hamilton Bengals- WEST DIVISION)
1979 - MARK EVANS (Peterborough P.C.O.'S - EAST DIVISION)
1979 - BOB BEAUCHAMP (Hamilton Bengals- WEST DIVISION)
1980 - JOHN FUSCO (Whitby CBC Builders)
1981 - GORD MUELLER (Hamilton Bengals)
1982 - JOE NIEUWENDYK (Whitby Warriors)
1982 - BARRY BREAR (Oshawa Green Gaels)
1983 - JASON COPPLE (Hamilton Bengals)
1984 - JAY BIDEL (St. Catharines Athletics)
1985 - BRIAN LEMON (St. Catharines Athletics)
1986 - TYSON LEIES (St. Catharines Athletics)
1987 - CRAIG OSTOPOVICH (Etobicoke Eclipse)
1988 - JOHN TAVARES (Mississauga Tomahawks)
1989 - JIM HODGKINSON (Sarnia Pacers)
1990 - JIM MARR (Sarnia Pacers)
1991 - JASON CLARK (Mississauga Tomahawks)
1992 - JAMIE GRIMOLDBY (Sarnia Crane Pacers)
1993 - MIKE ACCURSI (Burlington Chiefs)
1994 - JOSH SANDERSON (Orangeville Northmen)
1995 - STEVE VOLTUK (Whitby Warriors)
1995 - ANDY CADIEUX (Sarnia Pacers)
1996 - PAT MADDALENA (Burlington Chiefs)

1997 - AARON WILSON (K-W Braves)
1998 - MIKE LONGBOAT (Burlington Chiefs)
1999 - CRAIG CONN (St. Catharines Athletics)
2000 - SEAN GREENHAIGH (St. Catharines Athletics)
2001 - STEVE HOAR (Whitby Warriors)
2002 - RYAN BENESCH (K-W Braves)
2003 - ZACK GREER (Whitby Warriors)
2004 - STEVEN KEOGH (Toronto Beaches)
2005 - JUSTIN DELORMIER (Ottawa Titans)
2006 - JESSIE GAMBLE (Orangeville Northmen)