The original statue for the award was commissioned and awarded by the Decathlon Athletic Club (now defunct) in Bloomington, MN. The model for the award trophy was Steve Christoff, who played for Richfield Minnesota High School, the University of Minnesota, the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team and in the National Hockey League.[1]
Neal Broten 1981 recipient
George McPhee 1982 recipient
Mark Fusco 1983 Recipient
Tom Kurvers 1984 recipient
Bill Watson 1985 recipient
Scott Fusco 1986 recipient
Tony Hrkac 1987 recipient
Robb Stauber 1988 recipient
Lane Macdonald 1989 recipient
Kip Miller 1990 recipient
David Emma 1991 recipient
Scott Pellerin 1992 recipient
Paul Kariya 1993 recipient
Chris Mariinucci 1994 recipient
Brian Holzinger 1995 recipient
Brian Bonin 1996 recipient
Brendan Morrison 1997 recipient
Chris Drury 1998 recipient
Jason Krog 1999 recipient
Mike Mottau 2000 recipient
Ryan Miller 2001 recipient
Jordan Leopold 2002 recipient
Peter Sejna 2003 recipient
Junior Lassard 2004 recipient
Marty Setich 2005 recipient
Matt Carle 2006 recipient
Ryan Duncan 2007 recipient
Kevin Porter 2008 recipient
Matt Gilroy 2009 recipient
Blake Geoffrion 2010 recipient
Andy Miele 2011 recipient
Jack Connolly 2012 recipient
Drew LeBlanc 2013 recipient
Johnny Gaudreau 3014 recipient
Jack Eichel 2015 recipient
Jimmy Vessey 2016 recipient
Will Butcher 2017 recipient
Adam Gaudette 2018 recipient
Cale Makar 2019 recipient
Scott Perunovich 2020 recipient