The Original Cup(created by Chris Hutsul, presented by Exclaim! Magazine) Awarded to the team that best represents all the aspects asked of teams participating in the Hockey Summit of the Arts. The team winning this award must have promoted fun, safe and fair hockey in the hockey games. They also must have promoted creative expressive artistic and community spirit throughout the tournament.
This year's winner
2010 - The Cosmic Daves (Sudbury, ON)
Past Winners
2009 - The Black Hearts (Toronto, ON)
2008 - The Meat (Toronto, ON)
2007 – Hockey Lads (Toronto, ON)
2006 – Hockey Lads (Toronto, ON)
2005 – Songbird Millionaires (Ottawa, ON)
Eh Division Champions (Trophy created by Scott Lyons & Peter Gaffney, presented by the Boom H.C.) Awarded to the winning team of the Eh Division.
This year's winner
2010 - Ghetto Blasters (Toronto, ON)
Past Winners
2009 - Dufferin Groove (Toronto, ON)
2008 - Nightmares (Toronto, ON)
2007 – Nightmares (Toronto, ON)
2006 – Dufferin Groove (Toronto, ON)
2005 – Boom (Toronto, ON)
2004 – Boom (Toronto, ON)
2003 – Boom (Toronto, ON)
2002 – Boom (Toronto, ON)
2001 – Morningstars (Toronto, ON)
2000 – Morningstars (Toronto, ON)
1999 – Morningstars (Toronto, ON)
Eh Flat Division Champions(Trophy created by Vince Braca, presented by the London Fog) Awarded to the winning team of the Eh Flat Division.
This year's winner
2010 - Le National (Montreal, QC)
Past Winners
2009 - Easy Company (Toronto, ON)
2008 - Easy Company (Toronto, ON)
Frederickson Division Champions (Trophy created by Vince Braca, presented by the London Fog) Awarded to the winning team of the Frederickson Division.
This year's winner
2010 - Crystal Beach Comets (St. Catharines, ON)
Past Winners
2009 - La Hacienda Flying Burritos (Toronto, ON)
2008 - Gas Station Islanders (Toronto, ON)
2007 – Jokers H.C. (Toronto, ON)
2006 – Jokers H.C. (Toronto, ON)
2005 – Capsule Music (Toronto, ON)
2004 – Dufferin Groove (Toronto, ON)
2003 – Wheatfield Souldiers (Winnipeg, MB)
2002 – Eels (Toronto, ON)
2001 – Fog (London, ON)
Zed Sharp Champions
This year's winner
2010 - BOPHL Gong Show (Edmonton, AB)
Past Winners
2009 - GPHL Gong Show (Edmonton, AB)
Zed Division Champions (Trophy created by Vince Braca, presented by the London Fog) Awarded to the winning team of the Zed Division.
We are introducing a new award this year, The Rick McDonald Referees' Choice Award (presented by Rick Borg and Toronto's Downtown Men's Hockey League) The referees will choose which team exemplifies the best sportsmanship and fair play in the tournament from their collective point of view.
This year's winner
2010 - Ferries (Halifax, NS)
Past Winners
2009 - Pneumonia (Peterborough, ON)
Peter KesperAward (created by Jack Larmet) Awarded to the player that exemplifies the most spirit and perseverance.
This year's winner
2010 - Jeff Waye of the Ninja Tune Wicked Deadly Karate Chops (Montreal, QC)
Past Winners
2009 - John Toomey of the Parkdale Porcupines (Toronto, ON)
2008 - Dan Hickox (Toronto, ON) 2007 – Yawd Sylvester of the Hockey Lads (Toronto, ON) & Beez of the Flying Vees (Vancouver, BC)
2006 – Chris King of Capsule Music (Toronto, ON) & Bill Batten of the Pneumonia (Peterborough, ON)
2005 – Ray Henderson of the Pneumonia (Peterborough, ON)
2004 – Brent Oliver of the GPHL Gong Show (Edmonton, AB)
2003 – Simon Evers of the Hockey Lads (Toronto, ON)
2002 – Jill Ballard of the Victoria Humiliation (Toronto, ON)
2001 – Peter Kesper of Capsule Music (Toronto, ON)
MVP Award (created by Jack Larmet) Awarded to the tournament’s most valuable player.
This year's winner
2010 - Andy Quan - Ghetto Blasters (Toronto, ON)
Past Winners
2009 - Gabriel Trahan - CISM (Montreal, QC)
2008 - Dominic Chartier - Gas Station Islanders (Toronto, ON)
2007 – Brad Keller of the Meat (Toronto,ON)
2006 – Steve Levine of the Jokers H.C. (Toronto, ON)
2005 – Mike Thompson of the Humiliation (Toronto, ON)
2004 – Greg Platt of the Dufferin Groove (Toronto, ON)
2003 – Tyler Gompf of the Wheatfield Souldiers (Winnipeg, MB)
2002 – John Higgs of Boom (Toronto, ON)
2001 – Paul Chisholm of the Morningstars (Toronto, ON)
2000 – Chris Topping of the Morningstars (Toronto, ON)
MVG Award (created by Jack Larmet) Awarded to the tournament’s most valuable goalie.
This year's winner
2010 - Ashlee Arscott - Black Hearts (Toronto, ON)
Past Winners
2009 - Jay Hannley - GPHL Gong Show (Edmonton, AB)
2008 - Ashlee Arscott - Black Hearts (Toronto, ON)
2007 – Peter Kesper of Capsule Music (Toronto, ON)
2006 – Peter Kesper of Capsule Music (Toronto, ON)
2005 – Andrew Ternan of Boom (Toronto, ON)
2004 – Ron Taylor & Tim Walker of the Pneumonia (Peterborough, ON)
2003 – Blake Jacobs of the Songbird Millionaires (Ottawa, ON)
2002 – Blake Jacobs of the Songbird Millionaires (Ottawa, ON)
2001 – Andrew Ternan of Boom (Toronto, ON)
Dominion Award (presented by the Carleton Cup) Awarded to the teams with the most-inspired team “Artistic Expression” during the tournament.
This year's winner
2010 - Ferries (Halifax, NS)
Past Winners
2009 - Bytown Billionaires (Ottawa, ON)
2008 - ChartAttack Hack (Toronto, ON)
2007 – Pneumonia (Peterborough, ON)
2006 – Humiliation (Toronto, ON)
2005 – Songbird Millionaires (Ottawa, ON)
2004 – Three Gut Feelings (Guelph, ON)
2003 – Hockey Lads (Toronto, ON)
The Lady Bong (presented by the London Fog) – Awarded to the team with the least amount of penalty minutes.
Neilson Tie (presented by the Jokers) Awarded to the player showing the most colour and panache at the tournament.
This year's winner
2010 - Rob Trick of the Ghetto Blasters (Toronto, ON)
Past Winners
2009 - The Gouch of the Crystal Beach Comets (St. Catharines, ON)
2008 - Dave Bidini of the Morningstars (Toronto, ON)
2007 – Tommy Gough of the Hockey Lads (Toronto, ON)
2006 – Andrew Geddes of the Songbird Millionaires (Ottawa, ON)
2005 – Blake Jacobs of the Songbird Millionaires (Ottawa, ON)
2004 – Josh Grace of the Songbird Millionaires (Ottawa, ON)
Coming out of Nowhere Award (Presented by the Vancouver Bombers) Awarded to the team with the most spirit and enthusiasm in their first year at the Summit in both Hockey and Artistic contribution
This year's winner
2009 - The Cosmic Dave's (Sudbury, ON)
Peaceful Pipe (Presented by Pete Young of the London Fog) Awarded to the player who exemplifies and promotes sportsmanship.
Past Winners
2008 - Jenn Elliott - Green Pepper Gong Show (Edmonton, AB)
A big thanks goes out to the ChartAttack Hack, who judged and helped coordinate all the teams' artistic contributions in 2009. They gave the following honourable mentions...
Photos 1 & 2 by Mike Loveless (bloody Knuckles) and Photos 3 & 4 by Priscilla Yu (Lookin' th Score)
2009 Summit Special Hacknowledgements:
* Sudbury Cosmic Daves... for great bribery.
* Sudbury Vinyl Countdown... for great bribery.
* The Black Hearts... for great new jerseys.
* Wheatfield Souldiers... for great 10th anniversary jerseys.
* Morningstars... for most improved Hootenanny effort.
* Parkdale Porcupines... for sexual harmony in the EH Division.
* Peterborough Pneumonia/Peterborough Ex-Rays... for best hot man-on- man action.
* Wheatfield Souldiers... for best on-stage insult.
Special Commendations:
* Guelph Three Gut Feelings... for brilliant innovation and use of the environment in the field of rink rock (The Three Gut Lounge).
* Montreal Ninja Tune Wicked Deadly Karate Chop and Montreal Iceholes... for enriching the Summit experience through bold new endeavors (The First Annual Bubble Hockey Tournament).