The Player of the Year Trophy is an award

Award

An award is something given to a person or a group of people to recognize excellence in a certain field; a certificate of excellence. Awards are often signifiedby trophies, titles, certificates, commemorative plaques, medals, badges, pins, or ribbons...

 given by Ice Hockey Journalists UK

Ice Hockey Journalists UK

Ice Hockey Journalists UK, abbreviated to IHJUK, is an organisation which was set up in 1984 to promote the interests of ice hockey and its writers, photographers and broadcasters...

 (formally the British Ice Hockey Writers Association) to the MVP

Most Valuable Player

In sports, a Most Valuable Player award is an honor typically bestowed upon the best performing player or players on a specific team, in an entire league, or for a particular contest or series of contests...

 in the Elite League

Elite Ice Hockey League

Several competitions fall under the jurisdiction of the Elite League. In 2006–07, the EIHL ran a total of four competitions: the league, playoffs, Challenge Cup and Knockout Cup. The league consists of a single division, each team playing three home games and three away games against the other...

 and the English Premier League

English Premier Ice Hockey League

The English Premier Ice Hockey League commonly abbreviated to EPIHL, or simply EPL, is a senior ice hockey league in England, and is run and administered by the English Ice Hockey Association...

 at the end of each season. In previous seasons it has been awarded to players in the British Hockey League

British Hockey League

The British Hockey League was the top-flight ice hockey league in the United Kingdom from 1982 until 1996, when it was replaced by the Ice Hockey Superleague and the British National League...

's Premier and First Divisions, the Super League

Ice Hockey Superleague

The Ice Hockey Superleague was a professional ice hockey league in the United Kingdom between 1996 and 2003. Formed in 1995, it replaced the Premier Division of the British Hockey League, it was the highest level of ice hockey competition in the United Kingdom...

 and the British National League

British National League

The British National League is a defunct second-level professional ice hockey league in the United Kingdom. Although no formal promotion and relegation existed during its period of existence, it was considered to have a standard below that of the Ice Hockey Superleague and above that of the...

. The trophy was first awarded in 1985.

Tony Hand

Tony Hand

Tony Hand MBE is a Scottish ice hockey player who became the first British-raised player to be drafted by an NHL team when he was picked by the Edmonton Oilers in 1986. He is currently player-coach of the Manchester Phoenix...

 has won the trophy the most times, with a total of six awards. Steve Moria

Steve Moria

Steve Moria is a British-Canadian professional ice hockey player. He was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada...

 has won three times. Rick Fera, Mark Morrison, Scott Morrison, Lukas Smital and Randy Smith have each won the trophy on two occasions.

Player of the Year Trophy winners

Season	Elite League	Premier League
2010-11	Craig Weller Craig Weller Craig Weller is a professional ice hockey defenseman/right wing.-Playing career:Weller was the St. Louis Blues 5th round choice, 167th overall, in the 2000 NHL Draft...  (Cardiff Devils Cardiff Devils The Cardiff Devils are a Welsh ice hockey team who play in the British Elite Ice Hockey League. The team currently plays in the temporary Cardiff Arena... )	Tony Hand Tony Hand Tony Hand MBE is a Scottish ice hockey player who became the first British-raised player to be drafted by an NHL team when he was picked by the Edmonton Oilers in 1986. He is currently player-coach of the Manchester Phoenix...  (Manchester Phoenix Manchester Phoenix Manchester Phoenix are a professional ice hockey team from Altrincham, Greater Manchester, England. The club was formed in 2003 as a result of the efforts of supporters group Friends of Manchester Ice Hockey to bring top-level ice hockey back to Manchester after Manchester Storm folded in... )
2009-10	Colin Shields Colin Shields Colin Shields is a Scottish ice hockey player currently playing for Pingouins de Morzine-Avoriaz of the Ligue Magnus in France.-Early career:...  (Belfast Giants Belfast Giants The Belfast Giants are an ice hockey team from Belfast, Northern Ireland that compete in the Elite Ice Hockey League. Home games are played at the 7,100-capacity Odyssey Arena in Belfast.... )	Jaroslav Cesky (Bracknell Bees Bracknell Bees The Bracknell Bees are an ice hockey team from Bracknell, Berkshire, UK.-Early years:The Bracknell Bees were formed in 1987, under the ownership of John Nike OBE. Bees began life in the Heineken League Division Two, under the leadership of former Durham Wasps and Nottingham Panthers forward, Jamie... )
2008–09	David Beauregard (Manchester Phoenix)	Steve Moria Steve Moria Steve Moria is a British-Canadian professional ice hockey player. He was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada...  (Slough Jets Slough Jets Slough Jets are an ice hockey team from Slough, Berkshire, England. They are the current English Premier Ice Hockey League Cup champions for the 2010–11 season. The team was founded in 1986 after the construction of the Slough Ice Arena in Montem Lane in Slough. With the help of Gary Stefan who... )
2007-08	Adam Calder (Coventry Blaze Coventry Blaze Coventry Blaze are an ice hockey team based in Coventry, England. They currently compete in the British Elite Ice Hockey League .-Club history:... )	Steve Moria (Slough Jets)
2006-07	Mark Smith (Cardiff Devils)	Lukas Smital (Bracknell Bees)
2005-06	Theo Fleury Theoren Fleury Theoren Wallace "Theo" Fleury is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player for the Calgary Flames, Colorado Avalanche, New York Rangers, and Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League , Tappara of Finland's SM-liiga, and the Belfast Giants of the UK's Elite Ice Hockey League...  (Belfast Giants)	Kyle Amyotte (Romford Raiders Romford Raiders The Romford Raiders are an ice hockey team based at the 1,500 seat Romford Ice Arena in Romford, Havering, east London. They were founder members of the EPIHL but now compete in the ENIHL. Their development team was the Romford Spitfires who played in Division 2 of the ENIHL before being succeeded... )
British League
2004-05	Tony Hand (Belfast)   Neal Martin Neal Martin Neal Martin , is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman.He played for the Coventry Blaze in the British Elite Ice Hockey League. In the 2004–05 season he led the team to a British Grand Slam as the League MVP. In 2006–07, he helped the Blaze retain the Elite League and Challenge Cup titles...  (Coventry Blaze)	Lukas Smital (Bracknell Bees)
2003-04	Jason Ruff Jason Ruff Jason C. Ruff is a professional ice hockey player.Ruff was the third choice, 96th overall selection of the St. Louis Blues in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft...  (Belfast Giants)	Tony Hand (Edinburgh Capitals Edinburgh Capitals The Edinburgh Capitals are a Scottish ice hockey club, playing in the UK-wide Elite Ice Hockey League.They are based in the Scottish capital, Edinburgh... )
Super League
2002-03	Joel Laing (Sheffield Steelers Sheffield Steelers The Sheffield Steelers are a British ice hockey club, from Sheffield, England. They were formed in 1991 and play their home games at the Sheffield Arena. They are currently members of the Elite Ice Hockey League... )	Jody Lehman (Coventry Blaze)
2001-02	Kevin Riehl (Belfast Giants)	Tony Hand (Dundee Texol Stars Dundee Texol Stars The Dundee Stars are an ice hockey sports team based in the Scottish city of Dundee.They play at the Dundee Ice Arena, situated just off the city's main Kingsway dual carriageway.... )
2000-01	David Longstaff David Longstaff David Longstaff is a British ice hockey forward. He is the team captain of the Guildford Flames of the English Premier Ice Hockey League....  (Sheffield Steelers)	Mark McArthur (Guildford Flames Guildford Flames The Guildford Flames are an ice hockey team based in Guildford, Surrey and their home ice is the Guildford Spectrum.Founded in October 1992, the team played for many years in the British National League... )
1999-00	Ed Courtenay Ed Courtenay Edward Emmett Courtenay is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger and head coach.-Professional career:...  (Sheffield Steelers)	Stephen Murphy (Fife Flyers Fife Flyers The Fife Flyers, established in 1938, are the oldest ice hockey team in Scotland, and also in the United Kingdom, beating the Nottingham Panthers by 8 years... )
1998-99	Frank Pietrangelo Frank Pietrangelo Frank Pietrangelo is a retired Canadian ice hockey goaltender.Pietrangelo started his National Hockey League career with the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1988, winning the Stanley Cup in 1991. He also played for the Hartford Whalers. He left the NHL after the 1994 season...  (Manchester Storm Manchester Storm The Manchester Storm were an ice hockey team from Manchester, England. The team formed in 1995, playing their home games at the then newly built Nynex Arena . Storm won the British Hockey League Division One in their first season, watched by an average crowd of 6,342... )	Perry Pappas (Slough Jets)
1997-98	Rob Dopson (Ayr Scottish Eagles Ayr Scottish Eagles The Ayr Scottish Eagles were a professional Scottish ice hockey club, from Ayr, Scotland. They were formed in 1996 and played their home games at the Centrum Arena. The team competed in the Ice Hockey Superleague and the club's main sponsor was Barr Construction... )	Mark Morrison (Fife Flyers)
1996-97	Steve Lyle (Cardiff Devils)	Claude Dumas (Telford Tigers Telford Tigers The Telford Tigers are an English Premier League ice hockey team that formed in 2001 under the name Telford Wild Foxes.A previous Telford Tigers team had existed between 1985 and 1999.- Early history :... )   Mark Morrison (Fife Flyers)
Premier Division	First Division
1995-96	Randy Smith (Cardiff Devils)	Shawn Byram (Manchester Storm)
1994-95	Randy Smith (Peterborough Pirates Peterborough Pirates Peterborough Pirates was an English ice hockey team. It was established in 1982, as the senior adult semi-professional team of the newly formed Peterborough Ice Hockey Club.... )	Steve Moria (Swindon Wildcats)
1993-94	Doug Smail Doug Smail Douglas Dean Smail is a retired professional ice hockey left winger who played in the NHL for thirteen seasons from 1980 through 1993.-Playing career:...  (Fife Flyers)	Patrick Scott (Milton Keynes Kings)
1992-93	Tony Hand (Murrayfield Racers Murrayfield Racers The Murrayfield Racers were an ice hockey team in Edinburgh, Scotland, founded in 1952 changing their name to the Racers in 1966. The team won the British Championship 4 times in 1969, 1970, 1971 and 1972... )	Rick Fera (Basingstoke Beavers)
1991-92	Dan Dorion Dan Dorion Daniel Norman Dorion is a retired American ice hockey right winger who played four games with the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League between 1985–86 and 1987–88...  (Nottingham Panthers Nottingham Panthers The Nottingham Panthers are a British professional ice hockey club based in Nottingham, England. They are members of the Elite Ice Hockey League... )	Richard Laplante (Fife Flyers)
1990-91	Rick Brebant Rick Brebant Richard Joseph "Rick" Brebant is a retired ice hockey player who played mainly in Great Britain. He is a member of the British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame.-Club:...  (Durham Wasps Durham Wasps The Durham Wasps was an ice hockey team located in Durham and was one of England's most well-known names in ice hockey. The team was bought by Sir John Hall and moved to the neighbouring city of Newcastle Upon Tyne in August 1996... )	Scott Morrison (Humberside Seahawks Humberside Seahawks Humberside Seahawks later known as Humberside Hawks and then Kingston Hawks, were an English ice hockey club from Kingston upon Hull. Founded during 1988 the club played their home games at Hull Arena. The club went through several name changes due to council influence... )
1989-90	Steve Moria (Cardiff Devils)	Gerard Waslen (Telford Tigers)
1988-89	Tony Hand Tony Hand Tony Hand MBE is a Scottish ice hockey player who became the first British-raised player to be drafted by an NHL team when he was picked by the Edmonton Oilers in 1986. He is currently player-coach of the Manchester Phoenix...  (Murrayfield Racers)	Luc Chabot (Medway Bears)
1987-88	Scott Morrison (Whitley Bay Warriors Whitley Bay Warriors Whitley Warriors are an ice hockey team based in Whitley Bay in the north east of England. Founded in 1955 as the Bees, they changed their name to the Braves and then finally the Warriors. They currently play in the English National Hockey League... )	Kevin Conway Kevin Conway (ice hockey) Kevin Scott Conway is a Canadian ice hockey player who has played mainly in the United Kingdom. He is a member of the British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame.-Junior:...  (Telford Tigers)
1986-87	Rick Fera (Murrayfield Racers)	Garry Unger (Peterborough Pirates)
1985-86	Tim Salmon (Ayr Bruins Ayr Bruins The Ayr Bruins were an ice hockey club based in Ayr, Scotland between 1966 and 1992. The club played their home games at the Ayr Ice Rink between 1966 and 1972 and at Limekiln Road Ice Rink between 1974 and 1991.... )	Brad Schnurr (Solihull Barons Solihull Barons Solihull Barons are an English ice hockey team from the town of Solihull who play at Solihull Ice Rink on Hobbs Moat Road. They were formed in 2005, although they are named after the team of the same name who played at the same ice rink between 1972 and 1996... )
1984-85	Dave Stoyanovich (Fife Flyers)	Not awarded