Named in recognition of former Ottawa 67\u2019s head coach and CHL all-time wins leader Brian Kilrea, the Brian Kilrea Coach of the Year Award is presented annually to the Canadian Hockey League\u2019s top coach.<\/p>\n
Steve Hamilton of the Everett Silvertips (WHL) earned the honour after guiding Everett through the best season in franchise history. In just his second season with the Silvertips, Hamilton led the club to a 57-8-2-1 record and 117 points, helping Everett capture a second straight Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy as WHL regular-season champions.<\/p>\n
Everett\u2019s 57 wins and 117 points both set franchise records, while the Silvertips\u2019 .860 points percentage ranked seventh all-time in CHL history among teams that played at least 50 games. The club was one of the CHL\u2019s most complete teams, finishing third in the WHL with 304 goals for while allowing just 173 goals against, the second-fewest in the league.<\/p>\n
Hamilton\u2019s season continued into a historic postseason run, as Everett went 16-2 through the WHL Playoffs to capture the first Ed Chynoweth Cup title in franchise history. The Silvertips then made their first Memorial Cup appearance, recorded their first Memorial Cup win and shutout, and advanced to their first Memorial Cup Final. Hamilton becomes the first Silvertips coach to capture the CHL Brian Kilrea Coach of the Year Award.<\/p>\n
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It was first awarded in 1994. Markus Ruck of the Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL) captured the honour after leading the WHL and the entire CHL with 108 points during the 2025-26 season.<\/p>\n The 18-year-old from Osoyoos, B.C., recorded 21 goals and a CHL-best 87 assists while posting a plus-45 rating in 68 games. His exceptional vision and playmaking ability helped drive a Medicine Hat team that led the WHL in goals, owned the league\u2019s top power play, and finished atop the Central Division.<\/p>\n Ruck\u2019s twin brother, Liam, finished second in both the WHL and CHL scoring races with 104 points, making Markus and Liam the first siblings in CHL history to finish first and second in league scoring in the same season. They also became the first brothers ever to place 1-2 in scoring within a CHL Member League.<\/p>\n The 2026 NHL Draft prospect became the first Medicine Hat skater since Linden Vey in 2010-11 to lead the CHL in scoring and just the second Tigers player to win the CHL Top Scorer Award. Ruck was held off the scoresheet just 12 times all season and recorded at least three points in a game on 11 occasions.<\/p>\n Top Scorer Award<\/b><\/a> Winners were recognized at the 2026 CHL Awards<\/a> ceremony, Monday, June 15, in downtown Toronto. The finalists for each CHL award were determined by the winners of the corresponding honours presented by the CHL\u2019s three Member Leagues: the Western Hockey League (WHL), Ontario Hockey League (OHL), and Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (QMJHL).<\/p>\n Across the 30 finalist spots for this year\u2019s 10 CHL awards, 19 different CHL clubs are represented, including seven from the WHL, six from the OHL, and six from the QMJHL \u2014 reflecting standout 2025-26 seasons from players, coaches, and organizations across the CHL.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The CHL Top Scorer Award is given out annually to the highest-scoring player in the Canadian Hockey League. It was first awarded in 1994. Markus Ruck of the Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL) captured the honour after leading the WHL and the entire CHL with 108 points during the 2025-26 season. 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The 21-year-old from Los Angeles, Calif., maintained a 4.0 GPA across challenging university coursework, including chemistry, business, history, and psychology. His academic background also includes advanced-level calculus and physics, while away from formal coursework, Weiermair speaks German and is teaching himself Italian.<\/p>\n On the ice, the Vegas Golden Knights prospect recorded 93 points, including 37 goals and 56 assists, in 66 regular season games. He led the Winterhawks in scoring and finished fifth overall in the WHL while contributing consistently in all situations.<\/p>\n Despite playing a heavy-minute role, Weiermair recorded just 28 penalty minutes and was also named a finalist for the Brad Hornung Memorial Trophy as the WHL\u2019s Most Sportsmanlike Player. 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The Hurricanes went 16-3 en route to the title.<\/p>\n The 23-year-old Stankoven, who not only hails from Kamloops, B.C., but starred for his hometown Blazers, led the Hurricanes in goal scoring with 11 tallies in 19 games. In total, the 5-foot-8, 165-pound forward collected 16 points (11G-5A) and a plus-8 rating over the course of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Against the Golden Knights, the former WHL Player of the Year (2021-22) notched four points (2G-2A), including an all-important goal in Game 2, which helped the Hurricanes slash into a 2-0 Vegas lead en route to mounting a comeback overtime victory to even the series 1-1.<\/p>\n Originally selected by the Dallas Stars in the second round (47th overall) of the 2021 NHL Draft, Stankoven was acquired by the Hurricanes in a blockbuster trade that sent Finnish star Mikko Rantanen to the Lone Star State. The 2025-26 campaign represented a career best for Stankoven, as he posted 44 points (21G-23A) in 81 games with the Hurricanes.<\/p>\n A veteran of 180 career WHL regular season games, Stankoven amassed 260 points (115G-145A) over a decorated four seasons with the Blazers. Prior to Sunday\u2019s Stanley Cup victory, Stankoven\u2019s trophy cabinet already held awards for WHL Player of the Year (2021-22), CHL Player of the Year (2021-22), WHL Most Sportsmanlike Player (2021-22), WHL Humanitarian of the Year (2022-23), Memorial Cup Most Sportsmanlike Player (2023), and Memorial Cup Top Scorer (2023).<\/p>\n The 24-year-old Jarvis, who hails from Winnipeg, Man., spent three seasons with the Portland Winterhawks. Over 19 Stanley Cup Playoff games, he tallied 11 points (4G-3A) and a plus-3 rating. The 5-foot-10, 180-pound forward came through with a series-altering strike in Game 2, registering the overtime-winning goal for Carolina to even the best-of-seven set at 1-1.<\/p>\n Originally selected by the Hurricanes in the first round (13th overall) of the 2020 NHL Draft, Jarvis has been nothing short of outstanding over five seasons in Raleigh, N.C. The former Winterhawks star has strung together three consecutive 30-goal, 65-point campaigns, while also representing Canada on the international stage \u2013 including the 2025 4 Nations Cup and 2026 Olympic Winter Games.<\/p>\n A veteran of 154 career WHL regular season contests, Jarvis posted 166 points (73G-93A) as a member of the Winterhawks. At the conclusion of the 2019-20 WHL campaign, Jarvis was named WHL Most Sportsmanlike Player and was also a member of the WHL\u2019s Western Conference First All-Star Team.<\/p>\n The 33-year-old Martinook, who hails from Brandon, Man., spent two seasons with the Vancouver Giants. Over 19 Stanley Cup Playoff games, he notched five points (2G-3A) and a plus-1 rating. The 6-foot-1, 208-pound forward made his mark in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final, scoring Carolina\u2019s first goal of the game 7:03 into the third period, chipping away at a 4-0 lead for the Golden Knights. The Hurricanes went on to score three times in a span of 39 seconds, including Martinook\u2019s marker, before eventually tying the game and forcing overtime. Ultimately, the Golden Knights emerged victorious in the second overtime period, but Carolina\u2019s comeback showed there was plenty more to come from the Hurricanes.<\/p>\n Originally selected by the Phoenix Coyotes in the second round (58th overall) of the 2012 NHL Draft, Martinook was acquired by the Hurricanes, along with a fourth-round pick, on May 3, 2018, in exchange for forward Marcus Kruger and a third-round pick. Since the 2019-20 season, Martinook has served as an alternate captain for the Hurricanes.<\/p>\n A veteran of 144 career WHL regular season games, Martinook collected 92 points (51G-41) as a member of the Giants<\/p>\n On the other side of the outcome, 12 former WHL players represented the Vegas Golden Knights, including forward Brett Howden (Moose Jaw Warriors), who led the entire Stanley Cup Playoffs in goal scoring with 14 markers.<\/p>\n On the blueline, it was Shea Theodore (Seattle Thunderbirds) who led all defencemen in scoring during the Stanley Cup Playoffs, registering 18 points (6G-12A) in 22 games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Logan Stankoven, Seth Jarvis, and Jordan Martinook have led the Carolina Hurricanes to a Stanley Cup title.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":116,"featured_media":268304,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"article","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1110],"tags":[{"term_id":2389,"name":"Jordan Martinook","slug":"jordan-martinook","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":2389,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw","term_order":"4"},{"term_id":1528,"name":"WHL to NHL","slug":"whl-to-nhl","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1528,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":120,"filter":"raw","term_order":"815"},{"term_id":970,"name":"logan stankoven","slug":"logan-stankoven","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":999,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":5,"filter":"raw","term_order":"1720"},{"term_id":961,"name":"seth jarvis","slug":"seth-jarvis","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":990,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":12,"filter":"raw","term_order":"1970"}],"class_list":["post-268295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","tag-jordan-martinook","tag-whl-to-nhl","tag-logan-stankoven","tag-seth-jarvis","category-1110","description-off"],"acf":[],"featured_image":["https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/06\/15130104\/Champions-1920.png",1920,1080,false],"hide_from_app_feed":false,"video":false,"gallery":null,"ht_game_id":0,"target_video":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/116"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=268295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268295\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/268304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}]
\nWinner \u2013 Steve Hamilton (Everett Silvertips \/ WHL)<\/i><\/b>
\nNominees<\/i><\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Dave Cameron (Ottawa 67\u2019s \/ OHL) & Sylvain Favreau (Drummondville Voltigeurs \/ QMJHL)<\/i><\/p>\n
\nWinner \u2013\u00a0<\/i><\/b>Markus Ruck<\/i><\/b><\/a>\u00a0(Medicine Hat Tigers \/ WHL)<\/i><\/b>
\nNominees<\/i><\/b>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<\/i>Nikita Klepov<\/i><\/a>\u00a0(Saginaw Spirit \/ OHL) &\u00a0<\/i>Maxim Mass\u00e9<\/i><\/a>\u00a0(Chicoutimi Saguen\u00e9ens \/ QMJHL)<\/i><\/p>\n
\nNominees<\/i><\/b>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<\/i>Levi Harper<\/i><\/a>\u00a0(Saginaw Spirit \/ OHL) &\u00a0<\/i>Nathan Brisson<\/i><\/a>\u00a0(Val-d\u2019Or Foreurs \/ QMJHL)<\/i><\/p>\n