JAMES C. HENDY MEMORIAL AWARD
The James C. Hendy Memorial Award is named to honor Jim Hendy, a long-time contributor to the AHL and the general manager of the Cleveland Barons until his death in 1961.
This award is presented yearly to the executive who has made the most outstanding contribution to the American Hockey League.
| Season | Recipient | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | Bryan Helmer | Hershey Bears |
| 2022-23 | Bryan Helmer | Hershey Bears |
| 2021-22 | Jon Greenberg | Milwaukee Admirals |
| 2020-21 | Melissa Caruso | American Hockey League |
| 2019-20 | Frank Miceli | San Antonio Rampage |
| 2018-19 | Nathan Costa | Springfield Thunderbirds |
| 2017-18 | Tim Gortsema | Grand Rapids Griffins |
| 2016-17 | Jim Brooks, Rob Brooks | Lehigh Valley Phantoms |
| 2015-16 | Tera Black | Charlotte Checkers |
| 2014-15 | Vance Lederman | Syracuse Crunch |
| 2013-14 (co-winner) | Robert Esche | Utica Comets |
| 2013-14 (co-winner) | Gordon Kaye | Rockford IceHogs |
| 2012-13 | Mike Gordon | Chicago Wolves |
| 2011-12 | Glenn Stanford | St. John's IceCaps |
| 2010-11 | Michael Mudd | Worcester Sharks |
| 2009-10 | Howard Dolgon | Syracuse Crunch |
| 2008-09 | Craig Heisinger | Manitoba Moose |
| 2007-08 | Mark Bernard | Norfolk Admirals |
| 2006-07 | Jon Greenberg | Milwaukee Admirals |
| 2005-06 | Doug Yingst | Hershey Bears |
| 2004-05 | Mark Chipman | Manitoba Moose |
| 2003-04 | Jeff Eisenberg | Manchester Monarchs |
| 2002-03 | Jeff Barrett | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins |
| 2001-02 | Glenn Stanford | St. John's Maple Leafs |
| 2000-01 | Stew MacDonald | Saint John Flames |
| 1999-2000 | Doug Yingst | Hershey Bears |
| 1998-99 | Jody Gage | Rochester Americans |
| 1997-98 | Frank Miceli | Philadelphia Phantoms |
| 1996-97 | Jay Feaster | Hershey Bears |
| 1995-96 | Steve Donner | Rochester Americans |
| 1994-95 | Doug Burch | Albany River Rats |
| 1993-94 | Tom Ebright | Portland Pirates |
| 1992-93 | Robert W. Clarke | American Hockey League |
| 1991-92 (co-winner) | Gordon Anziano | American Hockey League |
| 1991-92 (co-winner) | Pat Hickey | New Haven Nighthawks |
| 1990-91 | Frank Mathers | Hershey Bears |
| 1989-90 | David Andrews | Cape Breton Oilers |
| 1988-89 | Bruce Landon | Springfield Indians |
| 1987-88 | Tom Mitchell | Binghamton Whalers |
| 1986-87 | Joel Schiavone | New Haven Nighthawks |
| 1985-86 | George Guilbault | Sherbrooke Canadiens |
| 1984-85 | John Haas | Baltimore Skipjacks |
| 1983-84 | Jack A. Butterfield | American Hockey League |
| 1982-83 | George Bergantz | Rochester Americans |
| 1981-82 | Roy Mlakar | New Haven Nighthawks |
| 1980-81 | Ed Anderson | Maine Mariners |
| 1979-80 | Ned Harkness | Adirondack Red Wings |
| 1978-79 | Harry Sinden | Boston Bruins |
| 1977-78 | Sam Pollock | Nova Scotia Voyageurs |
| 1976-77 | Frank Mathers | Hershey Bears |
| 1975-76 | Macgregor Kilpatrick | New Haven Nighthawks |
| 1974-75 | Fred T. Hunt | Buffalo Sabres |
| 1973-74 | Arthur Whiteman | Hershey Bears |
| 1972-73 | Richard F. Canning | American Hockey League |
| 1971-72 | Robert W. Clarke | Rochester Americans |
| 1970-71 | Jack A. Butterfield | American Hockey League |
| 1969-70 | Eddie Shore | Springfield Indians |
| 1968-69 | Lloyd S. Blinco | Hershey Bears |
| 1967-68 | *John B. Sollenberger | (posthumous) |
| 1966-67 | *Louis A.R. Pieri | (posthumous) |
| 1965-66 | Jack Riley | American Hockey League |
| 1964-65 | *Robert Martineau | (posthumous) |
| 1963-64 | *James H. Ellery | (posthumous) |
| 1962-63 | C. Stafford Smythe | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| 1961-62 | James G. Balmer | American Hockey League |