The Alberta Junior Hockey League, in partnership with RBC, is proud to announce the 2025-26 League Award Finalists. The annual awards include Most Valuable Player, Top Forward, Rookie of the Year, Outstanding Defenceman, Top Goaltender, Most Dedicated Player and Coach of the Year.
The winners of each award will be nominated for recognition at the national level through the Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL). In 2025, AJHL players were the recipients of the CJHL Most Valuable Player Award (Zac Onyskiw), CJHL Top Rookie Award (Easton Daneault) and CJHL Top Goaltender Award (Zac Onyskiw).
The General Managers and Coaches of the Alberta Junior Hockey League have selected two finalists from both divisions for each award category. The award winners will be determined through a final stage of voting and announced following the completion of the AJHL regular season.
Most Valuable Player – Alberta Old Time Hockey Players Trophy
- Maxwell Pendy – Bonnyville Pontiacs
- Jalen Bianchet – Whitecourt Wolverines
- Alex Scheiwiller – Canmore Eagles
- Taynton Lavender – Drayton Valley Thunder
Top Forward Award
- Maxwell Pendy – Bonnyville Pontiacs
- Jalen Bianchet – Whitecourt Wolverines
- Harper LoLacher – Calgary Canucks
- Cohen Daoust – Canmore Eagles
Rookie of the Year – Dick White Trophy, Presented by Canalta Hotels
- Gavin Harrison – Bonnyville Pontiacs
- Tristan Slywka – Whitecourt Wolverines
- Sullivan Humeniuk – Drumheller Dragons
- Jordin St Louis – Olds Grizzlys
Outstanding Defenceman – W.G. (Bill) Scott Memorial Trophy, Presented by Alberta Ford Dealers
- Jaxan Hopko – Lloydminster Bobcats
- Quentin Bourne – Whitecourt Wolverines
- Taynton Lavender – Drayton Valley Thunder
- Tristan Payne – Drumheller Dragons
Top Goaltender – Friends of Alberta Junior Hockey League Trophy
- Brendan Gee – Fort McMurray Oil Barons
- Elliott Pratt – Whitecourt Wolverines
- Alex Scheiwiller – Canmore Eagles
- Sean Cootes – Drumheller Dragons
Most Dedicated Player – Don McNabb Memorial Trophy
- Ryan Arnold – Fort McMurray Oil Barons
- Zachary Wilson – Grande Prairie Storm
- Junshi Hideshima – Camrose Kodiaks
- Aidan Tkachuk – Canmore Eagles
Coach of the Year
- Chris Schmidt – Grande Prairie Storm
- Shawn Martin – Whitecourt Wolverines
- Andrew Milne – Canmore Eagles
- Kevin Hasselberg – Drumheller Dragons
The winners of the following League Awards and Scholarships will also be announced at the completion of the regular season and throughout the 2026 Inter Pipeline Cup AJHL Playoffs.
- Regular Season Champion – Dave Duchak Trophy
- Scoring Champion – Ernie Love Trophy
- Top Goal Scorer
- Top Team Goaltenders
- Inter Pipeline AJHL Playoff MVP
- Bunge Star of the Game Standings Leader – Bunge Cup
- Bunge All-League and All-Rookie Team
- Inter Pipeline AJHL All-Academic Team
- AJHL Executive of the Year – Ken Bracko Award
- AJHL Broadcaster of the Year
- Bunge Salute to Service Volunteer Award
- Inter Pipeline AJHL Scholarship
- Ford AJHL Scholarship
- Canalta Hotels AJHL Scholarship
