Awards

GRAEME RUTHVEN AWARD

Graeme Ruthven (April 16, 1978 – June 8, 1998) was a true and exemplary house league player. He never won a scoring championship and was not regularly chosen to be a Select hockey player. Yet he was a committed and dedicated hockey player who enjoyed the camaraderie and challenges of team competition while attending practices or games for his Blessed Trinity house league team.

Graeme graduated from St. Michael’s College School in June 1997, and had just completed a year of computer science studies at St. Jerome’s College at the University of Waterloo in May 1998. His life was cut short at the age of 20, when the small plane in which he was training for his private pilot’s license crashed at the Buttonville Airport.

Graeme was always available as a volunteer to the North York Knights Hockey Association. He was a timekeeper and a referee, and was always willing to help wherever he was needed to serve the Association that had introduced him to hockey.

Each year, therefore, a house league player in his or her last year of high school is awarded the Graeme Ruthven award based on the commitment shown to their team and the association during his or her hockey career with the North York Knights.

Year	Recipient of the Award	Years with Knights	Original Parish
2000	Kristian Chartier	1987-2000	Blessed Sacrament
2001	Brendan Kuba	1988-2001	Blessed Sacrament
2002	Philip Barker	1989-2002	St. Margaret
2003	Alex Herceg	1990-2003	Blessed Sacrament
2003	Marlon Bruiners	1991-2003	St. Timothy
2004	Peter Hopperton	1992-2004	Blessed Trinity
2005	Andrew Healy	1993-2005	St. Edward
2006	Ryan Park	1993-2006	Blessed Sacrament
2006	Daniel Collins	1995-2006	St. Bonaventure
2007	Andrew Clancy	1995-2007	Blessed Trinity
2008	Jamie Young	1996-2008	Blessed Trinity
2009	Kelly Clancy & Peter Kenny	1997-2009	Blessed Trinity
2010	Christopher Collins	1998-2010	Pleasantview
2011	Scott Donald	1999-2011	St. Bonaventure
2012	Robert Adario	2000-2012	Blessed Trinity
2013	Alex Rapoport	2002-2013	St. Margaret
2014	Brett Whalen & Matthew McMillan	2004-2014	Pleasantview and Blessed Sacrament
2015	Michael Cook	2005-2015	St. Bonaventure

DAVID TYSALL AWARD

This award was created in 2007 in honour of David Tysall who had passed away from cancer earlier that same year. David was 20 years old and had spent his entire hockey career in the Knights House League organization playing for St. Margaret.

David had regularly volunteered his time on Saturday mornings to help with the Learn-to-Play classes, not simply to acquire the required high school community service hours but mainly because he truly enjoyed working with and helping the “little” kids. He never complained about being up and out early on Saturday mornings to attend the early sessions at York Mills Arena; he was completely dedicated to sharing his love of the game with these young players. He clearly had the true spirit and dedication of a committed volunteer.

The David Tysall Volunteer Award is therefore given annually to the volunteer within the Association who has generously, quietly, tirelessly and without prompting donated countless hours toward the ongoing success of the North York Knights Hockey Association.

Year	Recipient of the Award
2007	Paul Bar
2008	Paul Clancy
2009	John McMahon
2010	Philip Roe
2011	Mike Powers
2012	Brian Dominique
2013	Kelvin Whalen
2014	Mike Wren
2015	Colin and Karen Smith

BLESSED TRINITY BURSARY AWARD

The Blessed Trinity Hockey Association is one of the original parishes that helped establish the North York Knights Hockey Association. A $500 Bursary is awarded each year by a 5-person Awards Committee from the Knights to provide financial assistance to help fund a post-secondary education for a participant in the House League program.

The recipient must be a player, referee or timekeeper with the Knights House League, must be in their final year of high school, and must have applied to a post-secondary education or technical apprenticeship starting in the Fall. The selection of the winner is based on the candidate’s answers (in a 500 word essay) to the following three questions:

1. What has North York Knights hockey meant to you?
2. What has been your community involvement in high school?
3. What are your plans for the future?

The Bursary recipient will have expressed insight into the value of belonging to the North York Knights Hockey Association, shown ongoing dedication to volunteering and demonstrated a strong commitment to their studies.

Year	Recipient   of the Award	Runner-Up
2009	Kelly Clancy
2010	Clare Nelligan and Peter Kenny
2011	Thishan Sivakumar	Jonathan Wall and Margot Kenny
2012	Mark McDonald	Ryan Whelan
2013	Alex Rapoport	Evan Kanga
2014	Matthew Lang
2015	Michael Cook