The Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award is an award given "in recognition of distinguished members of the newspaper profession whose words have brought honour to journalism and to hockey". Recipients are selected by the Professional Hockey Writers' Association and gain automatic entrance into the Hockey Hall of Fame.
List of recipients[]
| Year | Recipient | Publication(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Jacques Beauchamp | Montréal-Matin/Le Journal de Montréal |
| 1984 | Jim Burchard | New York World Telegram |
| 1984 | Red Burnett | Toronto Star |
| 1984 | Dink Carroll | Montréal Gazette |
| 1984 | Jim Coleman | Southam Newspapers |
| 1984 | Ted Damata | Chicago Tribune |
| 1984 | Marcel Desjardins | La Presse |
| 1984 | Jack Dulmage | Windsor Star |
| 1984 | Milt Dunnell | Toronto Star |
| 1984 | Elmer Ferguson | Montréal Herald/Montréal Star |
| 1984 | Tom Fitzgerald | The Boston Globe |
| 1984 | Trent Frayne | Toronto Telegram/The Globe and Mail/Sun |
| 1984 | Al Laney | New York Herald Tribune |
| 1984 | Joe Nichols | The New York Times |
| 1984 | Basil O'Meara | Montréal Star |
| 1984 | Jim Vipond | Toronto Globe and Mail |
| 1984 | Lewis Walter | Detroit Times |
| 1985 | Charlie Barton | Buffalo Courier-Express |
| 1985 | Red Fisher | Montréal Star/Gazette |
| 1985 | George Gross | Toronto Telegram/Sun |
| 1985 | Zotique L'Esperance | Le Journal de Montréal/La Petit Journal |
| 1985 | Charles Mayer | Le Journal de Montréal/La Patrie |
| 1985 | Andy O'Brien | Weekend Magazine |
| 1986 | Dick Johnston | The Buffalo News |
| 1986 | Leo Monahan | Boston Daily Record/Record-American/Boston Herald American |
| 1986 | Tim Moriarty | UPI/Newsday |
| 1987 | Bill Brennan | The Detroit News |
| 1987 | Rex MacLeod | Toronto Globe and Mail/Star |
| 1987 | Ben Olan | New York Associated Press |
| 1987 | Fran Rosa | Boston Globe |
| 1988 | Jim Proudfoot | Toronto Star |
| 1988 | Scott Young | Toronto Globe and Mail/Telegram |
| 1989 | Claude Larochelle | Le Soleil |
| 1989 | Frank Orr | Toronto Star |
| 1990 | Bertrand Raymond | Le Journal de Montréal |
| 1991 | Hugh Delano | New York Post |
| 1993 | Al Strachan | Globe and Mail/Toronto Sun |
| 1995 | Jack Gatecliff | St. Catharines Standard |
| 1997 | Ken McKenzie | The Hockey News |
| 1998 | Yvon Pedneault | La Presse/Le Journal de Montréal |
| 1999 | Russ Conway | The Eagle-Tribune |
| 2000 | Jim Matheson | Edmonton Journal |
| 2001 | Eric Duhatschek | Calgary Herald |
| 2002 | Kevin Dupont | Boston Globe |
| 2003 | Michael Farber | Sports Illustrated |
| 2004 | Jim Kelley | The Buffalo News |
| 2005 | Helene Elliott | Los Angeles Times |
| 2006 | Scott Morrison | Toronto Sun |
| 2007 | Dave Fay | Washington Times |
| 2008 | Neil Stevens | Canadian Press |
| 2009 | Dave Molinari | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |
| 2010 | Marc de Foy | Le Journal de Montréal / RueFrontenac.com |